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title: "Job Hopping: Is It Worth It In Trucking?"
description: The company you work for tells you one thing but does another. Before you move jobs, know what may occur. Here are four effects from job hopping.
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## Job Hopping: Is It Worth It In Trucking?

Posted by [Rebecca Anderson](https://blog.drivetransland.com/author/rebecca-anderson) on Apr 25, 2017 10:30:00 AM

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1. **Insurance companies say that someone who hops from job to job is a risk.**  
   The more you change employers in a year, the more difficult it will be for a good safety conscious company to hire you.
2. **There are a plethora of statistics in the industry that says [someone who job hops is a safety risk](http://www.trucknews.com/features/job-hopping-impacts-safety-fmcsa/).**   
   A person who is a safety risk is unhireable. Did you know, if you have more than three jobs in one year, you are twice as likely to have an accident versus someone who has a more stable job history?
   
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3. **The more you move around, the more it shows a recruiter that you are less likely to stay with his or her company.**   
   Bad trucking companies exist; we know. It is also the [professional truck driver’s responsibility to do his or her research](https://blog.drivetransland.com/recruiting-truck-drivers-ask-direct-questions) before starting a job at a new company.
4. **It’s expensive to bring a new driver on board.**   
   The average cost of hiring a new driver within his or her first 90 days is roughly $4,000 or [maybe more](http://www.ugpti.org/pubs/pdf/SP146.pdf)!

It’s the [recruiting department’s job to find quality professional truck drivers](https://blog.drivetransland.com/recruiting-truck-drivers-from-a-recruiters-perspective) to join the team. By doing so, recruiters do take a close look into a person’s work history.

That trucking company with a big sign on bonus may seem like a good idea at the time but it may not always be best for you. Before you make the big move, weigh the options.

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