I just believed that I had to do it. I didn't want to be on my deathbed with regrets. It is usually easier for younger workers to career-hop because they have fewer financial obligations and they view their careers differently from older workers. It's what they were taught by the baby boomers who have been downsized like no tomorrow. Prospective employers are often more willing to take a chance on younger workers such as Levin, because of age discrimination and the fact that less senior workers are viewed as more malleable.
Most employers tend to find it easier to put people in boxes.
You usually have to make a case otherwise. But it is opening up now because of the amount of change that's happening in the labor market. Like Goldsmith, many career hoppers say they never set out to do that. After graduating from Penn law school, Possumato had settled in as a vice president at Janney Montgomery Scott when he decided to help out at his family's Chrysler Plymouth dealership in South Jersey. There he established an award-winning corporate fleet operation that led to his becoming an industry consultant.