@UnW - no I don't think being away for 1+ years will affect you, especially if you're trying to get AWAY from professional services and into the Corporate side of things.
Corporate, it's like another world anyways since you won't be doing the same things as you did in the Big 4. The reason people hire Big 4 people is their dedication and efficiency as well as their ability to be normal socially and catch on to complex concepts quickly, not their Accounting knowledge for the most part. They're looking for soft skills (in the kind of higher caliber jobs you'll apply for) that you would have developed in the Big 4 which don't go away even if you have been away for 5 years.
If you're teaching, it's even better. You can say you "really enjoyed the variety at the Big 4 but also loved coaching others as a senior and it opened your mind into the broader world of teaching others which is why you went into teaching English..blah blah." I've used similar lines at interviews and they drop their panties.![[Image: lol.gif]](https://rooshvforum.network/images/smilies/new/lol.gif)
Corporate, it's like another world anyways since you won't be doing the same things as you did in the Big 4. The reason people hire Big 4 people is their dedication and efficiency as well as their ability to be normal socially and catch on to complex concepts quickly, not their Accounting knowledge for the most part. They're looking for soft skills (in the kind of higher caliber jobs you'll apply for) that you would have developed in the Big 4 which don't go away even if you have been away for 5 years.
If you're teaching, it's even better. You can say you "really enjoyed the variety at the Big 4 but also loved coaching others as a senior and it opened your mind into the broader world of teaching others which is why you went into teaching English..blah blah." I've used similar lines at interviews and they drop their panties.