Most people take a career to be in a position of management. When many of today’s managers began their careers, they interviewed with a company, got the job, and steadily worked their way up and around the company. There was no “Gig Economy.”
One of the common complaints we as recruiters hear about applicants is that they are “job hoppers.” Like this is something bad or implies that the applicant does not have the stick-to-it-iv-ness necessary to become part of that manager’s team. I would ask these managers to look instead at their own (or their company’s) practices.
Way back when, we used to value employees, and work with them through bad times and good. The idea of “at-will” employment was generally saved for those employees who were genuinely NOT performing. Today, we use “at-will” employment to cut costs, at the end of projects, and for non-performance. In other words, leaving a … Read More