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Message: [QUOTE="RF2044, post: 3827987, member: 40"] I just think it's a different ethic / orientation around job hopping, but there are patterns which suggest good vs. bad. Research shows a much faster path to upward mobility and salary if you hop companies -- and things aren't the way they were vis a vis corporate loyalty toward employees, so it is unrealistic to expect contemporary employees to adhere to the mentality that career "success" is putting their nose to the grindstone and rising up the corporate ranks the old fashioned way. Good pattern = upward trend of job titles, and staying in jobs for ~2 years or more -- even with hopping. Bad pattern = tons of jobs, lateral movement in terms of job titles, jobs lasting about 1 year each. To me, the latter set of stuff implies that the prospective employee is only staying put long enough to show that they don't have the chops, and they are moving on to stay one step ahead of getting canned. [/QUOTE]