Career coaches and mentors have often told job seekers that job hopping — staying at a company for less than two years — looks bad on a resume. But it may be time for hiring managers and recruiters to change their tune.
Younger professionals continue to keep their employee tenure low, with Gen Z staying an average of two years and three months at one company and Millennials staying two years and nine months, according to CareerBuilder. On the flip side, Gen X tends to stay as long as five years, and Baby Boomers last an average of eight. While this means the average worker, regardless of age, isn’t technically job hopping, Gen Z talent seems to be staying just long enough to avoid raising red flags with potential recruiters who are looking at their job history.
