“Among some types of Information Technology professionals – who are very much in demand these days – the generally accepted turnover rate hovers around 50 percent. This means the average worker switches jobs every six months, essentially on a project-by-project basis” according to a recent New York Times article.[i]
[i] Schwartz, “Career Sites Gain Rapidly, Along with Job Hopping.” NY Times, October 4, 1999, p. C5.