Greetings all,
I have an issue I am hoping to get some help with. I have around 1700 TT and about 200 multi, and I've had five jobs in the last year. My first job was as a CFI at the community college I graduated from. I was only getting about 20 hours a month there so I accepted another CFI position from a much larger flight school and was getting about 100 hours a month there. I stayed there until I had my MEI and got an offer from a 135 company, which I accepted. I was with them for a couple of months and then lost that job when gas prices went up. From there I went to a skydiving operation where I was flying a Caravan until one of the other pilots crashed it. After that the only thing that I could find on short notice was at the community college I left in the beginning.

I have two questions:

1) Have I shot myself in the foot with all the job switches, even though some were not voluntary?
I've had some pilots tell me that there's nothing wrong with switching jobs frequently when you're trying to build time and then I've had others tell me it looks like I can't keep a job for more than six months.

2) Even with my MEI, I have zero chance of getting any multi time at the school I'm at due to seniority. If I don't get an interview/offer from the airlines and 135 companies I've applied to, should I look for a school where I can get more multi time (I have been told the worst thing you can do if you want to be a professional pilot is get too much single engine CFI time) or should I just stay put?

Ideally I'm trying to end up at a small airline or 135 that flies turboprops and/or small jets.

I have never left an employer on bad terms and all have told me they would write references if I needed them, but I know 90% of the time your resume is the first impression you give a potential employer and I'm a little worried that mine may not give off the best.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!