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McKinsey & Company Anyone at McKinsey & Company willing to refer a Marine veteran (OIF, I swear I will not eat all the crayons. "Crayons" are for art is what my wife tells me to tell myself)
5yrs Marines (Sgt, Comm maint tech w infantry Bn)
8yrs in Oil & Gas (engr coordinator, qty surveying and proj ctrl)
CM undergrad
MBA (professional program, graduated May 2022)
I'm looking for a role in McK serving O&G, industrial, capital projects clients. Open to generalist roles as well. Can review for vetting.
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I would leave it off. It’s more likely to hurt you than help since most people don’t understand the reserves.
I left mine off. Legally they can’t pass you over but you also can’t prove they passed you because you’re a reservist.
Exactly my concern. USERRA website doesn't really seem to address omitting it.
I was AD for 10 years and retired after another 10 years in the reserves. I found out that putting my reserve service on my resume was a mixed blessing. My years of experience and leadership skills were an asset on my resume. However some employers were stand offish because of my reserve duty requirements and potential to get deployed, they will never say anything because of the illegality of discrimination against reservists and bad publicity, they just won't call you for an interview. It has been awhile, so not sure if this is still the case currently?
Good points. If it was just the weekends + AT, it wouldn't be as controversial. But the potential of schools and deployments can mean a vacant seat for months, which is more difficult to absorb the smaller the org and the more senior you become.
However, I'm starting to think about it in comparison to the large parental leave benefits that have become more popular these days, which kind of set the precedent for positions being regularly vacated for several months... Maybe this isn't that much different
My wife got passed over for two jobs for (what were very confident was) being in the reserves. The very next role she applied to without the reserves on her resume, she ended up getting the job.
As others have said, I don't think you gain anything by putting it on your resume. At least no benefit that offsets the potential risk.
I put AD on there but not reserve service
I put US Army (combined Reserve and Active) as one of my headers. It’s always served me well, I get a lot of callbacks where people ask about my time on the service. But I seek out companies that value military backgrounds.
I leave it on. Never had an issue. I can see how it might not be great if you're looking to work for a smaller company though. Maybe include it for only larger public companies?
I learned to not include I was in the Guard on mine (around 2015/2016) but did include a section on my last deployment 2009 time period) and put US Army, with all the bullets being specif to that deployment.
I was a reservist and always had it on my resume and never had an issue but I understand wanting to leave it off.
Why don’t you just leave your active duty experience only if you’re trying to include that you’re a vet
There is no way to prove you weren't hired bc of military commitment, so USERRA isn't going to help.
I have always had my national guard experience on mine and never had an issue..weird I always thought it was a plus to have military service
Are you on LinkedIn? Do yourself a massive favor and link up with Michael Quinn. He’s the SME on this space and I’d trust him with every ounce.
To be fair Mike Quinn does have some good advice.
His posts on the other hand may be too much.