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If I see more than 2 or more short positions (<=2y) I just bin the CV. Mistakes can happen, but more than 2 is a red flag for me. With the exception of being a real contractor, but this is sometimes difficult to say from CV if it was a real fixed time contract (e.g. quite common in UK), or just tax saving arrangement (common in Poland).

Also at least one long position is a bonus, shows the person will stay given the right circumstances.

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Do you also give 40-50% raises to your employees every 2 years?

Everyone knows that you can and get those pay bumps if you switch jobs, but want to penalise it.

I will say this differently, if you see short stints as a bad thing, there are two options:

1) you want to explore people that have difficulties negotiating/interviewing

2) you will hire dumb people (because unless you are curing cancer, anyone that rejects 20-50% pay bumps every couple years is just dumb)

A career with 10 places and two under 2 years seems reasonable.

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