| Whether you work in education, for a corporation or | | | | that is appropriate. Also join a professional |
| a non-profit organization, you will need to let people | | | | organization and write for their newsletter. This will |
| know your work. If you notice there are certain | | | | insure your visibility at work. |
| people in your current organization who always seem | | | | 6.Promote others -- when you want visibility, help |
| to get recognized for their visibility at work. | | | | someone else to become visible. If you are a part of |
| If you want to move up in your career and you | | | | a team and they have finished putting together a |
| want to show that you can influence people in your | | | | project, make sure that they get visibility for their |
| job, it's time to look at strategies to create visibility | | | | contributions. |
| at work. Here are 10 tips to help you maintain visibility | | | | 7.Get involved -- let people get to know you through |
| at work: | | | | company gatherings. Talk to people from all over the |
| 1.Take a self-inventory -- this is basically an | | | | company and get to know a wide selection of people |
| assessment of where you are in your current | | | | in addition to those you already know. |
| position. What are the skills and attributes you have | | | | 8.Keep a portfolio -- whether you are in a job where |
| that are important to the company. If you aren't | | | | a portfolio is necessary or not, it is a good idea to |
| sure, ask your boss. | | | | keep a portfolio of all the projects you've worked on |
| 2.Keep up with professional development -- make | | | | and seen through to the end. Even the first page of |
| sure that you take any opportunity to upgrade your | | | | each report is good. This will give you something to |
| skills or your knowledge in your profession. If a new | | | | talk about to your boss at a later date. |
| opportunity comes along, you want to be able to | | | | 9.Ask for a promotion when its time -- some people |
| take it. | | | | become visible but forget to ask for a promotion |
| 3.Take credit for the jobs you do well --when | | | | when the timing is right. Use your portfolio to help |
| someone notices that you have done a good job, | | | | and outline what you've done and why you feel a |
| gracefully thank them and then suggest that you are | | | | promotion is a good idea. |
| pleased with what you did. | | | | 10.Share your knowledge -- be sure to share your |
| 4.Show initiative and motivation - volunteer for | | | | knowledge at conferences, in special meetings or |
| committees or new products that come up. | | | | whenever the opportunity is appropriate. The more |
| Sometimes taking a project that is a bit risky that | | | | you can maintain your visibility at work the better. |
| you know you can make succeed will put you in the | | | | Maintaining visibility at work is important, especially if |
| forefront of the bosses' mind. | | | | you want to move up the career ladder. These tips |
| 5.Write articles - share your information that you | | | | should help you out, the important thing is not to |
| discover in a company newsletter or other publication | | | | loose focus. |