COMMUNICATION CHALLENGE TOPICS Choose one of the following topics for your assignments.•Internal Promotion Opportunity
•INTERNAL PROMOTION Seeking a promotion from within your company is one opportunity in which strategic communication could mean the difference be-tween success and failure. If you choose this scenario, you’ll need to create both a written communication. These elements should explain why you are the right person for the internal promotion while addressing potential questions you might need to answer as part of the process.Things to Consider•Have you checked the listings on your company’s job board lately? •Is there a new position you would like to secure?•Have you taken on more responsibility at work?•Have your outcomes been positive?•Do your job title and job description match what you do? (If your job description is inaccurate, be sure to mention this when you are interviewing and/or negotiating.)
3Case Study Example — Internal Promotion Kim has been working at the XYZ Company for two years. She is interested in an internal position that has just opened up. The new job involves more responsibility and would require her to supervise personnel for the first time in her career. She believes she brings a number of strengths to this opportunity. The position would mean reporting to a different manager. It would also include a significant increase in salary and a supervisor title. Kim’s annual reviews have been good and she believes her current manager would recommend her for the new position.Kim first emails her boss a carefully worded email to set up a time to discuss the job opening in person. She has thoughtfully planned her approach to engage the support of her current manager. Next, Kim emails the HR representative hosting the position to formally express her interest. She copies her current manager on the email and submits her application through the company’s application portal. These carefully planned and executed steps result in Kim receiving an email from the hiring manager. She gets an invitation to inter-view for the position. Each step in Kim’s application process has built support for her candidacy in a strategic, meaningful way. She asked probing questions to gain insight into the department, job, and the individuals who were involved in the hiring process. This allows her to arrive for the interview with solid support and a firm knowledge base from which to draw in answering the interviewers’ questions
