Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Caroline Castrillon covers career, entrepreneurship and women at work. As organizations grow, manually evaluating every employee ...

To help you adopt the best approach to an equitable and transparent process in promotions, we asked HR managers and business leaders this question for their best insights. From bringing a marketing ...

A promotion occurs when there is an increase in supervisory responsibilities, an increase in responsibilities and salary and/or an upgrade in title. A redistribution of work at the same level within a ...

Landing a tenure-track job is arguably still the coveted grand prize in academe. It’s understandably a big deal: an institution puts it in writing that a person has a job for life. As long as the ...

Research shows employees who engage in unethical behavior—surprisingly—are not new to their organizations. They have been there for a considerable amount of time, typically at least six years, and ...

Dear Eric: I have been at a job I love and value for eight years. Recently two members of our small team were promoted to supervisors. I was one of the top three candidates, but not selected for one ...

Each time you promote an employee, they should be sent a promotion letter to confirm their promotion, the increased pay rate, new responsibilities and more. A letter helps hold the employee ...

They feel sidelined after the promotion goes to a less qualified newcomer — then management asks them to train that person. This situation can sting personally and signal deeper problems with fairness ...

Although instructor-track and clinical faculty members may, as a matter of convenience, seek promotion at the point of regular reappointment and contract renewal, they may seek promotion in any ...