Level Is Behavior, Not Tenure
Identify the behavioral evidence that distinguishes one career-advising recommendation from the next.
Your evidence map is not a horoscope; it is an evidence map. The fastest way to improve a career conversation is to stop asking whether someone "feels senior" and start asking what responsibility pattern is already visible. Responsibility Changes Before Title Changes At early levels, the work is usually bounded: deliver assigned tasks, ask for help, learn the system. As levels rise, the person handles ambiguity, influences outside the immediate team, improves how others work, and becomes accountable for broader outcomes. Evidence Beats Adjectives "Strategic," "senior," and "ready" are weak until they are tied to behavior. Strong evidence sounds like:…
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