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Is government experience shunned by the private sector?

post #1 of 4
8/2/09 at 8:57am
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Had a discussion last night about this. Excepting the obvious industries such as defense, aerospace, and government contracting. . . in this economy is the private sector basically shunning those that have government backgrounds?
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post #2 of 4
8/2/09 at 9:59pm
I haven't got the experience to make any kind of qualified statements, but I worked in the New Orleans chamber of commerce, which has been undergoing a pretty heavy restructuring over the last year or two, and I can certainly say that the opposite is certainly not true. Government - especially the economic development arm - loves private-sector experience.
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post #3 of 4
8/2/09 at 10:38pm
Not in the least. If you have regulatory experience, it is easy to move into the private sector that you had previously been regulating. Also, if you have been working in offices that hand out juicy government contracts, the companies trying to get those contracts, will often bring you on hoping your contacts will toss you jobs.
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post #4 of 4
8/2/09 at 11:18pm
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Originally Posted by Piobaire View Post
Not in the least. If you have regulatory experience, it is easy to move into the private sector that you had previously been regulating. Also, if you have been working in offices that hand out juicy government contracts, the companies trying to get those contracts, will often bring you on hoping your contacts will toss you jobs.

We discounted gov contracting for that reason.

The regulatory thing is good though.
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