Is job hopping a bad thing?

Vanessa (Canada)

I graduated in 2008 and I've been job hopping ever since. The longest I've stayed at a company was 2 years. It's great in that you learn more about your personality and about what you like and dislike in a job. The downside is that, sometimes you feel like you'll never find something you'll like and can stick with long term. Also, it's hard to get an interview for a job you really want b/c employers see that you don't have previous experience or you're job-hopping. It's unfair b/c job hopping doesn't mean you're not a hard worker or not serious enough. If HR would only understand this, I'm sure they could recruit some really great candidates that don't have the "typical" resume.

Female college students participate in a job fair held particularlly for them in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, March 5, 2016. [Photo/IC]