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#79
#79
YankeeVol said:
Pssh. I passed the bar exam at Boys State in HS.

*Yes, I still have the certificate. I was also elected Sheriff for my County.
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That's whre I made my biggest mistake in college was law school and not understanding how college grading and GPA's worked. I was interested in corporate law. Didn't want to be a ambulance chaser. Had already transferred from Freed-Hardeman (very low gpa) to ACU. Credit hours moved, but GPA started over, and I had a 3.6 in my two years out there. during Xmas break before my SR year my grandparents xmas gift was paying for my LSAT. I drove over to Vandy and took it and scored a 27 cold turkey. By those standards then I was above the national average and the high for that testing cycle was 31 so I'm thinking I'm in real good shape with a 3.6 and a 27. THen trasnferred back to Freed Hardeman because all my friends and brother either left ACU or graduated. Didn't consider they'd re-average my old grades back into my gpa so it dropped to a 2.9 and ruined any applications to law schools. Had I realized what was happening, I'd have stayed with that 18 hour drive to west texas for two more semesters.
 
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#81
utvolpj said:
My first job out of college it was only required to have a 4yr degree. They hired 400-500 grads each year to churn thru the training program. I talked my way into an IT job after 6yrs with them and it was a great move for me.
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Sounds like how Milliken (textiles) did it long ago when Roger Milliken was running the company. Every spring they'd bring in about a dozen new hires for mgt in the plants for every expected 1 opening. At 12 months, they'd thin that down to one or two choices per opening and go re-hire again. During that 12 months it was pretty brutal and if you made the cut, life was good. If you didn't make the cut life was probably even better, because all the other textile company's circled like hawks to pick up people that got one year training with Milliken.
 
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YankeeVol said:
That's exactly what they've said.

I'm just in a weird spot. I have over 17 years of varying leadership and operations experience (it's transferring the skills over to the civilian market), but I've also only had my degrees since this past March (MBA) and '24 (BSGS).

The good news is that I'm not hurting for a job. I'm just not all that pleased with where I am. Hell, I made more money with only a HS diploma lol slinging cars.

Thankfully I've found some very good organizations that are designed to help veterans network (it's about who you know, not what you know).
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In the end it is actually who knows you.
 
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