Context engineer in manufacturing. I’ve been at my current job for 5 months. It’s not great and I’m looking to move on. However, I want to stay long enough that I can have it on my resume without awkward questions. How long do you think that should be?
I would feel weird listing anything less than a year. I feel like it takes a year to really get up to speed on a job, in engineering anyway, before you’re out of training and really say if it’s for you. (I’m not talking about actually miserable conditions like bad team, bad safety, etc.)
I have a 6 month stint on my resume. I also have others with multiple years and up-levels in titles. I know it’s not “great looking” but I keep it on because I wouldn’t expect everyone’s career path to be perfect. If it comes up in a hiring conversation I can use it to highlight what I valued and was looking for at that time in my career.