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If someone has a couple bad jobs in a row, it's not a big deal. There are a lot of bad companies out there and it's easy to get lured into a couple of them. Ho

If someone has a couple bad jobs in a row, it's not a big deal. There are a lot of bad companies out there and it's easy to get lured into a couple of them. However, if someone shows up and claims to have had five or seven bad jobs in a row, you have to start looking at them as the common denominator. At that point, it's not even about short tenure any more. It's a warning sign that this person hasn't been able to get along with any teams anywhere. Some people just can't get along with anyone in the workplace for very long. If you hire them, it likely won't be long before they think you are their latest "bad job". > My sourcer will filter you out even before your resume hits my part of the pipeline, so you can’t depend on me figuring out if you are a good candidate despite your bad tenure. I've found the opposite with some recruiters: They'll have several candidates in their network/portfolio who are always unhappy and therefore always changing jobs. They try to slip them into the hiring pipeline because they know these people are so easy to convince to accept a new job. When the recruiter moves to a new company/firm, they go through the list and put all of their reliable job hoppers back into the queue.

quickthrower2 4y ago
Good old perverse incentives!
Vibgyor5 4y ago
I wonder what would be your take on my stints (non-tech Ops guy here, based out of Asia/Europe for reference). I have changed jobs 5 times in 6 years: # Company 1: First stint after university at a Bank. Management development program. Left after 4 months to join a startup backed by renowned European VC/accelerator. 4 months #Company 2: Technically an internship here which was supposed to be full-time after 6 months. 3 months in, co-founder who was also my hiring manager died - startup was on the verge of sinking. 5 months. #Company 3: Ops role with plenty of ownership at Food-delivery company (think Doordash for Europe). Left after 1 year due to personal reasons (had to move back to Asia due to medical reasons in my family) Good impact here though. #Company 4: Asian unicorn. Impactful role, scaled a new business vertical to $xM ARR fwiw. Left after 3 years to change industry. #Company 5: Booming startup that ultimately did not succeed. Very short time but still made some strides. 3 months. Laid off along with 75% of the company. Now, what's your take if you were to look at my resume? As you can see, I had just 1 long stint so far (3 years). My only saving grace is that my projects were at least somewhat notable. Especially in the current climate where entire teams can be laid off and many orgs are downsizing, I feel insecure that another short stint < 1-2 years would be a red flag to recruiters and Hiring Manager - circumstances notwithstanding.
- YuriNiyazov 4y ago
  one long recent stint is sufficient to pass the filter.

quickthrower2 4y ago

Good old perverse incentives!

Vibgyor5 4y ago

I wonder what would be your take on my stints (non-tech Ops guy here, based out of Asia/Europe for reference). I have changed jobs 5 times in 6 years: # Company 1: First stint after university at a Bank. Management development program. Left after 4 months to join a startup backed by renowned European VC/accelerator. 4 months #Company 2: Technically an internship here which was supposed to be full-time after 6 months. 3 months in, co-founder who was also my hiring manager died - startup was on the verge of sinking. 5 months. #Company 3: Ops role with plenty of ownership at Food-delivery company (think Doordash for Europe). Left after 1 year due to personal reasons (had to move back to Asia due to medical reasons in my family) Good impact here though. #Company 4: Asian unicorn. Impactful role, scaled a new business vertical to $xM ARR fwiw. Left after 3 years to change industry. #Company 5: Booming startup that ultimately did not succeed. Very short time but still made some strides. 3 months. Laid off along with 75% of the company. Now, what's your take if you were to look at my resume? As you can see, I had just 1 long stint so far (3 years). My only saving grace is that my projects were at least somewhat notable. Especially in the current climate where entire teams can be laid off and many orgs are downsizing, I feel insecure that another short stint < 1-2 years would be a red flag to recruiters and Hiring Manager - circumstances notwithstanding.

YuriNiyazov 4y ago
one long recent stint is sufficient to pass the filter.