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Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
Job hopping is no longer a stigma—it's a strategy. But how much does short tenure cost you in the long run? In this episode, Lucas and Luna examine the shifting norms around career loyalty, comparing the steady climb of a 20-year corporate tenure with the accelerated trajectory of a modern 'resume stacker.' They break down real compensation data from tech and finance: how a 2-year stint at a high-growth startup can outpace a decade at a Fortune 500, and when frequent moves actually signal red…
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Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career ResumeHow Job Hopping Changes Your 401k and Retirement Savings
Lucas and Luna explore how short job tenures affect your long-term retirement savings, beyond just unvested 401k matches. They break down the real numbers: a…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
How Job Hopping Changes Your Vesting Schedule Strategy
Lucas and Luna dive into how job hopping interacts with equity vesting schedules — specifically the four-year standard with a one-year cliff. They break down…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
Why Short Tenures Signal Adaptability Not Instability
In this episode, Lucas and Luna dive into how short job tenures can actually signal higher adaptability—not instability—to savvy hiring managers. They examine…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
When Job Hopping Makes You a Better Culture Fit Faster
Episode 50 of Job Hopping with Fexingo explores an upside recruiters rarely talk about: short tenures can actually make you a better culture fit candidate…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
How Job Hopping Affects Your Stock Vesting Schedule
Episode 49 of Job Hopping with Fexingo digs into a career angle that most professionals overlook: how short tenures interact with equity compensation. Lucas…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
The Best Time of Year to Quit Your Job
Lucas and Luna dig into the data on seasonal quitting patterns — why January and September are peak resignation months, how hiring cycles align with the…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
How Job Hopping Changes Your Hiring Manager Risk Profile
In Episode 47 of Job Hopping with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dive into the hidden calculus hiring managers use when they see a resume with short tenures. They…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
Why Your First Job Tenure Sets a Career Pattern
Episode 46 of Job Hopping with Fexingo examines how your first job out of college or your first role in a new industry sets a behavioral template for future…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
How Job Hopping Changes Your Negotiation Leverage
In this episode of Job Hopping with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how short tenure can shift your negotiation leverage — not just for salary, but for equity…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
How Recruiters Calculate Job Hopping Risk vs Reward
In this episode of Job Hopping with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dissect what recruiters actually think when they see a resume with multiple short tenures. Far from…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
Why Short Tenures Can Actually Strengthen Your Resume
In this episode of Job Hopping with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how short tenures—jobs lasting less than two years—can serve as strategic career moves…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
How Job Hopping Changes Your Pension and Retirement Planning
In this episode of Job Hopping with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore a hidden consequence of short tenures: the impact on retirement savings and pension plans…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
How Short Tenures Signal High Potential to Recruiters
In episode 41 of Job Hopping with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore a surprising finding from a 2025 LinkedIn study: professionals with 3–5 short stints (under…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
Why Job Hopping Builds a Broader Network Faster
In this episode of Job Hopping with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how changing jobs every 18–24 months can actually accelerate your professional network…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
How Job Hopping Builds a Broader Skill Set Faster
In this episode of Job Hopping with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore the argument that frequent job changes can actually accelerate skill acquisition. They…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
How Job Hopping Builds a Broader Skill Set Faster
Lucas and Luna explore how frequent job changes can accelerate skill acquisition compared to staying in one role for years. Lucas cites a 2025 LinkedIn study…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
Why Job Hopping Boosts Your Salary More Than a Raise
In this episode of Job Hopping with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore a surprising finding: changing jobs every two to three years can increase your salary by 10…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
How Your Salary History Shapes Your Next Job Offer
Episode 36 of Job Hopping with Fexingo explores how salary history—what you earned before—can anchor or limit your next offer. Lucas and Luna discuss a 2024…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
When Job Hopping Actually Signals High Potential
Episode 35 of Job Hopping with Fexingo questions the stigma around short tenures. Lucas and Luna dig into a 2026 LinkedIn study of 12,000 high-growth…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
How Job Hopping Changes Your Professional Identity
In this episode of Job Hopping with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how frequent job changes can reshape your professional identity and how you're…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
How Job Hopping Affects Your Unemployment Benefits
Episode 33 of Job Hopping with Fexingo tackles a hidden financial risk for frequent job changers: unemployment insurance eligibility. Lucas and Luna break down…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
The Counteroffer Trap After One Year
In Episode 32 of Job Hopping with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore the counteroffer trap that catches professionals who change jobs after just one year. Using a…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
How Recruiters Actually Read Your Job Hopping Resume
Episode 31 of Job Hopping with Fexingo: Lucas and Luna unpack how recruiters visually scan resumes from job hoppers versus long-tenure candidates. Lucas brings…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
How a Career Coach Helps You Navigate Job Hopping
In this episode of Job Hopping with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how working with a career coach can help you navigate short tenures, salary negotiations…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
How a Counteroffer Can Derail Your Career Trajectory
Episode 29 of Job Hopping with Fexingo examines the hidden risks of accepting a counteroffer from your current employer. Lucas and Luna break down the…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
How a Two-Week Notice Became the New Professional Norm
