Resident Job Hopper

[sbrendan1223]

Hi, I am a new grad and I am taking a residency position at my local hospital. I am very excited and honored to be able to take this position. However, my significant other lives in another state. Our plan is to eventually move together. BUT. How would that look on future job applications if I left my residency before a years time? my peers say you should stay at a job for a year and not look like a job hopper. Where he lives is way bigger than my tiny town so the experience I would gain by moving would be invaluable but I guess I am just concerned about making my job history look undesirable.

[Sour Lemon]

Hi, I am a new grad and I am taking a residency position at my local hospital. I am very excited and honored to be able to take this position. However, my significant other lives in another state. Our plan is to eventually move together. BUT. How would that look on future job applications if I left my residency before a years time? my peers say you should stay at a job for a year and not look like a job hopper. Where he lives is way bigger than my tiny town so the experience I would gain by moving would be invaluable but I guess I am just concerned about making my job history look undesirable.

Plan. Eventually. Maybe. Sort of. Might.

Start working and go from there. Decide based on how the job is going and how the relationship is going. Applying for positions in your destination city when the time comes will give you some idea of how desirable you are an an employee. If no one calls back, wait a little longer and try again.

I don't know how far away your state is from theirs, but working three days a week will give you lots of opportunity for mini trips.

[Susie2310]

The facility that is providing your residency is making an investment in training you with the expectation that you will remain in their employment for a decent period of time after completing the residency before moving to another facility. In my opinion, it would be more honorable not to take a position in the residency if you are planning to move to another location before or as soon as you have received their training, which is not inexpensive for them to provide, and to allow another person who is committed to remaining employed at the facility have the place in the residency.