I admit sit hey youtubers this is jennifer Tardy here I am your career
success coach and you're watching the black career success channel on YouTube
now I am going to talk in this video about what it takes to get a promotion
what is that one thing that you need to know that it takes to get a promotion
I'll share that here and as always if you enjoyed this video subscribe to this
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alright alright let's get started so people on my team or teams in the past
have asked the question at some point in their career related to other
promotional opportunities available if so how can I set myself up to get a
promotion all of those things the one key that I always share with anyone who
asks me is that it takes a village to get a promotion what does that mean it
means that if if I am your manager your supervisor whatever you want to call it
and if you are looking to me for promotion there should be other people
who have already come before you and said Jennifer you are crazy to not have
already promoted you okay it could be that person that you're
working with on that project that gave you more visibility it could be another
manager that may have to interact with every now and again but the people that
you work with most frequently your clients have so much more control over
your career trajectory then you may even know so before you even come and sit
down and have a conversation with me stating that you'd like to have a
promotion I should have already as your manager heard from your clients who tell
me time and time again how fantastic it is working with you
I should already have had conversations with my peers who have interacted with
you whether it's through a working relationship side projects or just
normal daily interactions that have asked me hey you know what's going on
with her how come you haven't promoted him or her yet or it should be one of
your peers people who are working with you day in and day out there should
already be a village speaking on your behalf
and if you don't yet have a village speaking on your behalf you need to
focus on your own visibility first okay but even before focusing on your
visibility what is your reputation look like what is your reputation look like
among your clients your customers what is your reputation look like among my
peers your managers peers what is your reputation look like among your own
peers those that are at your same level they may be doing the same job as you or
other jobs what is your reputation and you should
find someone that you can trust in the organization that can tell you what your
reputation is first and then second get the visibility visibility by way of if
they send you any kudos make sure your boss gets it if they send you kudos say
hey put in a good word with me with my boss I'm sure they'd love to hear it
directly from you as the customer so think about those things so when I say
it takes a village to get a promotion that is exactly what I mean and that's
all you need is to go and find your village know who your villages and and
find a way to connect it back to your manager or your supervisor and if they
are speaking on your behalf there's nothing that you need to do on your end
so I hope you enjoyed this video I hope it gave you a great tip to your own
promotion remember black career success for you
means career success and community success and industry and industry
success and worldwide success for us all so keep up the good work I'll see you in
the next video