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The concept of job-dropping differs from job-hopping, when employees move frequently between organizations to increase compensation or accelerate advancement.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2026 The executives who preached job-hopping and the career coaches who built careers around hacking your way to more money were describing a market that genuinely rewarded those behaviors at a specific moment in time.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
1 June 2026 At the same time, wages were rising at a fast pace, so many individuals engaged in job-hopping.—
Ana Teresa Solá,
CNBC,
25 Aug. 2025