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# Job Hopping Is a Technical Job

> 1. Maintain continuity in career development. Some people almost constantly change jobs, often across industries or positions, which usually leads to failure. The right approach is to choose a direction within a few years and stick to it, becoming an expert. Job hopping is acceptable, but never change industries lightly.

1. Maintain continuity in career development
In reality, some people almost constantly change jobs, often across industries or positions. This time in FMCG, next time in services; this time in sales, next time in administration. This kind of hopping, nine times out of ten, ends in nothing, and at an older age, they still compete with younger generations in the talent market. The right approach is to choose your development direction within a few years of entering the workplace, persist in one industry and one functional position, and strive to become an expert. Job hopping is acceptable, but never change industries lightly.
2. Never jump solely for salary
Even if you face great financial pressure. When you want to change jobs, compare the overall value that the two jobs can provide. Besides salary, there are many aspects such as company strength, personal development opportunities, and work environment. For young people, personal development opportunities are the most important because they mean your future salary.
3. Don't jump simply because of dissatisfaction
Some problems are common to all companies, and you may encounter the same problems no matter which company you are in. People often want to escape as soon as possible because they are dissatisfied with their current job, but they don't realize that old problems will resurface after starting the new job. What will you do then? Jump again? Jumping without careful consideration due to some objective factors is actually an escape. Therefore, friends who decide to jump because of dissatisfaction with some aspects of their current job must ask themselves: "Can changing jobs really solve the problems I encounter in my current job?" Mature people will try to find the problems in their current job, improve them, and gradually expand their career survival space.
4. Don't jump because of comparison
Career development is like running a marathon; short-term comparison is meaningless. Young people tend to compare with others and always want to find a higher-paying job to impress their classmates. In fact, those with higher initial salaries may not develop better in the future than those with lower starting points. More importantly, different industries and different functional positions are not comparable. Blindly comparing with classmates and friends will only make you lose balance and make mistakes in job hopping.
5. Job hopping should conform to your career plan
In the process of career development, professionals need to increase their value through continuous improvement of personal career abilities, resources, and literacy. This means that the standard for defining whether a job hop is successful is whether the new position indicates an increase in your career value and whether the new platform can guarantee the appreciation of your career value. As career expert Mr. Zhao Peiyong said: Job hopping is not "transferring" but "advancing". Job hopping should conform to your career plan, be beneficial to your career appreciation, and minimize same-level jumps. The so-called same-level jump means that the new job is basically at the same level as your original job, neither increasing your salary nor taking on greater responsibilities, nor essentially improving your professional skills.
6. It is best to have at least three years between each job hop
You should at least have experience working in a decent company for more than 3 years, because only then can you appropriately accumulate professional knowledge, experience, and skills in a certain field, and gain true career competitiveness. At the same time, changing jobs every three to five years will not make your resume look bad.
7. You can jump when there is a lack of development space
In our career development process, the most ideal is to grow together with the company, with the company becoming larger and more healthy, our responsibilities increasing, positions rising, and returns increasing. But for friends in relatively stable companies, if the company has no new business expansion, it is difficult to have new promotion opportunities. Or some friends' positions become marginalized due to internal changes. At this time, perhaps job hopping is a more ideal solution.
8. You can jump when it is difficult to improve your skills
If your skills clearly exceed the work requirements, the work is not challenging, you are not dedicated, or even feel depressed and unable to exert your abilities, you should find a suitable position through internal transfer. Otherwise, job hopping may be the only solution.
9. You can jump when your company is lagging behind and you are unable to change it
Everyone on the Titanic is a loser—no matter how capable you are, you cannot stop the giant ship from sinking. At this time, escape is the only choice. Therefore, when your company is barely surviving in market competition and you personally cannot change it, the best choice is to jump to a platform where you can better play your role.
10. Jump when you are successful
Unlike ordinary people, successful people often do not jump during career lows (they usually grit their teeth and endure), but when the spring of their career comes, they jump, so they can get better conditions from the new employer and reach a higher level.
11. Once you make up your mind, prepare early and act decisively
Career experts believe that a better career development model is the "T" type development, that is, in the early stage of career, first deepen in a relatively narrow field, write that vertical stroke, and become an expert in that field. Then write that horizontal stroke, cultivate broad knowledge and comprehensive skills, and make yourself qualified to become a senior manager.
As the recruitment peak season approaches, when you have enough strength, you should act decisively and not hesitate. It is better to take risks and make changes early than to hesitate and miss opportunities. When you really decide to jump, prepare accordingly as soon as possible. A successful job hop requires at least 2 to 3 months of preparation time. Do not treat job hopping as just changing a simple job, but as an important part of your career. Use this opportunity to deepen your understanding of yourself and your career goals.
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