How many jobs in one year is too much?

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June 16,2022 at 1:33AM UTC

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How many jobs in one year is too much?

Asking for a friend that got laid off a year ago from a company she was at for almost a decade. She took anything she could get, then found something that paid more a few months later.. Only to find something even better a few months after that, but she isn't happy and is in a little bit of a toxic environment. She is now intrigued with something is she is very qualified for, but I highly doubt she'll get a request for an interview after this many positions in one year. As a recruiter myself, her resume looks a little interesting now and not in a good way.. Prove me wrong in this climate?

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AnonymousJune 16,2022 at 1:49AM UTC
She shouldn’t put all the jobs she has had this year on her resume especially the brief ones. Some places aren’t being so anal about work gaps. Tailoring the resume towards the position she wants is essential.
ChrishoggJune 19,2022 at 2:39AM UTC
I might gather those short-term, post-layoff jobs together under a single heading and then list them in order but not provide any detail, so that it appears that, instead of taking those jobs expecting each one to be her new career, it can be understood as a series of part-time gigs until the "real thing" showed up, which is the one she's looking at now.
For example:
Intermediate roles, June, 2021 - present
+ Widget Washer, Wilimena's Widgets, May 6, 2022 -present
+ Hammer Former, Hammers-R-Us, December, 2021 - April 3, 2022
+ Dispatcher, A-to-Z Trucking, June, 2021 - November, 2021
Customer Service Specialist, Adonis Interiors, May, 2004 - May, 2021
Any previous jobs at other employers here.