(p. B8) Corey Heller often finds himself ordering fresh business cards. The human resources executive has switched employers nine times since 1996–and spent less than three years at six of those workplaces.
In any other era, the 51-year-old Mr. Heller would be viewed as an unstable job hopper. But today, that stigma is starting to fade amid greater pressure for rapid results and decreased workplace loyalty, according to executive recruiters and coaches. The change suggests that companies increasingly believe high-level hires with multiple recent employers bring fresh insights and a mix of experience.
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Brief stints will spread “because of the explosion of online recruiting and opportunistic offers to candidates with strong profiles,” predicts Stefanie Smith, a New York executive coach.
For the full story, see:
JOANN S. LUBLIN. “Job-Hopping Is Losing Its Stigma.” The Wall Street Journal (Weds., July 27, 2016): B8.
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(Note: the online version of the story has the date July 26, 2016, and has the title “Job-Hopping Executives No Longer Pay Penalty.”)