🎉 60% Salary Increment + 2 Internal Promotions in 5 years 🎯

My candidate’s success story:

We are always looking for ways to increase our salary.

The 2 traditional methods would be:

1) Stay put within the same firm for promotion

🔺 But if you stay too long, you run the risk of being underpaid

2) Jump to another company for salary increase

🔺 But if you jump too often, companies judge your loyalty

🥂 It’s all about striking a balance.

5 years ago, a CFO of a retail company reached out to me to hire a Finance Manager.

I recruited an Assistant Finance Manager from another retail company and placed him at this new firm as a Finance Manager.

💌 We keep in touch with each other every year

I would visit his company’s stores from time to time

🎯 So what accelerated his promotion and success?

3 years ago, his CFO decided to change to Part Time and wanted him to take on more workload without promoting him.

😔 Anyone (including me) would complain this situation – More workload but nothing in return?

However, my candidate accepted the increasing workload

⏰ Fast forward 6 months later, he was promoted to Senior Finance Manager with a 30% salary increase.

Last year, the CFO retired and he was promoted to Financial Controller with another 30% increase.

📊 And I think it’s time for him to start looking for another role this year or next year to get another increment.

If that’s the case, he will experience at least 75% increment in 5-6 years.

📝 To be honest, I think luck and his capabilities contributed to his success.

Luck – His CFO first changed to Part Time then retired

Capabilities – He can handle the CFO’s increasing workload without complaint

✅ How was your salary increment over the past 5 years?

✅ What do you think?

✅ Will you grind through or will you stay?

✅ We can never predict what will happen in the future

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