In fact, Monster.com says job hopping (which most sources define as less than two years) is a potential career killer.

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Is it a career killer or a learning experience?

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You took your undergrad degree and put your head down into your career, got married, raised a couple of babies (on the down low, of course, because being a mom was okay, but talking about it was a career killer) and built yourself the equivalent of a Ph.

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And not only are women here expected to have children and a killer career, they are told that they can have it all at once and do it all well.

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He said the detail on his criminal record was a "killer blow" to his career.

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Mr. Bacon plays a former FBI agent who sacrificed his career and health in order to catch a serial killer of 14 women.

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After a career in Hong Kong that earned him a cult following for work such as The Killer, A Better Tomorrow and Hard Boiled, he packed his bags in 1992 and set off for Hollywood with his family, an embryonic reputation, a smattering of English and a savvy production partner, Terence Chang.

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Your ability to break a big story, doggedly follow a tip or score a career-making interview should be based on grit, determination, a can-do attitude and a killer ability to craft a lede.

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