Perhaps I am in no place to voice my opinion on this matter considering never having worked with Recruitment or Human Resources, though something I have been told repeatedly ever since I joined working is that jobs should not be changed frequently. It is somehow the rarely spoken Golden Rule of any employee. In fear of lack of commitment and inconstancy being interpreted on your résumé.

However I cannot bring myself to completely agree with this ethical conduct. Why must we continue in a job that does not make us happy only to portray how reliable we are on our résumé? Why must we tolerate harassment to complete our contract? Why must we refuse a better offer and halt miserably to pass probation. Looks to me like we are wasting our valuable time while we could have worked towards a better achievement. What is indeed an acceptable, reasonable amount of time we should work in one particular organisation for? Two years or more? If so that is a lot of time to spend on a dead-end job. If you have already acquired sufficient experience in your field even three months on a dead end job is a complete waste of time. As employees why should we stop looking to grow and go further.

I can assure you that if you take good care of your employees they wouldn’t want to hop jobs. There are often times when the job happens to be great, the pay is great, but the team and the leaders aren’t. A good team is essential in order to work better together. Seldom you find yourself more content and happy in a job that pays less but where you are well appreciated with good people and good energy around you.

I see no reason we must forbid ourselves from taking chances when we aren’t quite satisfied with where we are when better things could be coming your way? How would you know what you’re missing out on if you won’t take these chances? Opportunities come and go but if you deny to step outside the box you just might miss what you’re looking for.

All I’m trying to say is I don’t quite understand or agree with the fact we have to stay in a dead-end job to complete a year or more just so it looks good on ou résumé to prove our commitment.

Maybe I am wrong, and there are some insights I’m missing. But this is just my opinion.