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The rules for when you can be promoted, when your salary can increase, and when you’re eligible for training are all strict and senseless and essentially a waste of your time. Why should you wait for these things when you’re not staying with the company more than a few years anyway?

If your learning curve is flattening because your company can’t promote you to another level, take things into your own hands and go to another company. That is a fast way to give yourself a promotion without having to endure the duress of a corporate structure.

Job-hopping used to be the sign of a disloyal employee, but today we know better. In today’s workplace, frequent job change is a way to stay engaged in your work, and job-hopping among positions you’re good at actually builds your skill set and network much faster than if you stay in one job for a long time.

It is a proven fact that candidates who enter interviews with little or no knowledge of the open job position rarely, if ever, get a second interview, much less a job offer.

This is most common for jobs that have a higher salary, and applicants are just looking to secure a better paying job without any knowledge of what it even entails.

If you are applying for a job, it is best to do some research on the position before you even apply for it.

You need to remember it is just as important to interview your future boss, as it is for them to interview you! You want to know whether this company is a place you would want to work, and if the work culture is right for you. However, your main focus will be on picking the right boss. Here are a few questions you should ask:

1. Have you ever been a mentor, or someone on the job? How did it go?

2. Please tell me about the success of one of your team members, and how did you help bring it about?

3. How do you get your team members to work together?

4. Please give some examples of feedback, whether positive or negative, and how did you handle it?

5. What would your employees say your strengths and weaknesses are?