Latest / Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
Why Job Hoppers Build Faster Career Resilience
We explore a counterintuitive finding from recent labor economics research: frequent job changers may develop stronger career resilience over time, not weaker. Lucas and Luna examine a 2025 study from economists at MIT and Stanford that tracked 40,000 workers over a decade. The data showed that those who changed jobs every 18 to 30 months had a 12 percent faster wage recovery after an industry downturn compared to 'loyalists' with 5-plus year tenures. We drill into three specific mechanisms: diversified network exposure, broader skill stacking, and lower psychological attachment to…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.