Getting Promoted offers a strategy and tips for
getting promoted at your government job. Promotions are made much as the jobs are
filled in government jobs, through an examination process that may include one or more of
the following tests - written test, oral interview, and performance test.
Here's our step-by-step strategy for getting promoted.
We've included links to valuable resources to put you on the fast track.
You start preparing for your promotion the day you start
working at your current government job. If you wait until the promotion
opportunity is announced, you're too late.
As soon as you're hired, check with your supervisor or the Personnel
organization to identify your promotional opportunities. Ask for
job descriptions or prior job announcements for the jobs that you can promote into.
Review the job descriptions or prior job announcements for
the jobs that you can promote in. Underline the major duties or
responsibilities of those jobs. These major duties and responsibilities are the
skills, knowledges and abilities that you need to develop every opportunity you get.
For each major duty or responsibility, set a goal.
Promotional opportunities typically occur every two to four years. Set
your goals with the intent of being ready to promote in two years.
Prioritize. If you're strong in one major
duty, focus on the duties that you need to improve your abilities. If a major duty
or responsibility is one of the skills, knowledges or abilities that you'll be tested on
for the promotion, place a higher priority on that major duty or responsibility.
Periodically evaluate your progress performing the
tasks that will be required in the jobs that you're interested in promoting to.
