Mike Andes breaks down two ways to get a raise: become hard to replace by learning valuable skills on your own time, and build a track record of delivering results so you're the obvious choice when opportunities open up.
So how do you get your boss to pay you more is really the question. There's really two ways to do it. One is gain skills that are really, really hard to replace. They can't find someone else that has those skills. Even if you have to get those skills off the clock after hours, get a course on your own, go to a conference, because if you have those skills, they can't fire you. You become very, very valuable to them. Secondly is do the hard work so that when the next opportunity for a raise or promotion a different a whole other level to your career, when that comes to a business that's growing, you're the obvious choice because you have a track record of delivering great results and you become the obvious choice for that role.
