Changing Jobs- To Be or Not To Be

I came across an interesting article on Job Hopping in The Economic Times. It talks about the pros and cons of changing jobs frequently. 

Sometime back I attended an HR conclave where one of the topics of discussion was job stability. One of the senior HR leaders from service industry said that they now look at minimum stability of one and a half years in one organization, while recruiting a candidate. The threshold used to be around three years only a couple of years back. And he predicted that in another couple of years working with an organization for one year may well become the benchmark for stability. The group was coherent on this and agreed that this was more in case of the Generation Z, which was more eager to learn and grow, and may be more impatient. 

While this may be the sentiment of the new young generation of professionals, but those who are at the decision making positions, still consider even a two year stint as being unstable. 

This can well be termed as the Generation Gap. But, the crux is that anyone will continue or change basis the learning and growth opportunities available. The human mind needs constant fodder. It seeks new challenges. If the present organization can provide the same, it is well and good, else the job hop.