1.    Career map: Failing to plan means you are planning to fail. Kim Meszaros, Kelly's Marketing Executive believes knowing where your career is taking you and how you are going to get there is crucial to your success. Decide where you want to go with your career and discuss with your manager what steps you need to take to bring you closer to your goal. By carefully planning every step and monitoring your progress with your manager, you will know when you are ready for the new challenge of a promotion.

2.    Get a mentor: Your office is likely to be full of people who have achieved success in their career. Find yourself a mentor who can guide your behaviours and learning.

3.    Upskill: Be prepared for lifelong learning. Having a qualification is not enough; you must possess a range of multiple skills and knowledge that will set you apart from your colleagues. Never stop learning; there is no end to it. Treat each new day as an opportunity to learn something new. Read as much as you can. The internet is a great tool for sourcing information that you can use in self-study.

4.    Be a model employee: Take on additional responsibilities, work longer hours, tackle the tasks others don't want; you will soon be known as a dependable employee who not only gets the job done, but does it confidently and with a positive attitude.

5.    Build credibility: Performing consistently well builds credibility with your superiors. Meszaros, adds, always meeting deadlines while maintaining very high standards will ensure you stand out from your peers when it comes to promotion opportunities.

6.    Be fully prepared for your next appraisal: Show positive results to your superior, indicating how your performance has improved productivity or saved the company money. Compare your output to your last review; nothing tells your boss how valuable you are than an increase in efficiency and effectiveness.

7.    Dress the part: If you want to be a manager; look and act the part, through your dress and quality of work. By displaying managerial skills, you indicate that you understand what it takes. Dress appropriately to show you know what a manager should look like. Behave how a manager should behave and, most importantly, make sure your output is of the highest standard. Just doing your best is not good enough anymore, outperform even your own expectations!