jk12 wrote:
I am in a serious dilemma regarding a job offer that would allow me to move into a slightly better company in tech with a decent bump in salary (~30%) and same job title. However, I am concerned that such a job change may make me look like a job hopper in my next year's b-school application.
I have been with my current company for only 6 months now and have worked at 2 companies (including current) in the last 3 years. If it helps, I was with only one employer for 4 years prior to that.
The opportunity seems hard to pass up, but it may bring serious questions into my next year's application. On the one hand, I think that bump in salary can be seen as progress or even as reasonable grounds for job change by ad com. On the other hand, my job change history and just 6 months at current work may not be seen favorably by adcom.
I was wondering if anyone has had similar experience here in the hi tech industry and share the B-school admin committee's perception of such job changes?
Adcom "may" be okay with this, but also think about what your future employer might think. If I was looking to hire some guy and saw that he jumped ship 6 months after joining a firm because of a salary jump, I'd think of him negatively. On the other hand, if you were jumping ship because of a cultural misfit, that's a better story. You can even say that you learned a lesson in how to pick companies that are best for who you are, therefore you're applying to X company (or X biz school) now. Getting my drift?