Does job hopping affect your career prospects? It depends.
Young聽professionals聽are聽frequently聽advised that the best way to progress professionally is to pursue new opportunities, even if it means changing jobs. Yet, in some cases, employers may view a history of frequent job changes unfavorably,聽according to research by Matissa Hollister, an Associate Professor of Organizational Behaviour. 鈥淲e really wanted to look at whether or not that advice might actually backfire,鈥� Hollister says.
Hollister聽submitted聽resumes with varying job tenures to real job postings and a pattern聽emerged. 鈥淲e found that when hiring a software tester position, employers were much more tolerant of job hoppers鈥攊n both tech and non-tech industries. But in non-tech roles such as HR, marketing and finance, candidates who changed jobs聽frequently聽were less likely to receive call backs.
