The Effective Statistician - in association with PSI - How to ask for more money or for a promotion

How to ask for more money or for a promotion

09/07/21 • 21 min

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The Effective Statistician - in association with PSI

Today, I'll be sharing with you my learnings on how to ask for more money or for a promotion. Here are some important points:

DO's

Know the process
Understand your market value
Know your unique contribution
Overdeliver expectations and add value
Observe what others do that you can't do - fill in the gaps
Right timing

DONT's

Never bring in your personal situation
Be unprepare to be challenged
Don't ask for something the company doesn't provide or allow

Good luck with your promotion!

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Today, I'll be sharing with you my learnings on how to ask for more money or for a promotion. Here are some important points:

DO's

Know the process
Understand your market value
Know your unique contribution
Overdeliver expectations and add value
Observe what others do that you can't do - fill in the gaps
Right timing

DONT's

Never bring in your personal situation
Be unprepare to be challenged
Don't ask for something the company doesn't provide or allow

Good luck with your promotion!

Share this episode with your friends and colleagues who might learn from this!

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Irene de la Torre Arenas

She is a data designer specialized in visualizing information in understandable and meaningful ways. She works as a Visualization Lead at UCB since February 2021. Before her current role, she worked at BBC News, where she was part of the UX&Design and the Data Journalism teams, and at the MIT SENSEable City Lab. She has also collaborated with other media and advertising organizations in Spain.

In 2017, she gave Data Visualization classes at the MIT School of Architecture. One year later, she designed the didactic program Communicating with Data that MIT developed for the Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation.

She graduated from the MFA Information Design and Visual Communication at Northeastern University. Her work has been recognized in the Kantar Information is Beautiful Awards and the WAN-IFRA European Digital Media Award.

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