How Hard Work Can Help You Get a Promotion at Work

(by M. Barnes, www.ezinearticles.com)

Be the best that you can be. You don't have to necessarily be better than everyone else in the workplace. You just have to work harder and longer than they do. Hard work is the number one thing that every employer looks for. They want to know that you will continue to do the work even if you've had a bad day and think you need a break. They want to know that if they give you a lot of work that you will do it, no questions, complaints, or trying to pass the work onto another coworker. Hard work is the basis for every goal that the employee hopes to accomplish. It will get you the promotion, for it gives you the chance to prove that you are valuable and that you are willing to take on a little more work if it becomes necessary. The employers want to know that if they get into a bind, you will be there to help them get out of it.

What is hard work exactly? Hard work is going above and beyond to get the assignment done. It is finding something to do when you accomplish one task and have not yet been given another one. Hard work is learning about other areas of the workplace and finding different things that you can do to apply yourself to help out in each area, while still doing the tasks allocated to you. It is also talking to the employer and finding ways to improve and then applying them to the way that you work. You want to tell your employer that even though you may not be the best at what you do, or that you make mistakes, that you will learn new and better ways to apply yourself and learn from the mistakes that you make.

You must be willing to work longer hours without asking for a raise, or demanding that you get credit. They will know that you apply yourself wholeheartedly to the job and that you do everything that you are asked and more. If you do ask for a raise or credit, they will come to the belief that you are not working to better the company. They will believe that you are trying to get more money out of them and they may even forget all of the things that you do for the company. When you do not have any more to do and cannot think of anything else that needs doing, ask the employer for more. A little more work never hurt anyone, and in this case, it will definitely improve your chances of being promoted. Hard work is the necessity of the employer.

If you can do the work that you are assigned plus more, you will be taking some of the load off of your employer, and they will realize this and reward you appropriately. So, whether you are looking for a raise or a management position, or even just a bump in the employment pyramid, apply yourself to the job the best that you are able to do. They give you the hours and you are being paid for them, so just do as much work as you can possibly do during that time and you would be as valuable as gold to them, and you will get the "bump" that you want, maybe more.