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Job Hopping
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Do you think switching jobs frequently is a good idea? …
1. It will surely help you learn new work skills.
It widens your skill
set and adds to your
knowledge of various fields.
2. Any job is accompanied with a set routine,
which is bound to make you bored sooner or
later. Changing your job, thus, serves as a
good break and will keep you enthusiastic
about life and work.
3. As
you change jobs, you will meet new
people, and this will add to your contacts in
various industries.
4. Through working in different fields, you
could find the field that is best for you and
you are truly interested in.
5. It is difficult to keep
your skills sharp when
you deal with the same group of people for
an extended period of time.
6. Working up to higher pay and benefits within
a company can take many years, while
switching jobs can
allow workers to get
significant increases in pay, benefits and
responsibilities quickly.
7. Changing jobs lets workers escape dead-
end jobs and continue to learn and grow.
8. In some cases, frequent job changes can
indicate great adaptability.
YES
1. It affects trust and confidence. Very often,
employers are
wary of hiring employees
who have a record of frequent job changes
in their résumé. This is because they
believe they cannot be trusted in the long
run.
2. It adversely influences your image. Negative
qualities like lack of commitment and
immaturity are associated with a person
who changes their jobs frequently.
3. Job hoppers
generally lack in-depth
knowledge. A person gains comprehensive
knowledge of a subject only after they work
on it for a certain duration of time.
4. A person with a history of too many job
changes often comes across as someone
who lacks expertise. People believe they
just know a little about many things. Jack of
all trades, master of none.
5. Those who stay with
a single company are
able to rise in seniority while job hoppers
have to compete for a stronger role at each
new company they go to.
6. The longer you stay at a position, the easier
it becomes. You learn the ropes and how to
"recycle" your knowledge. This means you
could have free
time to work on personal
projects, go back to school or work toward
another goal.
