Job-hopping — working for various employers for a short period of time — may not carry the same stigma in today’s job market as it once did, according to a survey by CareerBuilder. In a survey, 55 percent of employers surveyed said they have hired a job-hopper, and 32 percent said they have come to expect workers to job hop.

However, employers’ expectations still tend to vary based on the candidate’s age. Forty-one percent of employers said that job-hopping becomes less acceptable when a worker reaches his/her early to mid-30s, and 28 percent find job-hopping less acceptable after the age of 40.

“More workers are pursuing opportunities with various companies to expose themselves to a wider range of experiences, build their skill sets, or take a step up the ladder in pay or title,” said Rosemary Haefner, vice president of human resources at CareerBuilder. “While building up a wealth of experience is a good thing, make sure that you’re staying with a company long enough to make an impact and provide a return on the investment they’ve made in you. Employers may be more understanding of job-hopping today, but most employers are still more likely to hire the candidate who has a pattern of longer tenure with organizations.”

The industries with the largest percentage of employers who expect workers to job-hop are:

• Information technology — 42 percent
• Leisure and hospitality — 41 percent
• Transportation — 37 percent
• Retail — 36 percent
• Manufacturing — 32 percent

The survey was conducted online by Harris Interactive on behalf of CareerBuilder among 2,138 hiring managers and human resource professionals. The survey was conducted between Feb. 10 and March 4, 2014.