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I'm in an area with lots of employers, but 20 years ago I did some job-hopping (four jobs in four years between 95 and 99), and that STILL comes up as a negativ
by commandlinefan 8y ago
I'm in an area with lots of employers, but 20 years ago I did some job-hopping (four jobs in four years between 95 and 99), and that STILL comes up as a negative in job interviews. If you bail on too many bad managers, you can find yourself locked out anyway.
- kevstev 8y agoAt this point you should just have a >20 years ago section on there (I would label it "prior history" myself), and include projects you worked on. That's over 20 years ago. Unless you worked on something you really want to highlight, just fudge them altogether. I am guessing you don't work in tech in the US though? I was a bit worried about doing a third "three and out" while looking, and 10 years prior in finance, it may have been an issue, when I was looking at tech companies, no one even batted an eyelash. One HR recruiter even quipped that these would be relatively long tenures in the startup world.
- zaphod12 8y agoOh man, I know what you mean - it's kind of crazy. When I'm at a company for more then 2 years, recruiters start joking that I'm an old timer and must be dying for a change! I'm all for moving when the time is right, but I like my job and looking for a new one is stressful!
- joejerryronnie 8y agoIn the Bay Area, it’s the opposite. Interviewers almost look negatively on being at one employer for too long.
- dba7dba 8y ago>>> four jobs in four years That does look not so good to me tbh. 2 jobs in 2 years would look ok to me. But I guess it depends.
- cableshaft 8y agoI was going to say why are you including jobs from 20 years ago on your resume, but you probably live in a place where they want CVs, right?
- walshemj 8y agoI would try a pitch or thematic CV instead of a linear one
- jki275 8y agoGood lord. I've done 3 jobs in a single year this past year alone and I'm hoping to do one more in about a year. But in your case I wouldn't even put all those jobs on a resume' -- it's too far back.
- mrhappyunhappy 8y agoWhy couldn't you just say you worked at 2 places and not 4? Do people really check that sort of thing? Or omit 3 and say you ran your own business for those 3 years. If employer is too dumb to understand your reasons, a little truth bending wouldn't hurt.
- scarface74 8y agoWhy do you even have that on your resume? I’ve been working as a professional developer for 20+ years, but no one cares about my first job writing C code running on DEC VAX and Stratus mainframes or my second job doing a combination of VB6 and C++ DCOM and MFC.