How long should you stay in your job?
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Everyone knows that staying in one job too long can equal career suicide in today’s workplace but how long is too long? How do you know when it’s time to move on and what will look good on your resume?
Opinions from recruiters vary but most agree anything less than two years is too short, as few measurable changes are made in the first year in a role. Many say when a person has changed jobs frequently, it is assumed he or she will not stay in the proposed role long enough to make a difference.
At the other end of the scale, five years seems to be the maximum time a senior employee should stay in a role, before recruiters and potential employers begin to question his or her ambition and commitment.
Many say the end of the third year is an ideal time to either change to a new role within the same organisation or move to another employer. “If you’re in a job for more than three years, that’s considered a long time these days,” Chris Le Coic of Chandler Macleod says. “Average tenure for CEOs and directors has gotten considerably shorter over the past few years.”
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