Comments on: Make life more stable with more frequent job changes

By: Brad

Brad — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:13:57 +0000

It is always a good idea to always stay within the same industry. When you leave one job then you can market yourself better because you have gained experience and know-how.If you have you can always go for a better position and more money. This way you are progressing. Staying at the same place all the time is not a great idea.

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connecticut reverse mortgage — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:14:23 +0000

The thing which matters is your skill. Change in jobs at the start of career is often seen. But until you get the job suitable to you but if we get stick to one place and work their to me is more benefited.

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By: Emily

Emily — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:39:39 +0000

Thank you so much for writing this! This is certainly the truth – especially for those of us in business and technology. My resume has a wake of dead, bankrupt companies on it. I used to have so much shame over this because I believed the outdated career advice others would hand me. Cheap advice is all it was. People love dispensing that. Our generation just doesn't fit in the old paradigm and no matter how hard people want to cling to what they think they know, it just isn't the same anymore. Looking back, if the companies I worked for hadn't crumbled, I might have been the type to stay and become stuck and stagnant. And you know what those people are like – they get set in their ways, are less agile, don't accept change… No company wants those types anymore. Believe me – being on the Change Management side, companies want to remove the ones blocking their ability to change and adapt. Competition is too high – you can't have dead weight. Flexibility and adaptability is what companies want. Luckily, because I've had to get back up, brush myself off and move on many a time, I've become so much agile, polished and wellrounded career-wise and employers notice it. I also notice that with each move I make, I get more than I could ever have expected – more money, more possibilities, more good stuff so I am certainly grateful to have the confidence and assurance that I can pull off any transition and thrive. The people who can get comfortable living in discomfort are the true assets in companies. It may not be the way we want it to be, but its the way it is.

By: Erin

Erin — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:23:52 +0000

Early in my career I did exactly this; I moved from company to company every 3 years. I found myself in about 3 years hitting a "learning curve" plateau. For the last 5 years however, I've worked for one company with one promotion into a new role to support my need to continually learn more. That's where its stopped though. I have a choice now: to continue within the company into management or move on to another company. When I look outside I'm finding I may have stayed too long.

Part of my realization stems because of my career choice, computer technology, where your skills should be continually refreshed with the latest new thing. Big companies, like the one I'm at, don't change their technology that quickly and so I've allowed my technical skills to lag while I've grown my more soft skills. In the long run I believe developing these softer skills will pay off for me, I recognize having a more broad business skill set is also important.

Thanks for the "kick in the pants" post.

By: Warren

Warren — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:13:55 +0000

Having a strong skill set is essential if someone wishes to be able to change jobs frequently. Especially with the condition the market is in these days it is imperative that someone is irreplaceable in the eyes of the employer. Having some money saved up is also very important just in case one of the transitions doesn’t necessarily work out.

By: Education Trends Blog by Gatlin Education Services » Blog Archive » How Often Should You Switch Jobs?

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:39:05 +0000

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By: Lauren@LifeStyler

Lauren@LifeStyler — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:59:55 +0000

I totally agree with this story. I job hopped for the first 4 years of my career and found that I gained many more skills in much shorter amount of time than my peers. I also learned how to deal with many different types of people, as I was exposed to so many different people on so many different levels in such a relatively short amount of time.

The other main draw to job hopping was that I was able to increase my salary pretty dramatically compared to what I would have gotten in an annual raise — typically 5K-7K with each job move.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:40:31 +0000

frequent job changes keep us on our toes.Nice post

By: Generation “Why Aren’t I Better?” | Chris Gammell's Analog Life

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:48:23 +0000

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By: Trval

Trval — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:13:49 +0000

For those who are into frequent job changes, consider doing "Temp" work or temporary job work. You only work a few months to 6 or so months at a time and it is great for people who hate getting stuck on the same old boring job. The pay is surprisingly decent (you usually get paid by the hour) so it's really good money. Not the best as a salaried job but at minimum you get enough to pay your bills and have the occasional fun.