Career Killer: Job Hopping

If you are likely to only spend a few months at a job, your career is in jeopardy.

According to a new survey released by Bullhorn, an online recruiting software creator, 39 percent of recruiters say the single biggest obstacle for an unemployed candidate in regaining employment is having a history of leaving a company before one year of tenure.

Other findings include:

- Greater demand for candidates in their 40s than in their 20s.

- Recruiters say it’s easier for them to place someone with a criminal record (non-felony) in a new job than it is to place someone who has been unemployed for two years.

- Getting fired is the most severely damaging to a candidate’s future employment prospects.

Read the full results and check out the infographic.

Comments

[Alex]

Is it also job hopping when you change your employer like every 2-3 years? Because that's what they advised us to do back at college to boost our career.

[Joan @ Skylight Editorial]

Job hopping is really a serious resume killer. In response to Alex, I wouldn't say that leaving the job after 2 or 3 years of service is job hopping. It shows that you were dedicated enough to stay over a year. It is standard to be judged by that year mark, but once you have stayed somewhere for over a year, you are generally more trusted as a potential employee.