By Sally Kane, About.com:
Want to take your career to the next level?
Here are 20 tips to advance your legal career.
1. Proactively seek new assignments and challenges.
2. Contribute to the company’s bottom line.
3. Avoid placing limits on the scope of your position.
4. Cultivate relationships with people in power.
5. Develop and implement more efficient work processes.
6. Become technologically proficient.
7. Raise your company profile through networkingin seminars and online via Linkedin, LegalForce and others, committees & outside assignments.
8. Become the go-to person in a niche area of expertise.
9. Advance your education and/or obtain specialty certification.
10. Become a top producer, no matter what the yardstick (quotas, billable hours).
These are just a few tips to help you get started the rest is up to you!
