如果獲得晉升是你這一年的目標，你會盡全力去實現它嗎?
If a promotion is one of your goals for the next year, are you doing everything you can to make it happen?
如果勤奮和才華能自動帶給你更高收入、更多職責、和一個更加響亮頭銜的職位那就好了。但大多數時候，晉升需要付出更多。
It would be nice if hard work and talent would automatically lead to a job with more pay, more responsibility, and a better title. But in most cases, it takes more than that to move to the next level.
讓人們了解你
Make Yourself Known
看看你希望一年之后獲得的職位。誰負責選拔這個職位的候選人?他和誰一起工作?他會聽取誰的意見?
Look at the job you'd like to have a year from now. Who selects candidates for this position? Who does that person work with and ask for advice?
“然后，你要坐下來系統地思考如何和這些人聯系，”一家位于達拉斯的職業策劃公司的創辦人海倫-哈克尼斯說。有許多方法可以達到目的。
"Then you systematically sit down and think about how you're going to make contact," says Helen Harkness, founder of Career Design Inc., in Dallas. There are lots of ways to do this.
比如，你可以自愿為你需要認識的人所在的小組工作。你可以把和他們工作相關的文章和信息發送給他們。
You can volunteer to serve on a committee with the people you need to know, for example. You can forward them articles or information that relate to their expertise.
幫助上司成功
Help Your Boss Succeed
往往你的上司就是那個決定是否提拔你的人。即便不是這樣，晉升肯定也要聽取他的意見。所以，給上司一個好印象是第一重要的事情。
Often, your boss is the person who will decide if you'll be promoted. But even if not, your boss will almost certainly be consulted. So impressing your boss is a top priority.
硅谷招聘人員及職業顧問瑪麗安-阿多瑞迪奧給你的建議是關注公司的主要目標，然后和上司討論你的部門最重要的工作是什么。
Marianne Adoradio, a recruiter and career counselor in Silicon Valley, suggests focusing on your company's key goals, then talking with your boss to find out which are most important in your department.
“認識到怎樣才能讓上司成功，以及對他/她來說什么最重要。”
"It's really important to be aware of what is going to make your boss successful, what is most important to him or her."
開始行動
Start Doing the Job
你不會愿意發動“辦公室政變”，繼而代替你上司的職責去做人事決定。但是你得表現出自己具有勝任比目前更高一級職位的能力。
You don't want to stage an office coup and start making personnel decisions that are your boss' responsibility. But you need to show that you can work at a higher level than your current position.
位于加州波爾圖峽谷的咨詢公司的負責人史蒂夫-萊文稱：“當人們表現出有能力勝任高級別的部分工作時，他們就很容易被提拔。
"People are easily promoted when they show that they can already do parts of the job they want to move into," says Steve Levin, principal of Leading Change Consulting & Coaching, in Portola Valley, California.
如果你想從普通管理人員晉升到部門管理者，那么就要先承擔起這個職務的責任，并像部門管理者一樣去考慮問題。”
"If you want to move from being a manager to a group manager, start taking on responsibility for what a group manager does. Start thinking like they do."
然后你就可以說：“我已經在做這份工作了，現在需要的只是個頭銜。”
Then you can make the case that "I'm already doing the job; I just need the title."
萊文說：“這樣你的老板就很難拒絕你的請求了。”
That's pretty irresistible to your boss," Levin says.
準備一個備選計劃
Have a Plan B
哈克尼斯說，許多人以為職場天生就有一個系統能幫助他們規劃好職業發展。
Many people think there's a system in place at work that will take care of them and their career path, Harkness says.
“他們希望按1-2-3步自動進行。只要按部就班地工作就能獲得晉升。但事實不是那樣的。”
"They expect it to happen 1-2-3, automatically. They do the right thing, and they're going to get that promotion. It doesn't work that way."
哈克尼斯稱，事實可能會是“你做了每件該做的事，卻沒得到提拔”。
In fact, Harkness says, it can happen that "you do everything you're supposed to do and it doesn't work."
你得知道，職場具有不確定性，如果你得不到晉升，也要做好準備，這是很重要的。
It's important to understand that the workplace is uncertain--and to know what your backup plan is if you don't get the promotion you want.
如果晉升遙遙無期，你的老板拒絕提拔你的同時又激勵你，也許你就該再花一年時間來積累經驗。但是你也可以考慮選擇其它公司的職位。
If the promotion was a stretch and your boss is encouraging even while turning you down, it may be worth spending another year gaining experience. But you may also want to explore career options outside the company.