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Make the case for a promotion or an internal role
A role above you has come up, or you want your manager to back you for the next level. Get a pitch that shows you're already doing parts of the job.
The prompt · ChatGPT
Help me make the case for a promotion or an internal role. The role: [title, or paste the job description] My current role: [title, how long] What I already do from the new role: [examples] My results: [with numbers if possible] Who decides: [my manager, a panel] Gaps I'm aware of: [anything] Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. A table: each requirement of the role, my evidence, and strong, partial or gap. 2. A one-page case I can share with my manager. 3. A plan for the conversation: how to raise it, what to ask for, and how to respond to "you're not ready yet". 4. For each gap, a way to close it in the next 3 months. 5. If it's advertised, an opening paragraph for my internal application. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, dates or results. UK English. Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. title, or paste the job description: a short note you already have. title, how long: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
The prompt · Copilot
Help me make the case for a promotion or an internal role. The role: [title, or paste the job description] My current role: [title, how long] What I already do from the new role: [examples] My results: [with numbers if possible] Who decides: [my manager, a panel] Gaps I'm aware of: [anything] Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. A table: each requirement of the role, my evidence, and strong, partial or gap. 2. A one-page case I can share with my manager. 3. A plan for the conversation: how to raise it, what to ask for, and how to respond to "you're not ready yet". 4. For each gap, a way to close it in the next 3 months. 5. If it's advertised, an opening paragraph for my internal application. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, dates or results. UK English. Stay in this Copilot chat. Leave plugins off, and do not open a file from OneDrive.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. title, or paste the job description: a short note you already have. title, how long: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
You type the role you want, what it involves and what you already do.
The assistant asks for proof, gaps and who decides.
You get a gap table, a one-page case, a conversation plan and an internal application.
What happens
Use Copilot to make the case for a promotion or an internal role
A role above you has come up, or you want your manager to back you for the next level. Get a pitch that shows you're already doing parts of the job.
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