Creating Your Career Plan        

In the current market, professionals and executives cannot afford to rely on long term employment with any one employer. Companies are loyal only to their bottom lines.  In turn, employees need to be loyal to their own financial and personal success goal.

A career plan, similar to a business plan, is a means by which to map out those goals and the process by which you will achieve them.  Treating your career as an entity separate and apart from your or your employer allows to examine your professional development from a new, detached perspective.  Our attorneys help remove you from the "fog of war" so that you can create a tactical approach.

As our clients develop their lifelong career plans, we coach them to work proactively with current and/or prospective employers in setting measurable goals.  We direct our clients to manage their employer’s expectations by showing them how to properly present their goals and encourage employers to support those goals.  It is important to set attainable yet challenging goals, and we inspire our clients to reach above and beyond the ordinary to achieve the extraordinary.  

Identifying Opportunities For Growth

Assessment points and benchmarks are vital to our clients’ career paths, and we support our clients’ efforts to be fully involved in employer-driven assessment procedures.  Also, we encourage our clients to collaborate with their employers to develop more specific, identified processes for gauging performance and providing feedback.  As a next step, we typically recommend that a plan be developed for identifying growth opportunities.  When the employee and employer have a shared understanding of the employee’s value, both parties may begin a conversation regarding the employee’s best fit within the company.  After the employee is properly positioned within the company, the attorneys at The Prinz Law Firm make themselves available to coach the employee in connection with managing, fulfilling and communicating expectations.

Internal Communications

When corresponding with supervisors and colleagues, it is important for an employee to temper assertive communication with a balanced perspective.  If assistance is requested in this area, we review each client’s situation carefully and recommend creative solutions to repair miscommunications between employee and employer.  We provide an objective viewpoint in a contentious situation, and our clients are empowered to resolve communication matters and move forward.

If you have questions regarding your professional development, please contact an employment attorney today.