An increasing number of people are changing their careers. What are the reasons? Do you think it is positive or negative?

Job

-hopping has been a growing trend in recent years, especially among the younger generations who no longer view doing the same

job

throughout their working life

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. The causes for

this

trend are manifold, and I will discuss three

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major reasons and elaborate on the danger of switching roles too frequently in

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essay. Focusing on the underlying factors for changing careers, the most common and traditional is probably that

people

move from position to position for better payment,

job

advancement and more enjoyable working environments. It is unreasonable to persist on

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job

that is

beneath your skill level and offers low salaries. Apart from in search for better career prospects, finding a

job

of passion is

also

a major contributor to

people

’s decision to move to another post. Considering that the majority of our life is spent working, it is only logical to ensure that our lifelong

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via undertaking tasks that marry up with their interest and enthusiasm in a supportive working environment.

However

, role switching, sometimes, is not the choice of individuals but

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of a shift in the market that could result in the bankruptcy of companies and the

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of positions.

This

is evident during the Covid-19 pandemic when many traditional businesses have to shut down owing to problems caused by lockdown and their employees have no choice but to seek employment elsewhere. With regards to the benefits and drawbacks of

job

-hopping,

people

need to be cautious about the danger of changing jobs too quickly. On the bright side, when pursuing better opportunities proactively,

people

are likely

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what they expected

such

as better payment and fringe package,

job

promotion and

job

satisfaction. They can even

further

benefit from their rich experience of working in different organisations and with different

people

as they tend to be more open-minded, experienced and well-connected.

However

,

such

experience will become a liability when

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a certain point. Those who have more turners in

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period of time are likely to be labelled as

job

hoppers who lack commitment and employers tend to avoid recruiting

such

applicants. Experts have suggested that more than two shorter-than-two-year stints can tarnish your resume, even to an

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that the hiring manager would not even talk to you let alone

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you. Excessively switching careers,

therefore

, is likely to diminish all the advantages mentioned above and lead to unemployment. In conclusion,

although

the incentives for

people

to hop between different careers are better outcomes of doing a certain

job

,

this

movement from one role to another is not necessarily beneficial, and when exceeding a balance point,

people

tend to end up jeopardising their employability.