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Dry promotions: Definition, considerations, and guidelines for employers

BMT Office Administration

Getting a promotion is an exciting event for employees. However, some of that excitement is probably due to the pay raise that they expect will come with the promotion. But sometimes employers offer promotions without an increase in pay, a growing phenomenon called dry promotions. What is a dry promotion?

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Hard Skills vs. Soft Skills: What’s the Difference and Which Do I Need to Build?

Success

You can even quantify these job-specific competencies by means of test scores, certifications and project outcomes. For the individual, superior personal skills provide advantages in job satisfaction and foster the likelihood of promotion. Job-seekers acquire these through education, training and experience.

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Meta’s Return-to-Office Fiasco: Hybrid Work Causes Confusion, Challenges

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Known for employing tens of thousands globally, it was only a few years ago that the tech company was at the forefront of promoting remote work. CEO Mark Zuckerberg even projected that about half of the company’s workforce would be working remotely within the next decade, according to Fortune.

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Black History Month Interview Series: Lacretia Adamski

Executive Leadership Support Blog

Black History Month Interview Series. In 2006, an assistant professor I’d previously worked with was initially promoted to Executive VP before later becoming President. Meet Lacretia Adamski , Senior Executive Assistant at Salesforce. Before that, I was a public administrator at the university.

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5 Ways to Include Soft Skills on Your Resume

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Whether you’re interested in an internal promotion or looking for a role with a new company, showing how you’ve used your interpersonal skills to succeed in past positions can make you a much more attractive candidate. Stuffing your resume full of them can make it sound fake or grammatically incorrect.

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Leverage Your Guest Appearances and Interviews for Maximum Visibility

Stephanie LH Calahan

The more you help promote your appearance, the more the host is inspired to share too. Known as as the master of connecting the right people, for the right project, at the right time – Pam Perry PR works hard to help her clients brand (and get paid) like a superstar. So what did you think? Did anything stick out to you?

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How to Inspire Creativity on a Deadline

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Experts talk about the benefits of productive procrastination , which is a fancy way to say that when you are working on a big project, your mind needs time to wander. Projects inevitably require your best thinking quickly, whether you are building a new sales strategy, updating your website or solving a customer issue.

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