Explaining Job Hopping on Your Resume

From DICE, February 26, 2009...

Typically, a resume that contains numerous job changes over a short period of time could cause a hiring manager to classify you as a job hopper. It’s a red flag to some, but a not to all. After all, IT is full of people who’ve moved around a lot. Sometimes it’s even encouraged, especially if you work for startups. And, by definition, contract workers switch jobs fairly often. As Ronald Mitchell, chief executive and co-founder of the career mentoring site GottaMentor.com, told The New York Times:

"Especially in the biotech and technology industries where there are many start-ups, it’s O.K. to move around. If you do consulting work on a project basis, it is expected that you would be switching jobs fairly often. For certain technology positions, like computer programmer and software developer, the length of time at each job is almost irrelevant, the breadth of experience is far more important."

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