Job Jumper

A person who changes jobs repeatedly in a relatively brief period of time. Companies frequently shy away from hiring job jumpers because job jumping may indicate that the applicant has an inability to commit to a single career, has difficulties with co-workers, or has some other impediment to being a good employee. A job jumper is also called a job hopper.

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That said, if the person has a new job every 3 to 4 months, doesn't have a better position or responsibility to show for it, and all the jobs are in the same part of town, that person might a job jumper, and you shouldn't consider them.

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Just about the only people who don't have work are seasonal employees in agricultural or retail sectors, job jumpers seeking better opportunities, or the newly laid off in industries teetering on obsolescence.