A surefire way to get a promotion at work is to become more knowledgeable at your job. Experience, education and a willingness to go above and beyond are traits that every employer looks for in an employee. You can gain experience and adapt the "above-and-beyond" work ethic, but also learn get an employer to help you with education by sponsoring your educational expense.
Instructions
1. Discuss the advantages of promoting from within. Your employer knows, and you can reiterate, that it's cheaper to promote someone from within the organization than hire someone from outside. Explain to your employer that it's a win-win situation if he sponsors your education. You become a more valuable employee, and he doesn't have to go out to hire someone from the outside that may spend months learning how the company works.
2. Remind your employer about educational tax credits. The employer can deduct the training and educational expenses from her taxes. Another win-win situation; she gets a tax write-off and a more educated and knowledgeable employee to boot.
3. Offer a compromise. Negotiate an agreement whereby if he sponsors your education, you commit to stay with the company for a period of time upon graduation. One of the fears that employers have is investing the time, money and effort into grooming an employee with the intention of cultivating a long-term business relationship only to have the employee quit and take all of the talent and grooming to a competitor. Offer to stay for an extended period of time.
4. Point out the serendipitous effect on employee morale. Many employers have to deal with the unwanted intangible problem of low company morale. Explain how offering to sponsor educational expenses improves overall morale.
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