A little background information:
I’m about to get my MBA from UMass. I have a 3.92 GPA. I have undergraduate degrees in psychology and English. At first I was worried about my Bachelor’s degrees, but now I’m thinking I should use them to play up my versatility. Lots of math whizzes out there don’t understand people/work teams and can’t write to save their lives. I’m pretty balanced.
The gist:
My problem is I’m looking at Raytheon and Lockheed Martin, but my experience is all in the nonprofit sector, working with kids. I fought the good fight for 6 years, but now I’m worried I won’t get a good career because of “irrelevant” experience. I have a ton of experience with enterprise systems, but I’ve never worked in the defense sector before. Everybody wants 5-6 years of relevant experience.
I’m trying to strategize for online applications and, hopefully, interviews. I’ll relocate. I’ll be an ex-pat. I’m very flexible. Once I’m done grad school and my homework disappears, I’ll be so bored. I need to be busy. “You need somebody to go to Korea?” “Nobody wants to go?” “Pfft, gimme that ticket!” I think a lot of potential employees aren’t like that. I want to work at a company for 30-40 years. I don’t know how to explain this in a cover letter with sounding desperate. Advice???