1. You may not be a natural leader

1. 你可能天生不是当领导人的料

Often, positions in the higher levels come with leadership responsibilities: you need to command and inspire your team and think of new directions to take your team in. No matter how you good you are at your current job, you will not qualify¹ for the next level up if you are not comfortable being a leader.

通常情况下，职位更高意味着需承担领导责任：你需要带领、激励你的团队，为团队思考新的发展方向。即便你在工作中很出色，但如果你无法领导他人，你就没有升职的资格。

2. You have not proven a higher level of skill2. 你尚未证明具备胜任更高职位的技能

If you do have the leadership qualities required for the next level up, you may not have found a way to prove it. You should help your boss see what you are capable² of by stepping up and offering to take up responsibilities from time to time when your boss needs help.

如果你的确具备升职所需的领导素质，那也许是因为你还未找到机会证明这一点。当老板需要帮助的时候，你应该挺身而出承担责任，让老板看到你的实力。

3. You do not speak up much

3. 你鲜少表达

Even if you do have the leadership skills needed for a promotion³ and have proven yourself, it is possible that you have done it all without calling attention to yourself. Books on management often joke about how success in the workplace comes to those who take the trouble to look busy, whether or not they accomplish anything. You need to think about playing the part as well as looking the part.

即使你具备升职所需的领导技能，也证明了这一点，但也许是因为你是在未引起他人注意的情况下完成工作的。管理类书籍经常开这样的玩笑：工作上成功的人向来都是那些看起来忙忙碌碌的人，不论他们是否做了"实事"。你既需要拥有这样的能力，也需要让别人看到你的能力。

4. You have not been consistent⁴

4. 你的工作表现不稳定

In the workplace, you are only as good as the last item on your track record. If it has been a couple of weeks since your last success or if there have been a couple of recent slip-ups, your successes won't shine through.

在工作中，人们只会记得你上一份任务有没有做好。如果距离上一次完美完成任务已间隔几周，或最近你犯了几次小错，这样的情况是很难得到升职的。

5. You have not added to your resume⁵ recently5. 最近的简历没有更新

If the last educational entry on your resume is from a decade ago, you are not doing everything you can to show that you are keeping up with the times. It is important to build upon your resume on a continuing basis.

如果简历上的教育一栏信息还停留在10年前，这可能表明你没有努力跟上时代的步伐。你需要不断的完善简历。

6. You have not been promoted in a while

6. 你已经很久没有升职了

Promotions⁶ go to those who have had promotions in the past. If you have stayed in the same position for a while, your boss may no longer think of you as the kind of person who gets promotions. To them, you are just a helpful, dependable person who is satisfied with them lot in life.

升职机会永远是留给那些有过升职记录的人的。如果你一直停留在某一岗位，你的老板可能不会将你纳入升职考虑的范畴。于他们而言，你只是一个乐于助人的可靠员工，十分满足现状。