Job Changes with Purpose vs Job Hopping
There is a common belief that the younger generation frequently change jobs. The assumption is that they change jobs more often than past generations and that they are typically always on the lookout for themselves and career steps rather than staying loyal to one company. This is part of the typical evolution of our culture and not necessarily a negative thing. What we seek in a job looks much different than our parents and their parent’s parents. It’s natural.
The focus use to be about safety, security and savings. As our culture and thinking has evolved, there is less of a dependence on these factors, and more so on the challenge and the focus on searching for new opportunities that allow for this ever need for challenging oneself. Certainly employers can’t ignore their responsibilities to retain employees and be actively involved in providing developmental opportunities for those that want them.
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This all makes sense and is to be expected. However, I recently became aware of a former company CEO turned “performance coach”, who is a self-professed influencer on TikTok. The post that caught my eye was a conversation on Facebook regarding one of the videos by this individual praising the “benefits” of job hopping.
The individuals posting in response to her TikTok video obviously felt vindicated by someone they see as an “expert” on this topic. Sadly, these types of self-proclaimed experts are creating more damage than they are good.
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Simply put, she is sending the completely wrong message. It’s so sad to see people like this take this kind of message to social media. Her intent may be fine, but the messaging is terrible. Just the term she uses, “jumping jobs” has a very negative connotation. The term “jumping jobs” is laced with negativity.
Here is the truth. People plan their vacations better than their careers. Strategic career moves are beneficial in helping people achieve their career objectives such as financial increases or expanded responsibility. I counsel this all day long, but that is far different than jumping jobs.
Jumping jobs is what has created the mess we are in today. Small businesses are closing or being hurt due to people jumping jobs. There is no thought, no reasoning behind it. They just decide not to show up. That’s irresponsible and in a different job market actually creates concerns for hiring managers reviewing a resume with numerous job changes. The market will turn and when it does, these job jumpers will find themselves having a hard time getting a job.
This is entirely different than strategic career moves.?It’s entirely different than changing jobs to continue to challenge oneself. We should not romanticize or normalize job hopping.?