How long to stay within a company before your resume looks high risk?

[brooklyn_boulevard]

I need an advice guys.......I have read and heard when you jump around between employers, it doesn’t look good on your resume.

I am not happy with my new employer. Not at all. I have been with the company for 2 months. What’s a duration to stay with an employer before I look like a high risk candidate?

 

[Secure Da Bag]

Normally you stay with an employer for about 3 years.

If you gotta go, you gotta go. You don't normally bounce within 6 months do you?

 

[⠀X ⠀]

I wouldn’t worry about it. Just go on some interviews. Think of something to say for when the interviewer asks why you’re leaving so soon. You can probably even get away with leaving this current job off your resume, after you get the next job.

 

[phcitywarrior]

I wouldn’t worry about it. Just go on some interviews. Think of something to say for when the interviewer asks why you’re leaving so soon. You can probably even get away with leaving this current job off your resume, after you get the next job.

Yep, if it's within 2 months I'd honestly start looking to bounce. I think within 2-3 months and you can leave the job off entirely from your resume. It's when you get to 6 months that things become trickier.

 

[Panther]

Yeah just leave that position off of your resume and you'll be fine.

Plus its much more common to job hop now anyways

 

[Hahahaha]

I would recommend leaving it on your resume and having a good story to back why you are looking to leave (position not what you were pitched, etc.)

 

[Squirtle]

Can I flip this thread with a reverse question? Does it really look bad if you stay at a job for a while? I have a friend who works for MTA. He's not the boss but hes high up, and he's telling me it looks bad if you stay at a job for a long time. I currently work for CUNY and honestly I love it. I've been here for 2 years already, and I'm not saying I'm gonna be here forever but I have no problem being here for another 3 years if that's what ends up happening.

 

[Mindfield333]

You might need to start getting contract work if you get antsy like that

 

[phcitywarrior]

Can I flip this thread with a reverse question? Does it really look bad if you stay at a job for a while? I have a friend who works for MTA. He's not the boss but hes high up, and he's telling me it looks bad if you stay at a job for a long time. I currently work for CUNY and honestly I love it. I've been here for 2 years already, and I'm not saying I'm gonna be here forever but I have no problem being here for another 3 years if that's what ends up happening.

2 years is fine. The trend, however, is to move every 1.5 - 3 yrs. It’s how you build your skill set and get more money. However, at more senior roles you’ll stay a little longer as you have to implement plans that are longer in scope.

 

[Squirtle]

2 years is fine. The trend, however, is to move every 1.5 - 3 yrs. It’s how you build your skill set and get more money. However, at more senior roles you’ll stay a little longer as you have to implement plans that are longer in scope.

Thanks man, I see now

 

[L&HH]

Leave it off your resume or say it's a short contract, temp, or backfill position. I'm currently about to do a backfill position for 2 months for a woman on maternity leave. You can use an excuse like that.