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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.

Updated 17 Oct 2026

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.

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