Deploying in the fall. My MOS is finance . How can I leverage that for a different career when I return ? I’m a branch manager for a bank in the civilian world.

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Use your veteran status and GI Bill benefits to go get a full time MBA at a top school and change careers.

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True^ cheat code. I went into “consulting” but for tech companies straight from the source

Not sure about leveraging finance but I leveraged project manager experience on the military side to move from logistics (Army transportation) to project management (for an electricity utility). If you look a PM jobs, study for the PMP and take it online while you’re deployed. It’s hard but will pay off because the PMP is recognized and respected in the project management field.

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These jobs will never be out of demand.

Countless corporate transition programs for vets (Amazon, J&J, JPMC, etc.). Many folks go to pathways for a couple years and then use the Amazon brand to pivot elsewhere.

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I would find some people in the industries you are interested and get a better idea of what interests you. Then you can work the details of what you need to do in order to obtain that goal. Feel free to shoot me a message if you would like.

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There are soooooo many jobs that you can do when you get back especially with the experience that you have. I think it all really depends on what you have an interest in and what you want to do.

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