Have a couple of friends go through the layoffs in the last two years, both from corporate buyout and consolidation. One gave up and retired early the other was 14 months between jobs. You get to a certain age and they don't want to hire you because they think you won't be around long.
I don't see why not sticking around long would matter to a company, IT has at least a moderate level of churn/turnover, people switch jobs often looking for raises, I kind of thought it was expected, myself and another fellow at the place I work have been there the longest, at 9 and 10 years, and we've seen so many people come and go, mostly of their own accord, that it's unreal. Still in touch with some that are on their 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th job since leaving. At least in my experience, i can't see any reason why anyone would care if they don't think you're gonna work there for many years. Only if you were literally months away from retiring or something perhaps.
Now it might be different if they were looking to hire a project manager for a large project that will take a long time to complete.
Obviously everyone has different experiences, and things can vary from area to area, I imagine a high tech area like silicon valley with lots of startups, are looking for lots of young creative talent looking to build themselves up with the company.
Yeah the Midwest and large corporate IT. When the mergers and consolidations happen you can be dumping several hundred people into the job market at one time. Takes time to absorb or people to decide to relocate.
Have a couple of friends go through the layoffs in the last two years, both from corporate buyout and consolidation. One gave up and retired early the other was 14 months between jobs. You get to a certain age and they don't want to hire you because they think you won't be around long.
I don't see why not sticking around long would matter to a company, IT has at least a moderate level of churn/turnover, people switch jobs often looking for raises, I kind of thought it was expected, myself and another fellow at the place I work have been there the longest, at 9 and 10 years, and we've seen so many people come and go, mostly of their own accord, that it's unreal. Still in touch with some that are on their 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th job since leaving. At least in my experience, i can't see any reason why anyone would care if they don't think you're gonna work there for many years. Only if you were literally months away from retiring or something perhaps.
Now it might be different if they were looking to hire a project manager for a large project that will take a long time to complete.
Obviously everyone has different experiences, and things can vary from area to area, I imagine a high tech area like silicon valley with lots of startups, are looking for lots of young creative talent looking to build themselves up with the company.
Yeah the Midwest and large corporate IT. When the mergers and consolidations happen you can be dumping several hundred people into the job market at one time. Takes time to absorb or people to decide to relocate.