You fixed the problem nobody else could sort out. You built the process that made everything run smoother. You're the one people come to when things are on fire.

And when promotion time comes, someone else gets it. Because their work was "more visible."

This episode of Career Espresso is about making invisible work visible. Not the theory of self-promotion. The actual work of translating what you do into language that systems recognise.

What you'll discover -

Why your work stays invisible (it's structurally designed that way, especially for women who do the glue work)
The three types of invisible work and why each one needs translating differently
How to move from describing what you did to describing what changed because you did it
Why "I just helped" and other minimising language makes your contributions disappear
The shift from activity to outcome that makes your work tangible without sounding like you're boasting

Perfect for anyone whose real contributions happen behind the scenes and don't show up on dashboards or in performance reviews.

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