by Cody Hodge

Created on: July 20, 2009

One of the biggest things that employers are doing these days is hiring from within. Basically they are taking job openings that they have, and offering them to employees from within the company. Most companies refer to them as job postings, and they allow people who have the right experience to post for any job that they want. The company will also post any requirements for the job, and will screen any applicants that don't meet the requirements, so don't send your resume to any job post, but they can be useful.

They can be useful for you because it might be a way for you to get your resume to the hands of a department head who you might not be able to contact otherwise. Maybe you are working in sales, and you really want to break into management, but you don't know who to approach, or maybe your resume doesn't quite fit the bill. Normally you might have to work somewhere else to get the opportunity, but if you post for a job with that same company, who knows what may happen.

You give yourself a chance to branch out in the company, and show your interest in staying. Nothing says long-term like posting for a job in your own company. It shows that you want to get a job there, and that you are really interested in staying. Not only that, but it shows the decision makers where you want to go, and can give them some guidelines for how to handle the growth of your career. If you do get an interview you can at worst talk about what you might need to do to get the job in the future.

There is always the chance that you might just get the job outright. Maybe you will be the beneficiary of a good break, and your boss decides that you should have the chance to get that job to see what you are made of. Perhaps it might be a pay raise, if not a raise in rank. Maybe you get to get explore an area of interest, or use the job as a stepping stone to another job. Just having that one job for now might pay dividends later on in your career.

When you post for a job in your own company, you show that you are actively looking to grow. Maybe you don't get that job, but your boss takes notice and offers you a raise anyway, and the promise of some more responsibility in the office. If you are good enough, your employer will not let you go if they can at all keep you. Sometimes timing has to do with getting a job, but that doesn't mean your employer doesn't think highly of you, and that they won't give you something that might still be a step up for you.

Applying for a job in your own company will do great things for your career in most cases. It will prove that you care about your job and want to do more. It shows that you are talented, and interested in staying. If they interview you, you know that they value you, and that you have something to offer them. It gives you leverage, and it shows the company that you have some long term interest. Nothing will inspire your boss to give you more exposure to the big time then knowing you are going to stick around.

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