Top 10 Tips to get Promoted at Work in the Government

We asked our colleagues to give their personal tips on how to get promoted at work in the government and here’s what they said.

Tip No. 1: Be better each day

(1) Be better each day; a better version of yourself.

(2) Always deliver your output on time and be willing to go an extra mile if necessary.

(3) Enjoy enjoy enjoy and have fun doing your work.

(4) Invest in learning something new each day.

(5) Work hard and play harder.

(6) Have the right attitude in and out of work.

(7) Be consistent in everything you do.

(8) Work with your team mates and don’t let personal differences prohibit you in achieving group goals.

(9) Avoid Gossiping, office intrigue, and other similar unprofessional conduct. It is a fire that will destroy you.

(10) Be magnanimous. No one has a monopoly of intellect in your team.

If these things did not earn you a promotion, I think you have to examine yourself and the external factors. You could probably at the wrong agency or surrounded by wrong people. 😁👍

@cparaiso

Tip No. 2: Study and improve your competencies

Improve you competencies. Finish graduate school. Attend relevant trainings. Work hard…ensure high score in your Individual Performance Commitment and Review (IPCR).

Try your best to get an office award or recognition.

Have a good relationship with your supervisor and peers.

Pray hard. Be Patient. Always believe in His time.

@adulcero

Study more. And take up masteral degree.

@rbatungbakal

Tip No. 3: Become irreplaceable

Mag-aral (master’s/law).

Maging magaling to the point na irreplaceable ka.

Maghanap ng ibang agency or department (gagawa sila ng paraan para mag-stay ka).

Kapag malaki na ang chance na lilipat ka, mago-offer na sila ng promotion.Pili ka kung lilipat or magpapa-promote, either way, you win.

@rragasa

Tip No. 4: Know your Boss very well

Study the personality of your boss. Study kung paano natanggap at paano na promote. Do the same.

@ndelatorre

Kaunting lambing lang yan.

@lotnel

Tip No. 5: Have an impact to your office

Make sure to have an impact within your organization.

@mmariano

Suggest ways to improve procedures and strategies.

@treassabuero

Tip No. 6: Prove your worth

You need to have a backer..kidding aside..all you have to do is prove your worth!

@nllen

Tip No. 7: Secret is — what you know and whom you know

Just a simple advice. You only need two things. First is what you know. And the last one is whom you know.

@hmatata

Dapat malakas ka sa boss mo.

@loviedo

In addition to the comments, my recommendation is either a joke or reality and it depends on how the agency treats their employees: Get close to the bosses especially the appointing authority.

@ndato

Tip No. 8: Get real — there has to be a vacant position

Do your best all you want pero kung walang vacant na position na pwedeng akayatan, wala din naman. Grow your network and seek greener pastures from other agency na lang ang choice.

@diniego

Hikayatin mong mag early retirement ang mga seniors sa office ninyo. Kasi kahit gaano ka pa kasipag hanggat walang posisyong mababakante sa taas, walang moving up na mangyayari. Hindi lahat pero majority sa government agency ganito ang scenario. Maganda maging idealistic pero reality is reality.

@mquinatadcan

Tip No. 9: Become independent and a team player

[become] independent and a team player. [have] initiative at work. Wag reklamador. MyoB [mind your own business].

@rbersamira

Tip No. 10: Work for the Lord

Do your best as if you are working for the Lord, and He will promote you.

@eiei

@rmeila says: pray . . .pray . . .pray . . .

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