A guide to double your salary

Improve your visibility : Managing your career is separate from managing your job. Shape your image and then market it effectively to your superiors. Pass news of any of your success right up the food chain.

Become an asset: Move to the positive side of the corporate ledger by going international. Salaries swell in profit centres, such as sales and new-business development and shrivel in cost centre, such as human resources, customer services and marketing.

Hit 'Eject': Been at your job for a year without being promoted or even snagging an invite to a training session abroad? Then its time to bail out, if you feel you're ready for the next step.

Make 'em pay: Squeeze the most out of job offer by doing your groundwork. What you earned in the past is irrelevant. What matters is the market rate. Dig hard for real-time salary ranges by contacting people within your company and at competitors.

Stroke your contact: A common networking pitfall is contacting business friends only when you need a job. Instead be systematic about it. Find reasons to contact them on a regular basis.