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Do you ever switch jobs every so often + restructure.

lina-chan

I have worked for 6+ years and have noticed that I burnout in jobs easily after 1 ½ years. So far I have gone through 3 different jobs  - I am still in my 3rd job but have been offered something else due to my role going through a restructure. Since leaving uni, all my jobs have been admin as I haven't been able to find anything in the arts and as much as retraining seems tempting, I don't want to go back to university knowing that I wasn't able to utilise my degree if I make sense.

Even with my job offer, I am thinking about whether to take it - more so because I would still be in the same grade (despite going to the next spinal point) and the restructured role I interviewed for is a grade higher; one of my colleagues mentioned to think about it as I would go down and the point is, I do not know if my job in the restructure is safe hence why I applied for other jobs as the delays keep happening. The worst case scenario is I get redeployed and have to spend 3 months looking elsewhere (it took me 8 months from last year to find something else)...

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  • lina-chan said:
    I am still in my 3rd job but have been offered something else due to my role going through a restructure.

    One word of caution from someone who sat on hiring panels before - lots of short term jobs on your CV is a red flag for recruiters in general. It indicates you either cannot stay focussed under the pressure of a working environment or you are not wanted by your employers.

    Of course autism does give plausable explanations for this but recruiters will ignore this and use it filter you into the "discard" pile of CVs more quickly than they otherwise would.

    You need to decide what to do in a way that works for you but I thought you may appreciate some insight into the consequences of too much job hopping.

    For reference more than 4 different companies in 4-6 years would be  a typical criteria for downgrading your CV on the first "sift" of eliminating candidates even before interview.

    I don't make thess rules - they were given by the HR teams.

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  • lina-chan said:
    I am still in my 3rd job but have been offered something else due to my role going through a restructure.

    One word of caution from someone who sat on hiring panels before - lots of short term jobs on your CV is a red flag for recruiters in general. It indicates you either cannot stay focussed under the pressure of a working environment or you are not wanted by your employers.

    Of course autism does give plausable explanations for this but recruiters will ignore this and use it filter you into the "discard" pile of CVs more quickly than they otherwise would.

    You need to decide what to do in a way that works for you but I thought you may appreciate some insight into the consequences of too much job hopping.

    For reference more than 4 different companies in 4-6 years would be  a typical criteria for downgrading your CV on the first "sift" of eliminating candidates even before interview.

    I don't make thess rules - they were given by the HR teams.

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