Job: Accounts Payable Processor (United States)

A story that will hopefully be helpful and to the point. When I knew that I wanted a raise, instead of high tailing it into my immediate bosses office and asking for a raise two months prior I started to increase my workload on my own, helping others, finishing my work fast and efficiently and freeing my immediate boss of some of his duities. Once I knew he was on my side and depended on me for work that was not my original job I knew I had him. That wasn't it, I also knew that raises came from the Executive Director. At the next staff meeting I listened attentively for a loop hole where I can involve myself directly with a new project or something. Well, my executive director expressed intrest in getting the young girls from the inner city more involved in programs. That was my ticket. It took me about 2 to 3 weeks to write up a program and then I presented it to my Director and he loved it. Of course I got the raise! Hope this helps.