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Promotion Toolkit
Promotions and raises go more smoothly when your results are written down before the conversation. This toolkit helps you turn the last year's work into evidence bullets, prepare STAR stories for an internal interview, draft a plan for the first 90 days in the bigger role, and check what a proposed raise is worth after inflation.
- 5-step checklist
- 4 tools
- No sign-up
Your checklist
- Keep a running list of wins with dates, numbers and who benefited (a 'brag document').
- Turn the best five into resume-style bullets with the bullet builder.
- Ask your manager what the next level expects and map your evidence to it.
- Draft a 30-60-90 day plan for the new scope to show you have thought ahead.
- Check the real value of any raise against inflation before you agree.
Tools for this stage
Free tools that run in your browser on AltF Career.
- Resume bullet builderWrite achievement-style resume bullets with an action verb, what you did, how, and the result.
- STAR answer builderTurn a real example into a structured Situation, Task, Action, Result answer for behavioural interview questions.
- 30-60-90 day plan builderDraft a 30-60-90 day plan for a new job or an interview, with goals for learning, contributing and leading.
- Follow-up email builderFill in a thank-you, follow-up, status check or offer reply email with your details and copy it.
More AltFTool tools for this stage
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Getting promoted FAQ
What is a brag document?
A private running list of your accomplishments, with dates and evidence, that you update every week or month. It makes self-reviews, promotion cases and resume updates much faster.
Looking for open roles?
Live job listings and in-depth job search guides are on AltFTool Job Search. Use AltF Career alongside it.
Toolkits for your stage
A checklist and the right tools for where you are in your career.
- FresherFreshers and graduatesKeep the resume to one page: education, projects, internships, skills, and any part-time or volunteer work.
- SwitchingCareer switchersCollect five postings for the target role and run each through the keyword checker against your current resume.
- ReturningReturning to workAdd the break as one line with dates and a neutral label, for example 'Career break - family care'.
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Private by design. The tools on AltF Career run in your browser and keep drafts only in local storage. They give general guidance, not legal, immigration or financial advice, and cannot promise interviews or offers. Last reviewed 1 November 2026.