Promotion request
     • What position you are requesting
     • A couple of main reasons why you should be considered (summary 
      from the slides below)
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     • Explain to your management that you would like to present them 
      why you would be a good candidate for the position, and tell that 
      you have a few slides prepared to help the conversation.
      Your career and work aspirations in 
      general
      • Your career aspirations, and your view on how and when you 
       should move forward on your career and how this position would 
       fit your (and hopefully your management’s) plans.
      • Remind your management, If you have (as you should have) already 
       talked about your career aspirations and plans with them.
        • This is especially important, if you have agreed or discussed that you could 
         move to the next levels of your career at some point.
    Self-evaluation
    • List all your regular tasks and responsibilities and how you have 
     managed them
    • If the company has a rating criteria & scale, use them.
    • Focus on topics that are relevant for the new position
    Success stories & special achievements
    • Any special success stories or achievements that should be brought 
     up and get recognized. Focus on the value you have created for the 
     company.
    • Focus on topics that are relevant for the new position.
    • Story 1
    • Story 2
    • Story 3
      Additional tasks & responsibilities 
      (contributing to the position) 
      • Present all the additional tasks and responsibilities that you have taken and 
       succeeded in: Process improvements or ownership, tool improvements, 
       development projects, any other higher-level responsibilities or any special 
       things you have managed to do to improve your team’s cooperation, etc.
        • Focus on those that are contributing to the position you are aiming at. 
      • Task 1
      • Task 2
      • Responsibility 1
      • Responsibility 2