Reply To: How do you know when it’s time to leave your job?

I think even if you don’t have it, you can make a pretty strong case by playing up everything you’ve done to mentor, coach, develop, and oversee junior employees on projects. I had mostly worked in settings where I was an individual contributor and all the junior people reported to like an Operations Manager, but I had done a ton of coaching and project oversight. And the short period when I did previously have direct reports, I had to put someone on a PIP that was already in the works, so I could talk about managing in a challenging situation.