How do I leave GPS consulting to commercial industry or commercial consulting? Is MBA necessary or can you just apply and get in? Do commercial recruiters look down on GPS experience?

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I’m at AFS and hid the fact that I had federal experience. Just called it “Accenture” on the resume/LinkedIn. Have gotten commercial interviews and evaluating an offer now. I was open in interviews about wanting to do commercial.

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Agreed with A1
Simply not calling out GPS/federal is the easiest way
I just moved from GPS (S&L) to Accenture for a massive pay bump for their tech client market
Never brought up which clients I served

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