Used to flying below the radar at work? Think not being noticed will keep your job safe? Not anymore. The best strategy now is to figure out how you can raise your visibility at work - in positive ways.

Additionally, if your job is tedious or repetitive, you can request alternative activities to break up the monotony of your every day work. No matter the job, it is difficult to do the exact same work all day long, even if you love the work and the customers. Your request for skill developing assignments will make you stand out.

If you're underemployed and waiting for your next opportunity at work, request work that will help you grow into your next assignment. If you're thinking about looking for a new job, make your requests for more challenging work visible. Don't sit back and wait for your manager to give you something new or exciting to do. This is always the wrong approach.

Your manager is busy, too, and while your development as a person and employee may be important to your manager, he or she cannot read your mind. It is helpful to work in a company with a performance development planning process in place.

There, you have the opportunity to talk with your supervisor, at least quarterly, about issues such as your development and career growth. But, no matter your company's employment practices, you have the right to ask and to care about your career and personal development and visibility at work.

Six Tips to Raise Your Visibility at Work

These ideas will help you help your boss help you:

Ask for more responsible assignments so you can exhibit that you deserve them and that your skills are underutilized. Go to your manager with specific suggestions about how you think you can contribute to improvement, departmental efficiency, or creating a new process or method. Make it easy for him or her to help you.

Volunteer to represent your department at meetings, on planning committees, and on projects. A proactive approach to work is noticed by the bosses. Working on cross-functional teams also gives your talents exposure outside of your own work area. This is helpful when promotions or lateral opportunities become available. A "known" employee has the advantage over one who is not known.

Build your relationship with your boss. Check in with him or her periodically whether you need to or not. The boss is a person, too. Don't make fake requests or pretend ignorance if you really have the answer. But, running the answer by the boss, telling the boss what's on your mind, and making suggestions for improvement are generally welcome interactions. You don't have to share your private life, or be friends with your boss and coworkers, but a friendly, supportive relationship matters for success and visibility.

If you have skills that you are not using in your current position, look for opportunities to keep in practice. Use them; don't lose them. These opportunities will also bring wider company exposure and broaden your organization's thinking about what you can do. So, as an example, your creative talents, your willingness to experiment, or your ability to mediate conflicts will make you stand out as an employee.

Request the opportunity to participate in seminars and training classes. Ask to belong to your relevant professional development association and for the opportunity to participate in its events. Then, visibly apply the new opportunities back in the workplace. Take the application one step further.

Tell your boss and coworkers what you learned and how you plan to apply the new information at work. This has three advantages. Your improvement efforts improve your visibility and teaching others is the best way to make sure you've really learned the concepts. Finally, your coworkers benefit from the time you spent and the knowledge you gained at the session.

If your company has book clubs or interactive brown bag lunches on topics, get involved or start them. Make sure your boss has factored the time into your schedule so you can become involved. Just like the activities mentioned earlier, this participation brings all the benefits of broader visibility and you can be observed by others in thoughtful discussion.
These tips about employee training and development will give you more thoughts on how you can pursue your personal professional development at work.

常常在別人的關注下工作嗎？想想要是沒人注意你，那你工作能有保障嗎？更別說別的了。最好的策略就是找到怎樣能在工作中讓你更顯眼---在好的方面。

另外，如果你的工作單調乏味，只是重復性的工作，你可以要求變換工作以消除每天工作中的枯燥。不管是什么工作，每天做著相差無幾的工作是困難的，即使你喜歡這份工作和你的客戶。你要求技能增長的要求會把你“亮”出來。

如果你沒有工作，期待工作中的下一個機會，要求做能幫助你進入下一次任務的工作。如果你在考慮找一份新的工作，就去要求做能被人注意的更具有挑戰性的工作。不要靜坐著等你的經理給你新的或者更令人興奮的事情做。這一直是個錯誤的方法。

你的經理也很忙，當你是一個求上進的人，那么你對于你的經理就是一個很重要的雇員，他/她不會知道你的想法。在一個公司工作，適當地有個業績發展規劃是有助于你的。

之后，你有機會找你的上司談談關于比如你的發展和工作中的成長的事情，至少每個季度一次。但是，不管你們單位雇傭習慣怎樣，你有權詢問并關心你的職業和個人成長以及工作中的受關注度。

讓你在工作中顯眼的六招

這些建議會幫助你幫助你的老板來幫助你：

申請更多責任重大的工作，以便你能展示自己是能勝任這些工作的，你的工作能力是未發掘的。帶著關于你怎么改進，怎么提高部門效率，或者提出新的程序或者方法的具體的建議去找你的經理。讓他/她幫助起你來更簡單。

在規劃委員會的會議和工程項目會議上自薦代表你的部門。工作的一個積極的方法是能夠被老板注意到。在你的工作區域外的跨職能團隊中工作也會顯露出你的才能。在有晉升機會或者平級調動的時候這將有助于你。一個“眾人皆知”的雇員要比一個沒有名氣的雇員更有優勢。

和你的老板建立關系。周期性的和他/她一起（同時）到公司，不管你需不需要。老板也是人。如果你有答案，不要裝著去詢問或者忽視（問題的存在）。但是，告訴老板你的想法，提出改進建議一般都是受歡迎的互動的舉動。你不必去分享你的個人生活，不必和老板以及同事成為朋友，但是友好的，給予幫助的關系關系到你的成功和顯眼。

如果你有在你目前的職位上用不到的才能，找機會好好練習。用這些技能：不要丟掉他們。這些機會讓你更多的顯露，擴寬你能做的事情的組織思維。所以，舉例來說，你的創造性的才能，你要求實踐的愿望，或者你的調節沖突的能力將使你以一個雇員顯現出來。

申請加入研討會或者培訓班的機會。要求加入與你的專業發展相關的協會，并借此機會加入它的活動中去。然后，再返回來在工作場所當眾利用新的機會，進一步拿到申請表（很不確定，求指教）。

告訴你的老板和同事你所學到的東西以及你怎么樣在工作當中應用這些。這有三個好處。你進步的努力改變了你的受關注度，教會其他人你所學的東西是最好的能夠確認你真正學會了的辦法。最后，你的同事從你所花的時間里面和你做學到的知識上受益。

如果你的公司有讀書吧或者互動的便當午餐時間來討論（不確定，求指教），加入其中并開始展現其中。確定你的老板花時間在你的計劃上了，那么你就可以加入其中。就像之前提過的活動那樣，加入這些會帶來更廣泛的關注，在深度的討論中，你會被其他人注意到。

這些雇員培訓和發展的秘訣使得你在工作中如何追求個人專業發展時有更多的想法。