The results from the 2018 Career Satisfaction survey for in-house counsel make it abundantly clear that most of you crave upward mobility.
When we present a new opportunity to a candidate, especially if the position is at a senior counsel or assistant general counsel level, one of the first questions we are inevitably asked is the ladder climb one: what is the likelihood and time frame for promotion? This question is asked well before we even get to the first interview. Experienced in-house counsel are more realistic and logical when evaluating the lay of the land, versus straight-from-a-law-firm candidates, but that’s simply because in-house counsel have seen the dynamic firsthand. Bottom line is that everyone asks.
