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[quote=Anonymous]At work we have been hiring a lot of foreign born and educated staff brand new to the United States. A new thing to us.

Often they come with Graduate degrees, MBAs, multiple certifications from their country. They are usually younger and this is first job in USA.

My question is they seems to ask about career progression almost immediately. They seem to equate degrees and certifications with promotions. They also ask for training classes and certifications from conferences etc. as if that will help career.

My question is how do promotions work in countries such as Africa for example?

My response to them learn your job, do a good job, get to know company, offer some value added suggestions, show you are ready to be promoted and attend some internal events and do internal networking fell on deaf ears.

I had to add there is no set progression. You do a great job and someone above you leaves we can put in for promotion. Or we justify the role is now bigger based on added responsibilities and promote. But your certifications, degrees, training classes really have nothing to do with promotions since you already have a masters degree.

Is it really that much different in other countries? I had two push this question in months 2-6. [/quote]

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