Joined a new firm at the start of this year but it’s not a good fit and I want to leave for a different role type. Will it look bad to potential employers if I leave this company after 6 months? I was with my prior employer for 2.5 years before this.

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No- just be honest about why you’re leaving without giving too much detail. Focus on lessons learned with finding out what a fit looks like for you and then take it back to why you’re excited in that firm and why they will be a good fit and vice versa.

Everyone is allowed to have some short stints with good reasons behind them. I just went through this same situation too and accepted an offer with a new firm. The new firm didn’t care too much about me jumping ship early because I was honest as to why my current firm wasnt a good fit and what I needed in the future to keep that from happening again.

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