How long should you stay in a job before getting another?

[Springhun]

Curious to hear thoughts on this.

I’ve been told it doesn’t look good to job hop, and one should aim to stay for at least two years in each position.

I have been offered a job after being made redundant, but it’s not really what I’m looking for. I plan to take it as I need money, but I will be looking out for other things more relevant to what I do and with a higher salary.

Realistically, when is it acceptable to leave a job without really pissing employers off? At my old company a woman left after 2 weeks and managers were not happy about it

I’d probably say 2 years

As a one off, is say 12 months but regularly, yes to 2 years.

I think it depends on what industry you are in. One short lived job which clearly ends by your choice is generally fine I think.
As for the employer, that’s a bit of a shame for them I suppose but it happens and I’m sure they’ll get over it.

depends on reason. Voluntarily moving quickly looks odd to new employers. However, in your case, emergency position after redundancy to pay bills but this is better job would be fine with me as a recruiter.

If it’s a pattern, it’s an issue. Once or twice because a role didn’t suit isn’t generally an issue.

I got made redundant years ago and worked in a completely different field for less than six months (hospitality a place I'd worked as a student, I got made redundant just before high season, I knew they'd have me back and turn over is high in that industry anyway) on my CV I list it as temporary employment while seeking a permanent contract and given my reason for leaving previous role is stated as redundancy, and the job after was in my profession, it's pretty clear that I'm not a serial job hopper, everyone has bills to pay and surely it's more attractive to have an employee who will do any job, while job hunting than sit around waiting for the right one. It shows work ethic, initiative and problem solving.

I think you're over thinking it tbh. It looks bad if you have donkeys years on your cv where you have never stayed anywhere. But a few short stints no one will care about. Ultimately when you go for interviews they just want the best person not to pick apart petty stuff.

On a couple of occasions I’ve said that a perm job I was currently in was only a temp/fixed term role so I was still hunting for a perm job! It was never queried. In my mind, all jobs are temporary any way!

Depends if the person has higher qualifications or has come from a higher paying role then i wouldn't expect them to stay if they get a better offer.

Depends.
As a one off 6 months in my industry with a reasonable explanation is fine.
But only as a one off... if I saw more than one short stint I’d be asking questions

I do know a few people that took jobs, continued to actively seek and then leave before probation was up and they just never listed it on linkedin

I once read that you should consider moving every X years, where X is you age divided by 7.