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Old 05-05-2014, 02:16 PM   #206
Bill Bumface
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Originally Posted by Muta View Post
If I were an HR Manager, I'd be wary if I saw someone going through 5 companies in 11 years. Why would I put someone at the top of the candidate list who, historically, will only stay two years and then take off?
Getting through the HR departments irrelevant filtering is the hard part. I've gotten offered every single job I've ever interviewed for. I think you need to look at why 5 companies in 11 years instead of just dismissing the candidate.

For me:

1. Got a job out of school
2. Outsourced- got forced into working at a place I hated
3. Switched jobs from said hated place after giving it a year
4. Company split
5. Company was about to outsource, so I jumped ship

I've never left a job because I was going to cash in somewhere else, my hand was forced every time. I sit at 2.2 years per job on average without ever voluntarily jumping ship.
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