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career development
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Discovery: The DISCO Blog
DISCO Careers: My Career Path From Dancer to Developer
By DISCO
How freestyling and choreography helped DISCO’s marketing web developer enhance his creative process
Lawyer Meltdown
Be Transparent About Advancement in Your Firm
By Allison Johs
What does it take to get ahead at your law firm? If you want to retain your best employees, you need to be transparent with them about what it takes to get ahead at your firm. What happens if an employee wants a promotion? How does an associate become a partner in the firm? What skills, activities, or behaviors are required for advancement? Employees get restless when they don’t know where they stand. In my experience, law firms are really good at communicating things like how many billable hours are required or conducting performance reviews that talk about past performance, but they’re not necessarily so good at talking about the future and what an employee wants to get out of their career, what opportunities there are for advancement at the firm and what an employee needs to do to get there. Instead of just focusing on billable hours and past performance, talk to your employees about what they want out of their careers. Help them to set goals that will help them to advance in your firm. If becoming a partner means that you have to bring in business, make sure that your associates know that. Encourage them to get involved in their local community or their bar association. If trial experience is required for partnership, make sure that your associates know that as well and help them to find opportunities to get that experience. If you can’t become a partner unless you’ve had a certain number of years as a lawyer, make sure that people in your firm know that as well. Remember, what might be obvious to you isn’t necessarily so obvious to your employees. More articles and videos like this: What Training is Available…
The Relativity Blog
Straightforward Advice for Transforming Your Career Path
By Relativity
What does it take to make the leap into a new industry? First, it takes courage. Once you’ve got that, these skills will pave the way into a successful and…
Mike McBride Online
Shared Links (weekly) August 14, 2022
By Mike McBride
Stop Offering Career Ladders. Start Offering Career Portfolios. “Modern Attachments” or “Pointers”- What is a Document? (Part IV) Beating Burnout: A guide for supporting mental health at work Why Employee…
The Social Media Butterfly
Women Who Wow: Summer Eberhard
Summer Eberhard is partner at legal recruiting firm Major Lindsey & Africa in the Associate Practice Group, where she focuses on the Northern California, Seattle and Portland markets. She specializes…
Mike McBride Online
Shared Links (weekly) Aug. 7, 2022
By Mike McBride
Too Connected: How E-Discovery Professionals Can Avoid Burnout Ten workplace mental health statistics you should know in 2022 Regular Discussions Can Help You Achieve Your Career Goals New York Becomes…
Lawline Blog
Microsoft Product Counsel Discusses Leading with Strategic Steps
By sigallelawline-com-sigalle-barness
On this week’s episode of Lawline's Lawyers Who Lead podcast, Sigalle interviews Victor Morales, Corporate Counsel at Microsoft and former board member and treasurer of the Association of Corporate Counsel's…
Be a Better Lawyer Podcast
216: What to do When You Think You're Moving Backwards
By Dina Cataldo
Have you ever felt really good about the progress you’re making and then get thrown a curve ball? You have an emergency pop up and your well-laid plans for the…
The Social Media Butterfly
How to Use LinkedIn’s People Who Viewed Section to Your Advantage
Do you look at LinkedIn’s People Also Viewed section on your profile? If not you should! It gives you a treasure trove of information on who LinkedIn thinks is in…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
Adam Dlin steps up his game with next-level move
Powerhouse firm Stikeman Elliott provides golden opportunity to achieve career goals