1. Cosmic Coaching Centre
Corporate & Individual Career Solutions for Mid-Level Professionals & Executives
Cosmic Coaching Centre
http://cosmiccoachingcentre.com
Page 1

2. Do you think it is possible
that workers of today will
put more importance to the
opportunity for them to
advance in their career
than to receive more
compensation? Well this
turns out to be the case.
While we all hear people
complaining about how low
their salaries are and how
much they really want a raise, it all comes down to
getting the opportunity to grow, develop, and achieve
career advancement.
This trend is very good and positive for employers,
especially for businesses that prefer to promote
people from within their own companies as this
method is proven to be more effective and
inexpensive. Bonuses and salary raises are usually
not the topic in the offering table these days. Actually,
even starting salaries have decreased significantly
over the years. However, there is something that
employers should not forget to offer their employees
and new hires - the chance to move up the corporate
ladder despite their low starting salary.
A number of surveys are regularly conducted to find
out how workers change in terms of what their
priorities are in being employed. Aside from their
salaries and chance for advancing their careers, they
are also looking for flexible work settings and
excellent management teams. Many employees also
mentioned the importance of not having too much
pressure from work. The results of such surveys give
businesses and company a great chance to know how
they could improve the situations of their workers
and for them to avoid high employee turnover rates.
Cosmic Coaching Centre
http://cosmiccoachingcentre.com
As mentioned earlier, more and more companies are
choosing to hire from within their companies. Indeed,
a lot of businesses are now interested and so
enthusiastic about developing and evaluating the
most talented and hardworking members of their
team for some of the higher positions they have.
What they are hiring for are the lower rank positions.
With this setup, it is important for employers to
highlight the things that applicants can look forward
to in working for the company.
If it is your aim to get the best out of your current list
of job applicants, you must understand what exactly
they are looking for. Keep in mind that it is not
always going to be about the money. You should
understand that they all know what they want – the
chance for career advancement. So it is your job now
to make them understand and believe that the
position you are offering now is what they can use as
a stepping stone for the position they are longing to
have.
No matter what
career you have, if
you want to get
anywhere with it, you
need to strive to be
the right kind of
person. If career
advancement is your goal, it is of utmost importance
that you put all your efforts into pursuing it. This is
easier said than done, though, because it takes time
and a lot of hard work and planning to achieve a
career that will satisfy you both personally and
professionally. But there’s still good news – you can
learn from other successful people’s experience and
you can utilize the strategies they have used for
Page 2

3. career advancement in your own pursuit of career
success.
These are some of the most basic yet effective
career advancement strategies you may use to
boost your career growth:
Don’t be afraid to make important decisions. One
valuable skill you should have is the ability to
recognize the differences in various situations and to
identify the most appropriate way to react in each of
them. At times it is recommended to get other
people’s input on an issue, but you should also learn
how to decide and act independently in some
situations. You can also show your leadership skills
by taking responsibility for all the actions you take.
This could sometimes entail pains, but you have to be
ready for anything. Hope for the best, but expect the
worst, as they say. But you should not take this as
being negative because it isn’t. The point here is that
you have to be realistic and accept the fact that it is
not all the time that you will have things your way or
the way you want them to be. The best thing you can
do to prepare for the worst possible scenarios is to
have alternatives when it comes to the right courses
of action.
Look at yourself from a different perspective. To
keep yourself grounded once you have achieved
career advancement, you should try to look at
yourself from another person’s point of view. By
doing this, you are going to see all your weaknesses
that need to be improved or changed. As a result, you
will have the urge to become a better person and a
more valuable member of the society. Keep in mind
that if career advancement is what you are after, you
have to keep a good image.
Work hard on improving not only your job but
yourself as well. You need to be disciplined
throughout your career if you want to keep it
progressive. Never forget to identify what skills,
traits, and other aspects of yourself that you need to
work on and improve. Always remember that at the
end of the day, with or without your job or career, all
Cosmic Coaching Centre
http://cosmiccoachingcentre.com
you really have is yourself. The material things and
the fame you can get from your successful career
cannot give you all the happiness you need. More
importantly, self development is what’s going to
make you stand out from the rest. For as long as you
know who you are and you keep your own values in
life, career advancement will always be within reach.
We all need a job,
that’s a fact.
However, does this
mean that we
should just accept
whatever job is
being offered to us?
Should we have a
set of standards for
the kind of job that
we’ll do? Well, this
is question isn’t very easy to answer because we all
have our own reasons for wanting to get employed.
Nevertheless, every worker deserves to be happy
with what they are doing. If you are not happy with
the job that you have, you have almost no reason to
wake up in a good mood every morning. So how are
you to know if you are satisfied and happy with your
current job?
Here are some signs to look into:
You feel energized. If you always go to work feeling
ready to take on anything your boss will throw at
you, this is a good sign. How energetic you are at
work every day is an important element that will help
you maintain focus and enthusiasm for your work.
According to studies, those workers who are fulfilled
and happy with their jobs look forward to going to
work at the start of the week. On the other hand,
unhappy workers don’t like the thought of being in
the workplace and interacting with their coworkers.
Page 3

4. You are being a great contributor to your team.
Happy employees find it easy to generate ideas to
help their team come up with something effective.
This is because their minds are stimulated and they
are enthusiastic about the projects they are assigned.
You will know that you are in the right place also if
you consistently think of ways to help your
department or your company reach their goals. You
also don’t mind spending some of your time helping
out other workers and sharing with them what you
know.
You love talking about your job. Unsatisfied
workers do not enjoy discussing with other people
what they do at work. It is also none of their business
whatever is happening to the company they work for.
Your willingness to talk about your work with other
people simply shows how passionate you are about
your job and how proud you are of your position.
You have friends in the workplace. One of the
crucial elements that keep workers happy is their
relationship with other workers. If you consider
making friends at work as a waste of time, this clearly
means that you don’t enjoy being at the workplace.
On the other hand, building good relationships with
other workers is a great sign that you consider your
workplace a part of your life. You also don’t feel
pressured by the competition, and you think of
promotions or career advancement as a bonus that
comes with the job that you love.
Cosmic Coaching Centre
http://cosmiccoachingcentre.com
Page 4