No business wants an employee who will quit before the business wants them to quit. However, not all companies will look at a resume filled with many different jobs and career choices the exact same way. Each company will look at your job-hopping differently. Think about these points before your next job interview.
1. What do we mean by constant career changes? Some people say that having a job for less than 4 years is a sign of a job-hopper, others think that the minimum one must stay in a job is a year and anything over two years shows lack of ambition. In general, if you have at least three jobs of two years or less on your resume, you may be considered a job-hopper.
2. What metropolitan area are you in? In some high-powered areas, like New York City or Washington, having a series of positions of less than two years is not necessarily seen as a bad thing -- it is seen as a mark of an goal-orientated worker who is constantly moving forward. Plus, some industries, like politics and consulting, are prone to frequent career changes.
3. Are you moving up? Job hopping is ok if there is a clear pattern of increasing responsibility. Business's tend to be sympathetic to a quest for greater responsibility.
4. How old are you? Having four jobs in the three years right out of school is not a big deal. Most employers understand a certain amount of career change from recent graduates. But the higher you go in the food chain, and the more investment the company makes in you, the less likely they are to want to invest in someone who they think will quit in a year.
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