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The Future Female Leaders Podcast helps create more female leaders in the workplace.If you are working in an entry level role and are preparing for future growth opportunities, this podcast is for you.Future Female Leaders topics consist of building confidence, improving…
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273| Signs There's Actually Room in the Budget (opens the original)
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Continuing this week's dive into pay structure, Nichole covers how to read whether your company genuinely has money available right now, or is just giving the easy answer. In this episode: Why "there's no budget right now" is sometimes true, and sometimes just the easier answer to give Signs there may be room: active hiring on your team, public growth announcements, and visible spending on tools, events, or outside consultants Signs money is genuinely tight: hiring freezes, layoffs, cuts to perk
272| Recognizing Your Company's Raise Cycle Without Asking HR (opens the original)
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Building on yesterday's episode on budget cycles, Nichole shares quieter ways to figure out your company's timing without asking HR directly. In this episode: Why asking HR directly about raise timing can feel intimidating or premature Checking your own pay stub history for signs of a past automatic merit cycle Watching for patterns around you, like coworkers mentioning reviews or a rise in scheduled one-on-ones Checking your employee handbook or onboarding materials for a written review cycle F
271| When Companies Actually Do Raises (opens the original)
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Picking up from yesterday's breakdown of merit increases, promotions, and market adjustments, Nichole dives into timing, specifically why companies budget for raises in advance and why that changes when you should ask. In this episode: Why most companies operate on a budget cycle, and why raises are often planned for months before you ever ask A note on startup flexibility versus more structured companies when it comes to advocating for a raise How annual budgets and fiscal years shape when rais
270| Merit Increase vs. Promotion vs. Market Adjustment (opens the original)
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Shifting focus for the week, Nichole breaks down the three different types of raises and why knowing which one applies to you changes your whole approach. In this episode: Why "raise" usually means one of three things: a merit increase, a promotion, or a market adjustment What a merit increase is, a small performance-based bump tied to your existing role, usually on a set annual cycle What a promotion actually requires: proving you're already operating at the next level, not just deserving credi
269| Building The Worksheet to Justify Your Ask (opens the original)
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Wrapping up a big week of research, Nichole helps pull everything together into one simple worksheet instead of scattered notes and browser tabs. In this episode: A recap of the week: salary research, tools to use, how location and industry shift your number, and how to find out what your company actually pays What to include in your worksheet: every number you've found, labeled by source, with a note on using screenshots in case job postings get taken down Why you shouldn't discard any number,
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