Coaching practices for Is Job Hopping Within a Company Really Job Hopping

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• My whole job search is just refreshing job boards and firing off applications into the void, competing with hundreds of strangers for whatever happens to be posted
• I’ve got five things going at once because juggling them feels efficient, but I never actually finish anything
• Even after I move on to the next thing, half my head is still snagged on the last one I left half-finished
• I’m proud of how much I juggle at once, but at the end of the day I notice the work is sloppier and slower than it should be
• A call or a meeting yanks me away mid-thought, and when I finally get back I’ve totally lost the thread

Practices that may help

1. Build and work a target list of roles and organisations
   Replace passive job board browsing with active research into specific organisations you want to understand.
   Informational Interviews: Career Research That Builds Your Network
2. Adopt a strict single-tasking protocol
   Work on exactly one task until it reaches a natural stopping point before starting anything else.
   Context Switching Cost: Why Task Switching Wrecks Focus
3. Manage attention residue at task transitions
   Create a deliberate "offboarding" step when switching tasks to reduce residual interference on the next task.
   Context Switching Cost: Why Task Switching Wrecks Focus
4. Reject multitasking
   Do one thing at a time — multitasking is switching, and switching is costly.
   The ONE Thing, Made Practical
5. Capture context before every forced switch
   When a forced context switch is unavoidable, spend 60 seconds capturing exactly where you are before stepping away.
   Context Switching Cost: Why Task Switching Wrecks Focus
6. Hire people who share the Why, not just the skills
   Skills can be learned; shared belief cannot — filtering for Why-alignment at hiring is the highest-leverage culture move.
   Start With Why: Leading Through Purpose
7. Track your actual switch-cost pattern for one week
   Measure how long it actually takes you to recover focus after a switch — the data is more persuasive than the concept.
   Context Switching Cost: Why Task Switching Wrecks Focus
8. Design transitions between tasks, not just the tasks themselves
   Build a brief transition ritual between tasks — a 5-minute buffer — so residue dissipates before the next task begins.
   Attention Residue: Why Switching Tasks Costs More Than You Think
9. The one-task rule
   Commit to a single task until a natural stopping point before touching another.
   Monotasking, Made Practical
10. Expand your role through extra-role behavior
    Voluntarily take on work beyond your formal responsibilities to signal readiness for a higher-trust relationship.
    Leader-Member Exchange (LMX), Made Practical

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