That making a written career plan is an important and easy tool to advance your career?

“Here is the secret to doing a career plan this week: take five minutes to write three lines on a piece of paper: my long-term career goal, how I want to improve my skills/experiences to advance toward the long-term goal in the next year, and how I want to improve in the next three years.”

(Canter, Rachelle J., Women Lawyers: Forget Your Job and Focus on Your Career, March 14, 2016, at http://www.lawpracticetoday.org/article/women-lawyers-forget-your-job-and-focus-on-your-career/.)

Simply outworking the male competition is not an effective career strategy. Instead, spend five minutes this week planning your career and then take a look at the following opportunities:

Let’s get women in the pipeline to fill these and other roles

Click any of the following links for information on just a few upcoming leadership opportunities:

Idaho State Professional Licensing Boards

Recruitment is going on now for new public member positions on several state boards that govern licensing, including for architects, cosmetologists, geologists, optometrists, shorthand reporters and more. http://www.idaho.gov/government/executive.html (Contact Ann Beebe, Governor’s Special Assistant for Boards and Commissions, at 208.334.2100.)

Idaho State Bar

Applications for the 2016-2017 Idaho Academy of Leadership for Lawyers are available now and are due July 15, 2016. http://isb.idaho.gov/pdf/general/iall_brochure.pdf

Bar Committee vacancies for terms beginning in July 2016 include positions on the AdvocateEditorial Advisory Board and for the Lawyer Assistance Program, the Lawyer Referral Service, and the Professional Conduct Board. https://isb.idaho.gov/general/committees.html (Contact Diane Minnich, Executive Director, at 208.334.4500.)