They're moving jobs to India...

This is my favorite excuse for job hopping. When employers ask me why I am leaving I always say "I am concerned about the company moving jobs to India and I need stable long term employment". This allows you to also focus the conversation on a long term position which is typically what the interviewer wants to hear.

How to explain all your previous job switches? Well the Indian line won't work for all your job switches. Hopefully some of them are contract jobs and you can tell them the contract ended. State that you prefer long term full time employment to contract and only took the contracts because you needed a job.

Also, talk about how you are settling down and want to start a family, so its time to get long term secure work with a good company. Talk about how wonderful this opportunity is(odds are it's a generic BS job) and how wonderful you think the company is (Google them and get some good BS).

Job hopping probably will cost you some jobs. The jobs most likely to pass on you are the mediocre paying positions who do not have promotions and want someone to be happy with the 3-4% cost of living increase for 7 years. These are hard to BS. Sometimes you just need a job and have to take these so it can pose a problem. There is no perfect solution to this dilemma.

Job Hopping is not a cure all and it is not perfect. It probably will cost you some opportunites. However, it will also ramp up your compensation much faster so look at how much more money you made by switching jobs. Also keep in mind that many employers base what they offer you on your "salary history". So you would probably not be able to demand a higher salary by their standards if you did not job hop. You are basically playing the employer's game.

Just so everyone is clear. The best time to job hop is early in your career. Your goal is to get up to your maximum earning potential as soon as possible. Once you get to that level there is less incentive to job hop. However, you should still be ruthless and only work for your employer up to the point where it becomes unprofitable. Even if you are very senior and make alot of money you cannot guarantee that your skills will not become obsolete. You need to work on skills you do not use at work in your own time. To make time for this you need to keep your hours as close to a 40 hour work week as possible.