[halostatue]

As someone who is hiring right now, I would look suspiciously at anyone who changed jobs every 12 - 24 months; it doesn't mean that I wouldn't interview you or hire you, but it means that I'm going to be digging pretty hard to understand why you've moved around so much.

There's a lot of good reasons for people moving around, but I have to make absolutely certain that it's not a personality flaw that is in the candidate.

Note that if you've spent time as a contractor and have indicated that you're working on 12 - 24 month contracts, that's entirely different. Moving on wasn't completely your choice.

[mrkurt]

The unfortunate truth for tech people is that moving jobs is the most effective way to get a promotion. If you're hiring for a company that will quickly and effectively "promote" people who perform well, I wouldn't think you'd have any problems.

If employees are going to outgrow their positions with you, though, and don't have a position to grow into, then you should dig. :)

[mmt]

>Moving on wasn't completely your choice.

I'd think that a personality "flaw" isn't completely someone's choice, either.

Of course, digging hard also reveals a potential "personality" flaw on the part of the hiring company. As mrkurt suggests, if you're having trouble with retention, examine and improve yourself first.

[jamii]

Personality flaws aside, would you choose to hire someone if you knew they were going to move on in 12-24 months or is it an automatic no?