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That's why we want to help you find the best title to ask for and how much you should be paid.
1. Start with a clear list of your responsibilities
Using your work accomplishments tracker, start by pulling together a list of all of the most important and regular parts of your job. This will help you evaluate other titles to see if they are a good fit for you. It's crucial that the plan for promotion that you bring to your boss is thoroughly thought out and makes logical sense.
2. First, look at job postings with your current title
Spend some time searching for your current position on job boards (like LinkedIn). You want to start here to understand what the gap is between your current responsibilities and the expected responsibilities for your title. If there is not a significant gap, that means you still have some work to do and responsibilities to take on to be ready to ask for a promotion.
If you're doing more than what you see in most job descriptions or easily meeting all the requirements, it's time to look for more senior or more specialized roles.
3. Add keywords to your current search
Now that you know that your promotion is justifiable, it's time to find the right title for you. the keywords you add here will vary depending on your specific industry and career path, but some examples of potential additions are:
For the same kind of role but a more senior one, add keywords like "senior," "lead," "manager," "head of," "director," etc.
For a more specialized or expanded role, look at the responsibilities on your list that you did not see in the job descriptions for roles similar to yours. This will clue you into some keywords that might be helpful to add to your search.
Read all the job descriptions, requirements, and responsibilities carefully to be sure that they're roles that your current responsibilities match or that you could take on the necessary responsibilities. Even if you're not there yet, if you're most of the way, you can use this to create a professional development plan for a promotion in the near future.
4. Check out the salary ranges
Pay attention to the salary ranges of these positions and note any differences between remote/on-site positions and different years of experience.
Make sure you're not using an outlier as your evidence - a salary range you're repeatedly seeing or an average of all the different ones you're seeing is going to be the most accurate. Keep track of these and also consider checking industry averages on websites like Glassdoor.
Typically, a raise of 10-20% is not unusual with a title change - however, you still want to do your research on that specific role, especially if your new title is not a direct step from your current one.
5. Keep track of everything you find
As you gather evidence of why your job title should be changed and/or why you should be paid more, be diligent in saving what you find in whatever works best for you. While you don't want to pull up every job posting you found, you do want to have something to show to make your case if necessary.
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