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Five reasons you didn't get the promotion

Article by Stacia Williams originally published in The Nassau Guardian

You stand at your desk stunned. It's as if someone had just thrown cold water in your face, you can't believe it. In fact you were so confident that the position would be yours that you had already began making plans... "The first thing I'm going to do when I get this promotion is...."

So what went wrong? Why weren't you promoted? If the answer to these question evade you, then maybe it is time to take a hard honest look, and see if any of the reasons listed below might be holding you back.

Cell Phone Etiquette

Originally published in The Nassau Guardian

Last week while standing in line at a local fast food restaurant – minding my own business I might add – when I was forced to listen in on a conversation that I had no interest in, as another customer chatted away on her phone. The conversation went something like this: "So what he do with my $1,500.? Now ya see, girl I work to hard for my money! So what about the $50 I give him to go to the washhouse? Girl he' ain't spend my money blah blah blah"...

Why your co-workers don't like you

Article by Stacia Williams originally published in The Nassau Guardian

You pull up a chair to the table, suddenly there is silence followed by the screeching sound of chairs being pushed back as your co-workers scramble to pack up their lunches and leave. "Where are they going?" you ask yourself, "they've hardly touched their lunch?"

"Did they really have to get back to work, or did they just not want me around?"

If you've ever found yourself in a similar situation, here are a few reasons why your co-workers may be avoiding you: