7 Ways To Get A Raise

Jobs are hard to come by these days and making ends meet is no picnic either. If your current position isn’t bringing those ends any closer together, it might be time for a raise. Here are seven ways to get a raise.

7.  Work Hard
There’s one way to make sure you don’t get that raise: slack off. If you want to take a break from impressing your buddies in order to take a stab at impressing the boss, then work and work hard. Now you have to decide what this entails and how far you’ll have to go but hard word never hurt anybody and, yes, it does build character. Just don’t forget that it can also build your bank account.

6. Ask, And You Might Receive
Seems simple but we know it isn’t. However, facts are facts. And if you know your work deserves a little extra come payday and can back up your performance history, then present your case to your boss. Good workers and solid employees are not that easy to come by these days. Your boss will want to keep you if you measure up. Show him or her that you do.

5. Quit While You’re Behind
Of course, the other side of #6 is that you’ve got a boss who doesn’t care one way or the other as far as your salary is concerned. In this case, you might have to threaten to quit. People tend to only do things when they have to and some don’t know what they’ve got ’til it’s gone. Let your boss know that you’ll be gone without that raise.

4. Raise The Bar
If taking on the boss doesn’t appeal to you, then simply quit and find a job that pays more. You might find a job you enjoy doing more along the way, which is a nice added bonus in addition to the rise in salary. Mission accomplished.

3. Take One For The Team 
You’ve got to demonstrate that you’re a team player. If you’re lucky, you already care about the work you do and bring some measure of passion to it. Well, take that drive to the next level and show your co-workers and, more importantly, your boss, that you are working for the benefit of the company.

2. A Job Well Done
With hard work comes smart work. Do your job and do it well. Only in politics is incompetence most often rewarded. Running around like a chicken with his head cut off to show your boss how hard you work while leaving a disaster in your wake, will not impress anyone. If anything, you’ll probably scare you co-workers silly. Use your head and work productively.

1. Exceed Expectations
If your boss likes a worker with initiative and drive, then you won’t impress him or her by staying late to sharpen all the pencils in the office. If you want a raise for your hard work, then know what qualities your boss looks for in their employees and become the embodiment of them.


About the author: This article was written by Andrew Salmon from LifeCover.ca - a website about life insurance for Canadians.

Comments

[Insure Tim]

For me, to excel in work is to think positive and work hard. Go by the rules but be open to changes and improvements. Be a team player and always take criticisms.

[Andrew Salmon]

Well said. When you consider how many decades one will spend at a chosen career, it's essential to enjoy what you do and working hard can be its own reward.

[Alex Dogliotti]

I'm not sure that's enough. If you follow those rules you just get to play the game. That's why the pay you. Winning is an entirely different story. But why should they pay you more?
To get more money you have to get more responsibilities and bring in extra value. You have to innovate by connecting dots that haven't been connected before. Show different patterns that you discovered. If you work in marketing for example, why don't you try to connect with someone who works in an entirely different department and see whether a new shared initiative can be initiated? Be the one suggesting the idea, sell it internally and make yourself visible. Come up with new ideas. That's how you show the extra value. And extra value = extra money.