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I don’t think it’s a red flag if you have a reasonable explanation for the move. But if you had a bad situation I think it’s more reasonable to be able to say you stuck it out for a year, tried to make it work, but it didn’t get better. I’m finding interviewers only want to talk about your last firm the further you are out of law school though.
Moving after 2-3 years is pretty normal in my setting (fortune 100 in-house), unless your resume shows you moving every 2 years like clockwork. Less than one year at any one job is a red flag, though it can be overcome if there’s a good reason.
Unfortunately, what ultimately matters is the hiring manager’s personal viewpoint. If they have an old school mentality then you might be SOL even if the market would disagree. But you shouldn’t let the possibility of an unreasonable hirer in the future stop you from making an otherwise good move.
I think it’s a red flag if the person is averaging a new job each year. It tells me they think the grass is going to be greener. I also assume they will be behind in their skills because a year is not really a sufficient amount of time to take control of matters/have a material role on the team. There’s normally a “ramp up” period in the beginning already, so in the aggregate, they would be missing months of experience.
With that said, it seems to be more common for people 1-2 years out to have jumped, so if you are still very early in your career, I don’t think it will matter as much.
Absolutely! I should have noted that, if given the choice, I still interview the candidates to give them a chance to explain the job hopping. Sometimes the most obvious answers are the most convincing (significant salary bumps each time, switched practice areas, moved to new location, and the like).
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I don't think a couple moves are a big deal, but if there's a pattern in the applicants history of only staying at jobs for shorter periods and no long term stays, then it's a red flag for me.
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