Does my military experience count as YOE…if I apply to Supply Chain/Operations Strategy positions @ Big4/Accenture? I’m just trying to understand how the consulting world views military experience-is it leadership potential? Relevant industry knowledge? I have 8 yoe as a “manager” in the army, leading Operation and Supply Chain initiatives (six sigma certs etc). I have other YOE too but just don’t know if I should include the military stuff or not.

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Depends on the context. If you're going in an application form, tend towards including all.

Your YOE should align to the level you're applying for. If you have 15YOE and you're applying to entry level analyst roles, that might be an auto reject. It would also look weird to apply for director level roles with only 2YOE.

I have 6 years enlisted and 6 civilian (three industry and three consulting). Two of my enlisted years were training, so I just say 10yrs. I'm a SM now and anticipating promotion to director this year.

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Ah! Thank you! Your breakdown helped a lot! So let’s say I knock off some training time too, let’s say 6 years military. Now if I owned a wealth management business for 5 years, consulting business owners on how to manage their money inside and outside of their business…would that be 5 years “industry experience”?

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