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It's not a good analogy the way you put it, because having more than one employer in and of itself is so very common that it's hard to be biased against it. Ho

by V-2 9y ago

It's not a good analogy the way you put it, because having more than one employer in and of itself is so very common that it's hard to be biased against it. However a dinstinctly high frequency of changing jobs, say in the 90th percentile among candidates (and how many people take sabbaticals?), now that could be a red flag already. And for exactly that reason - it implies the candidate is relatively likely to jump teams again. Hence it is not absurd to assume quite a few employers would prefer someone who worked at 2 places throughout the past few years over someone who worked at 5 - all other things being equal, obviously. I am not arguing whether it's right or justified - or to what extent. That's another story.

croon 9y ago
> It's not a good analogy the way you put it, because having more than one employer in and of itself is so very common that it's hard to be biased against it. Your parent compared one (1) gap year in a resume being a red flag for the explicit reason that they might leave again, to someone else having switched employers atleast once, for the exact same reason given by GP. It's a totally apt analogy. Leaving is leaving. Your further reasoning doesn't change this analogy. Many employment changes in a resume is no different to many gap years, in regards to the initially stated premise.
- V-2 9y ago
  I disagree. Taking a gap year is a bigger career disruption than simply changing employers. It's not by coincidence that one is much more common than the other. The willingness to do former indicates lesser degree of dependence (or sense of dependence) on an ongoing employment than mere willingness to trade one job for another. That's why the "leaving is leaving" line of argument doesn't speak to me.
toomanybeersies 9y ago
You're right that constant job jumping, or several sabbaticals would be a red flag, but I don't think that a single year off would be. I was actually considering chasing another job last week, which would have better pay and more responsibilities, but decided not to, because I've only been in my current job for 6 months. It really isn't a good look if you're constantly jumping ship.
- V-2 9y ago
  > You're right that constant job jumping, or several sabbaticals would be a red flag, but I don't think that a single year off would be. Probably not - all I'm saying is that a single gap year doesn't carry the same weight as a one job switch decision. The conversion rate cannot be, and isn't one-to-one, so to speak; unless we're going ad absurdum

by V-2 9y ago

croon 9y ago

> It's not a good analogy the way you put it, because having more than one employer in and of itself is so very common that it's hard to be biased against it. Your parent compared one (1) gap year in a resume being a red flag for the explicit reason that they might leave again, to someone else having switched employers atleast once, for the exact same reason given by GP. It's a totally apt analogy. Leaving is leaving. Your further reasoning doesn't change this analogy. Many employment changes in a resume is no different to many gap years, in regards to the initially stated premise.

V-2 9y ago
I disagree. Taking a gap year is a bigger career disruption than simply changing employers. It's not by coincidence that one is much more common than the other. The willingness to do former indicates lesser degree of dependence (or sense of dependence) on an ongoing employment than mere willingness to trade one job for another. That's why the "leaving is leaving" line of argument doesn't speak to me.

toomanybeersies 9y ago

You're right that constant job jumping, or several sabbaticals would be a red flag, but I don't think that a single year off would be. I was actually considering chasing another job last week, which would have better pay and more responsibilities, but decided not to, because I've only been in my current job for 6 months. It really isn't a good look if you're constantly jumping ship.

V-2 9y ago
> You're right that constant job jumping, or several sabbaticals would be a red flag, but I don't think that a single year off would be. Probably not - all I'm saying is that a single gap year doesn't carry the same weight as a one job switch decision. The conversion rate cannot be, and isn't one-to-one, so to speak; unless we're going ad absurdum