# Write a career level framework for a job family

Creates clear level definitions for a job family so managers can make consistent hiring, promotion, and pay decisions.

- Topic: HR & Hiring
- Framework: Few-Shot
- Level: Standard
- Tags: Career, Leadership, Write, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/write-a-career-level-framework-for-a-job-family

## Prompt

```text
Help me write a career level framework (job leveling guide) for one job family.

**Job family:** [e.g. customer support, finance, engineering, operations]
**Number of levels needed:** [e.g. 5 individual contributor + 3 manager]
**Existing titles and roles:** [LIST]
**Company size and stage:** [CONTEXT]
**Dimensions that matter here:** [e.g. scope, complexity, autonomy, impact, expertise, leadership/influence, stakeholder management]

Create:
1. **Level summary table** - level, title, one-line description, typical experience (as a guide, not a requirement).
2. **Detailed level definitions** - for each dimension, observable behaviors and outcomes at each level. Make adjacent levels clearly distinct; avoid words like "good," "strong," or "senior" without describing what changes.
3. **Promotion signals** - what someone needs to consistently demonstrate to move up.
4. **IC vs. manager track** - how they relate and where they're equivalent.
5. **Mapping guide** - how to place existing employees, and how to handle people who don't fit neatly.
6. **Calibration checks** - questions to test whether the framework is being applied consistently.

Keep criteria job-related and free of proxies that may disadvantage groups (e.g. "years in role" as a hard gate, "culture fit").
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## What to fill in

- e.g. customer support, finance, engineering, operations
- e.g. 5 individual contributor + 3 manager
- LIST
- CONTEXT

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