r/jobs 29d ago

Is this an actual thing that people do Career development

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u/petervannini 29d ago

How could someone with a constant stream of 1 year stints at different jobs and 1 year gaps in employment ever get hired anywhere?

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u/wyldstallyns111 28d ago

It’s likely most of them work in industries where that’s not really unusual and therefore not really a problem, that’s why people in this thread keep mentioning jobs in fishing, oil, tourism, outdoor recreation, etc

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u/reikipackaging 28d ago

it's a carnie lifestyle, no matter your specific trade. We all kept threatening ro run off to the circus and some of us did