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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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3 Awkward Money Conversations in the Workplace and How to Navigate Them

Success

Here are a few tips for how to deftly navigate this sometimes awkward topic. 2: Lack of salary transparency You’re applying for a new role and the application asks you to list your salary requirements. Companies across the country are beginning to post salary ranges in order to stay competitive. Money issue No.

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Hitting the salary cap

Practically Perfect PA

Everyone was placed in a salary band depending on their experience and their skills. Except support staff who were placed in lower salary bands or slotted in somewhere that sort of fitted what they did. I was placed in a low (not rock bottom but not particularly high) salary band with other assistants and admin type people.

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5 Tips for Dealing with the Reality of Your Dream Job

Success

If you’re relying on your salary to pay your bills, analyze your situation honestly and plan ahead. This not only helps you, it also sets a good example for everyone else and promotes a kinder industry. The post 5 Tips for Dealing with the Reality of Your Dream Job appeared first on SUCCESS. Be specific when you ask for advice.

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Is Mentorship The Key To Career Advancement For Women?

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To counteract that, employing a mentorship program is crucial, especially for women, to push for equity in promotions and career advancement. . Female mentors can also train and equip younger women with skills that can help them negotiate a raise, ask for a well-deserved promotion, or better benefits. .

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How do assistants get promoted?

Practically Perfect PA

Having worked in that position for a few years I was promoted to Account Manager and then a few years later made redundant. Well as you can see over a ten year period technically I have only ever been promoted once from the position of administrator / assistant into another and different type of role. Be invaluable. Unfair but true.

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7 Tips On How to Get a Promotion From “Show Your Worth” Author and Former IBM Executive Shelmina Babai Abji

Success

This calls for two steps—inflation to decline, which could happen, or for salaries to increase, match or exceed it. Since that factor is out of our hands, we should focus on something within our control, like our personal career trajectories and the best timing and method to seek a raise or a promotion.

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