How to Raise Your Visibility at Work

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How to Raise Your Visibility at Work

6 Tips to Raise Your Visibility at Work

These ideas will help you help your boss help you:

1. Ask for more responsible assignments so you can exhibit that you deserve them and that your skills are underutilized. Go to your manager with specific suggestions about how you think you can contribute to process and system improvement, departmental efficiency, or creating a new process or method.

2. Volunteer to represent your department at meetings, on planning committees, and on projects. A proactive approach to work is noticed by the bosses. Working on cross-functional teams also gives your talents exposure outside of your own work area. This is helpful when promotions or lateral opportunities become available. A known employee has the advantage over one who is not known.

3. Build your relationship with your boss. Check in with him or her periodically whether you need to or not. Your boss is a person, too. Don't make fake requests or pretend ignorance if you really have the answer. But, running the answer by the boss, telling the boss what's on your mind, and making suggestions for improvement are generally welcome interactions.

You don't have to share your private life or be friends with your boss and coworkers, but a friendly, supportive relationship matters for success and visibility.

4. If you have skills that you are not using in your current position, look for opportunities to keep in practice. Use them; don't lose them. These opportunities will also bring wider company exposure and broaden your organization's thinking about what you can do.

5. Request the opportunity to participate in seminars and training classes. Ask to belong to your relevant professional development association and for the opportunity to participate in its events. Then, visibly apply the new opportunities back in the workplace. Take the application one step further.

Tell your boss and coworkers what you learned and how you plan to apply the new information at work. This has three advantages. Your improvement efforts improve your visibility and teaching others is the best way to make sure you've really learned the concepts. Finally, your coworkers benefit from the time you spent and the knowledge you gained at the session.

6. If your company has book clubs or interactive brown bag lunches on topics, get involved or start them in your organization. Make sure your boss has factored the time into your schedule so that you can become involved. Just like the activities mentioned earlier, this participation brings all of the benefits of broader visibility and you can be observed by others from across your organization in a thoughtful discussion.


Source: https://www.thebalance.com/how-to-raise-your-visibility-at-work-1919217