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Alan A. Malinchak
PREPARING FOR
A
TRANSITION
FROM
PUBLIC
SERVICE TO
PRIVATE
INDUSTRY
Not Quite as
“Easy as Sunday Morning” –
In 2002, just two years from FBI retirement eligibility, and a
Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS) retiree not by
choice, I realized I would need to continue employment be-
yond retirement with two daughters’ college bound. My two
year path to prepare for a career in private industry was a
sound plan, but as I look back I was woefully unprepared – I
got lucky.