What do companies think about young people changing careers? (after college)?

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Hi there.

For anyone who hires for or works for a company (Wal-Mart, Disney, Airlines, ect) what would you think about a person who's changing careers and looking for a new job, but they're relatively young?  Like in their twenties?
This is a person who didn't lose their old job, but simply wants to do other things, but is too old for or is out of college, so they can't "explore" like college kids did.  They decided that the earlier career wasn't for them, so they changed.
Would it look bad on a person when they're applying if they've already tried other careers?  Or does it make them seem like they wouldn't be a good employee?

Thanks guys.  I'm sorry if the question seems confusing, but I worded it the best I could :)

elby · Accepted Answer

When I hired people, I took into consideration that younger people sometimes change careers because they are just starting out and don't know what they want to do yet for the rest of their life.  However, I also looked at how many jobs they had and how long they stayed at the jobs.  I wouldn't hire anyone who kept changing jobs every few months, because I was afraid I'd put time and effort and costs into training them only to have them leave.  

Go ahead and change jobs, but make sure you stay for a least a year or two in some of them, and then have a good reason for leaving.

Anonymous · Answer

I don't think it would look bad at all.  The average person changes careers several times nowadays, it's pretty normal.

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What do companies think about young people changing careers? (after college)?

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