Episode 28 of Job Hopping with Fexingo examines the rapid rise of two-week notice periods — once the industry default, now increasingly challenged by instant…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
Why Your Career Network Needs a Refresh Every 18 Months
Lucas and Luna examine the 18-month refresh cycle for professional networks, revealing how contacts degrade in value faster than most realize. Drawing on a…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
Why Your References Reveal More Than Your Resume
In this episode of Job Hopping with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore the underrated power of professional references in today's career landscape. They…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
How Career Pivots to New Industries Reshape Your Resume
In episode 25 of Job Hopping with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore the unique challenges and opportunities of making a career pivot to a completely new…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
How a Single Bad Boss Reshapes Your Career Path
Lucas and Luna examine how the quality of your direct supervisor — not the company, not the role itself — is the single biggest predictor of whether you stay…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
How Job Hopping Affects Your Professional Reputation
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how frequent job changes shape the way colleagues, recruiters, and industry peers perceive your professional…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
How a Bad Job Fit Costs You More Than Salary
Lucas and Luna explore the hidden costs of staying in a job that's a poor cultural or values fit. Citing a 2025 study from the University of Chicago Booth…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
How a Three-Month Notice Period Reshapes Your Career Strategy
In this episode of Job Hopping with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore the often-overlooked power of the three-month notice period. Using the case of a senior…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
How a Career Break Can Actually Boost Your Earnings
Lucas and Luna explore the counterintuitive case for unpaid career breaks as a strategic earnings accelerator, not a résumé gap. They dig into the 2025 ADP…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
How a Career Sink-or-Swim Moment Shapes Your Future
Episode 19 of Job Hopping with Fexingo explores the career-defining moment when you're thrown into a role with minimal support — the sink-or-swim…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
How Job Hopping Affects Your Pension and Retirement
In this episode of Job Hopping with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how frequent job changes impact long-term retirement savings. Using the example of a worker…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
The Hidden Cost of Job Hopping in Your 40s
Lucas and Luna examine how short job tenure hits differently after age 40. Using data from a 2025 Federal Reserve study on hiring bias, they explore why a…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
The Six-Month Rule for Changing Jobs Without Losing Leverage
Lucas and Luna break down the strategic case for staying at least six months in a new role before job hunting again — even if the fit is wrong. Drawing on…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
How a Ten-Year Stay Transforms Your Career Capital
In this episode of Job Hopping with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore the overlooked benefits of long tenure — specifically, the compounding effect of staying at…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
Why Your Network Becomes an Asset After Eight Years
In this episode of Job Hopping with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna examine why the eighth year at a company is often the tipping point where your professional network…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
Why Your First Job Should Be a Two-Year Sprint
In this episode of Job Hopping with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna tackle the question every recent grad faces: how long should you stay at your first job? Drawing on…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
How a Seven-Year Stay Rewrites Your Network Value
In this episode of Job Hopping with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna challenge the assumption that long tenure signals stagnation. Using the example of a senior product…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
How LinkedIn Endorsements Shape Your Job Search
In this episode of Job Hopping with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dig into the surprisingly influential world of LinkedIn endorsements. With 57% of hiring managers…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
How Freelance Stints Build Career Resilience
In this episode of Job Hopping with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how intentional freelance periods between full-time roles can actually strengthen your…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
How Three Years Became the New Career Sweet Spot
Lucas and Luna explore a surprising trend: for many professionals, a three-year tenure delivers the best return on investment for career growth, salary bumps…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
How a Three-Month Notice Period Reshapes Your Career Strategy
Lucas and Luna dive into one specific number that rarely gets discussed: three months. In many executive and specialist roles, a 90-day notice period is…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
What Leaving After Nine Years Taught Me About Career Timing
Lucas and Luna explore the career costs and benefits of staying at one company for nearly a decade. Using the real story of a marketing director who left after…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
How Sabbaticals Reshape Your Career Trajectory
Episode 6 explores the strategic sabbatical — not a burnout break but a calculated career move. Lucas and Luna examine the case of a senior marketing director…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
How a Five-Year Stay Changes Your Negotiating Power
Lucas and Luna explore why staying at a company for five years can actually strengthen your leverage in salary negotiations and career mobility. They break…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
How Short Stints on Your Resume Signal Adaptability
In this episode of Job Hopping with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna challenge the conventional wisdom that short job tenures are a red flag. They dive into data from a…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
How a Four-Year Stay Reshapes Your Lifetime Earnings
Episode 3 of Job Hopping with Fexingo examines a surprising data point from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's wage tracker: workers who stay at a…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
Why Counteroffers Usually Fail
Lucas and Luna dig into the data on counteroffers—why accepting one to stay at your current job often backfires within months. Drawing on a Cornell study…
- Job Hopping with Fexingo: Tenure, Loyalty, and the Modern Career Resume
The Two-Year Itch Why Median Job Tenure Keeps Falling
In the debut episode of Job Hopping with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna anchor on a startling Bureau of Labor Statistics data point: median employee tenure in the…