Is it a bad look on a resume if I leave my current agency position before hitting at least 1 year? Not sure how much longer I can put up with this

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At one agency, I started looking at 2 months. I labeled it freelance on my LinkedIn and resume. I got calls without questions.

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I’m looking and I haven’t even been here 6 months

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If your resume is littered with short stints, then yes, it will look bad. If not and you have some nice consistency, don’t worry about it. Just have a really good answer for why you want to leave so soon after arriving. Sometimes it’s not a fit and that’s ok. Also helps if your current shop is known for churning and burning — gives more credence for you wanting to leave ASAP

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Life is too short to be unhappy. If it’s not a right fit move on, I haven’t experienced it getting any better IMO.

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Take cue from the folks who label short or awful stints as “freelance”.

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Were you at least at the current agency for more than a year, even if it’s not the a year as a sup?

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It depends on where you are. In Silicon Valley, nobody cares as people are always being poached and there aren’t enough candidates to go around.

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