Hi everyone, I am new to the site. I do not currently work for target but am interested in possibly pursuing a career in retail management.
I will be leaving the army shortly and looking for something new. I am wondering if I had the requirements to become a store team leader. I have no substantial retail experience. However I have my bachelors degree, and have four years of army leadership experience as an officer under my belt. I held three positions as an officer. A platoon leader, where I was responsible for 50+ soldiers, and more $5 million worth of equipment. I held an executive officer position where I was the second in command in a company that was approximately 150-160 soldiers. And I held a job working on the battalion staff which managed a battalion of 4 companies, and about 700 soldiers.
Clearly this doesn't correlate to retail management perfectly, but it is leadership experience. I was initially looking at these ETL positions, but from what I could gather it seems like a lot of ETL hires are straight out of college with little to no management experience, so I was wondering if I would be able to jump in as a store team leader in training or something.
Any input would be much appreciated!
I will be leaving the army shortly and looking for something new. I am wondering if I had the requirements to become a store team leader. I have no substantial retail experience. However I have my bachelors degree, and have four years of army leadership experience as an officer under my belt. I held three positions as an officer. A platoon leader, where I was responsible for 50+ soldiers, and more $5 million worth of equipment. I held an executive officer position where I was the second in command in a company that was approximately 150-160 soldiers. And I held a job working on the battalion staff which managed a battalion of 4 companies, and about 700 soldiers.
Clearly this doesn't correlate to retail management perfectly, but it is leadership experience. I was initially looking at these ETL positions, but from what I could gather it seems like a lot of ETL hires are straight out of college with little to no management experience, so I was wondering if I would be able to jump in as a store team leader in training or something.
Any input would be much appreciated!