How to stand out—and be rewarded—when working remotely

Communications and PR executives have been in overdrive since the middle of March. A global pandemic and cultural unrest probably took up much of your time and energy professionally and personally.

As we move into what people are calling the “new normal” (what our team refers to as a “recalibration” stage) it’s important to look forward to your own professional future.

At this point you have most likely been working virtually for almost six months, and if you have gone back into the office you returned to a very different place. We now realize that we can be very productive from home, but at what cost?  Our home and work lives have blended so completely that some of us are not quite sure where one stops and the other starts.  Kids, dogs and spouses have been “featured” on our Zoom meetings. If we are lucky, our managers and teams have laughed and appreciated that we have lives outside of work, too.

Now that Fall has arrived and year-end reviews are in sight, clients who are working remotely have started to ask the same questions:

Here are some tips to help you prepare for and negotiate a raise or promotion when working remotely from our own SparkinSight coaches at MVP Executive Search & Coaching:

Review, reach, recreate

We use the “Three R” approach to help our clients get promoted: