I'm a professional chameleon... so what?

Cheryl Chan, Her World's digital editor, on job-hopping and the art of losing one's self- and then finding it again.

As I’m taking my midday mindless Instagram scroll as a five-minute break from work, out pops a memory reminding me that today is my one-year anniversary in my current role.

That might not seem like a big deal to most, but it’s the longest I’ve stayed at a job in the last five years. Before I get accused of being a job-hopping millennial (even though that’s exactly what I am), not all of my job hops were fuelled by ambition.

Some were due to the tumultuous nature of the pandemic (and just plain ol’ retrenchment), while the rest were, in my opinion, a necessity due to toxic working environments.

The one common thread that ran through these decisions? I never regretted jumping in, and then jumping out when I had to, regardless of how long I worked there.