Many young people in the workforce today change their jobs or careers every few years.
What do you think are the reasons for this?
Do the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages?
Nowadays, young people tend to change their jobs frequently. Several factors contribute to the phenomenon and I think the disadvantages outweigh the advantages.
Young people change their jobs for many reasons. Some young employees work in different kinds of companies to accumulate experience and build up social network. In this way, they can have an advantage position in the job market and can find highly-paid jobs more easily than others. Another reason is that many young generations are keen on taking adventure and challenging themselves. Unlike older generations who are conservative and content with where they are, young people conservative and content with where they are, young people nowadays are more willing to break the status quo. Apart from that, it is not uncommon that some young employees lack vision and blindly pursue well-paid jobs that are not suitable for them.
The frequent change of jobs have advantages. Being exposed to various fields, young people can broaden their experience and acquire new skills. In addition, fresh working experience and acquire new skills. In addition, fresh working environment can boost their enthusiasm for work. However, it has more drawbacks. For rookie employees, they may be unable to adapt to new work requirements quickly. At the same time, they may find it hard to have a sense of stability due to poor job security. For companies, high quit rate will affect the operation of businesses and long-term development.
To conclude, young people change jobs in order to accumulate experience in different fields and stimulate their passion in new environments. However, they should be fully aware that changing jobs too frequently may trigger negative impacts as well.