6 tips to improve your self-promotion skills

Tips for improving your self-promotion skillsImage by ThinkstockSuccessful self-promotion is critical in today's competitive, hyper-social work world. Especially for women looking to get ahead and make their mark in IT, self-promotion is no longer just a professional advantage -- it's become a career survival skill. "Your career success depends on your ability to promote yourself correctly. Yet many people have a blatant inability to properly express their value to higher-ups and hiring managers