job-hop
Americanverb (used without object)
Other Word Forms
- job-hopper noun
Etymology
Origin of job-hop
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
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Even though Japan’s “lifetime employment” system has begun to fray, workers still don’t job-hop as much as in the West.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 18, 2023
With “lifetime employment” a vanishing dream, people need to freely job-hop and find new opportunities and skills.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 31, 2021
This made it easy for employees to job-hop and share news of the latest innovations without fear of reprisal or recrimination.
From New York Times • Jul. 9, 2019
Long-lasting careers seem out of reach; millennials are told to go to college so they can make money, but mostly they just amass debt and then job-hop in hopes of paying it off.
From Washington Post • Aug. 11, 2017
With their services in great demand, the argument goes, permatemps can job-hop at will and learn skills at each stop.
From Time Magazine Archive
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