Help with Transitioning from USAF Contracting to Finance Career...

Hello everyone!

Here's my situation: I have a year left of both my active duty commitment to the Air Force and my pursuit of my MBA in Finance (very convenient how that lined up) and I would like to move from the cornfields of Nebraska where I'm stationed to the skyscrapers of lower Manhattan (preferably a career in M&A, given my background), but I'm not quite sure how to make that transition.

In the Air Force I am a contracting specialist and will have 6 years of contracting experience under my belt when my time is up, and my MBA is from Bellevue University (which is definitly not a top MBA school) but I really want to work in finance. Any tips?

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Army vet here. There's an extensive military network on Wall St. You need to Utilize LinkedIn and network your ass off. You can ask around and I think most will agree with that advice. You will need to network especially hard given that you lack a top MBA as the they are generally favored.

Best of luck to you.

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There are also a few vets here who are fantastic resources. Utilize the search function for tips and topics related to military transitioning to Finance.

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