advocate for yourself #jobpromotion #careeradvice

29 Apr 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief dialogue, Speaker A emphasizes that individuals must actively advocate for themselves if they want a promotion, warning that without self‑advocacy the promotion will never happen. Speaker B identifies upward communication as a major barrier to promotion. Speaker A expands on this, noting that many people overestimate how much others notice their work and feel uncomfortable “selling” themselves. They recount advising a colleague who dislikes talking about achievements, stressing that discussing accomplishments is essential for career advancement.

You have to continue to advocate for yourself or else that promotion's never going to happen.
Upward communicating is the biggest issue and one of the reasons why you do not get a promotion.
I would second that. I think we tend to overestimate how much people are paying attention to our work, and nobody's gonna advocate for you better than yourself. And I was speaking with somebody a couple weeks ago and they were talking about how they were interested in getting a promotion, but they hate selling themselves. They hate talking about all their accomplishments all the time. It feels just icky to them. And I basically told them, If you want this promotion, you have to talk about your accomplishments. You have to continue to advocate for yourself, or else that promotion's never going to happen.