A lot of people stop selling themselves after they get the job. They get into their jobs and focus on the technicalities and get sucked into the problems. Most times, they spend 100% of the time behind their tools e.g. computers, etc. or away from their bosses as much as they can.
However, the idea of promoting yourself and your abilities to solve problems doesn't stop at the job interview. It c-o-n-t-i-n-u-e-s even after you have got the job. It never stops. This is how your boss evaluates you for your position:
When you are at the interview
You are offered your first income after you have impressed your future boss in the interview. (1) He assesses how and what you communicate on your past job experiences. (2) He offers you the job based on what he thinks or expects you can do.
When you are in the job
When you are into the job, you will expect a pay rise or job promotion as time travels. He will offer the pay rise or job promotion based on exactly the same criteria as he assessed you at the interview. (1) How you communicate so that he knows what you have done to solve the problems in your job. (2) He offers you the job promotion based on what he thinks or expects you can do if he gives you that promotion. Most times this is based on what he sees or hears from you.
The formula never changes
The only difference is how much percentage % you will put into marketing your own self. Do you put aside 10% to 20% of your time to communicate your achievements in the job to your bosses? Or, are you stuck 100% into your job with no time to market your own product (your intangible achievements)?
Why do you need to sell yourself? Because your boss is not next to you all the time. He does not know all the efforts and contributions you put into the job, or he forgets (people often do). Your job is to let him know or to remind him of your achievements so that he thinks of you when there is an open job position to move someone up the ladder.
Do you buy certain products because you have seen it reported or advertised on TV, magazines or on the internet? Are you perhaps a little skeptical of some products you have not heard before, or where information available publicly is limited? It is the same analogy as that elusive job promotion you want. It goes to whoever has succeeded in selling himself at the workplace.
Visit www.how2talkeffectively.com for some top quality communication books not found in Amazon, ebay, etc..
However, the idea of promoting yourself and your abilities to solve problems doesn't stop at the job interview. It c-o-n-t-i-n-u-e-s even after you have got the job. It never stops. This is how your boss evaluates you for your position:
When you are at the interview
You are offered your first income after you have impressed your future boss in the interview. (1) He assesses how and what you communicate on your past job experiences. (2) He offers you the job based on what he thinks or expects you can do.
When you are in the job
When you are into the job, you will expect a pay rise or job promotion as time travels. He will offer the pay rise or job promotion based on exactly the same criteria as he assessed you at the interview. (1) How you communicate so that he knows what you have done to solve the problems in your job. (2) He offers you the job promotion based on what he thinks or expects you can do if he gives you that promotion. Most times this is based on what he sees or hears from you.
The formula never changes
The only difference is how much percentage % you will put into marketing your own self. Do you put aside 10% to 20% of your time to communicate your achievements in the job to your bosses? Or, are you stuck 100% into your job with no time to market your own product (your intangible achievements)?
Why do you need to sell yourself? Because your boss is not next to you all the time. He does not know all the efforts and contributions you put into the job, or he forgets (people often do). Your job is to let him know or to remind him of your achievements so that he thinks of you when there is an open job position to move someone up the ladder.
Do you buy certain products because you have seen it reported or advertised on TV, magazines or on the internet? Are you perhaps a little skeptical of some products you have not heard before, or where information available publicly is limited? It is the same analogy as that elusive job promotion you want. It goes to whoever has succeeded in selling himself at the workplace.
Visit www.how2talkeffectively.com for some top quality communication books not found in Amazon, ebay, etc..
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