- Based on 70 Jobtrees users who were a Business Development Representative in their career, on average, they have 3.71 years of experience and 3 jobs prior to this one. They spend 1.8 years on average in this job building experience and earn $74K per year before moving on.
- 0% of Jobtrees users moved to another job with this same title in their next career step. The most common career steps after Business Development Representative are Account Executive, Sales Engineer and Business Development Manager. While Account Executive isn't from the Business Development job family, there are common paths within the same discipline as Business Development Representative shown by Business Development Manager also being a next career step Jobtrees users are taking.
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- The most common career steps to get to Business Development Representative are Customer Service Manager, Inside Sales Representative and Account Manager based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
- Customer Service Manager, the most common step before Business Development Representative, is a more senior role which is common to see in career paths. This is a natural and common career progression as titles aren't synonymous across companies so a more senior title doesn't always mean higher pay and larger scope. For Business Development Representative, this is an indication that you should focus more on the scope of the role than the specific title when thinking about building a path to Business Development Representative.
- While Customer Service Manager is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Business Development Representative that is an overwhelmingly common path.
- Another characteristic of the Business Development Representative career path is that experience within the same job family as this role isn't common and as a result likely not necessary.
- This shows there are many potential paths to becoming a Business Development Representative so focusing on translatable skills is likely more important than a specific role.
- While Customer Service Manager isn't from the same job family as Business Development Representative, Business Development, it can help to have direct experience in this discipline shown by Inside Sales Representative also being a common career path to Business Development Representative.
- If you are looking for more potential career paths to Business Development Representative, you should also consider Sales Representative, Business Development and Account Executive as they commonly lead to Business Development Representative as well.
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- The most common degrees or certifications earned by Jobtrees users on the path to become Business Development Representative are Associate Degree In General Studies, Bachelor Of Arts (b.a.) In General Studies, and Bachelor Of Arts (b.a.) In Economics. There may be other specific certification requirements to land a job with this role, so please make sure to check local regulations as well.
- Career paths aren't linear with people often returning to a prior role which is what you see with Customer Service Manager being on the path to and from Business Development Representative. This is common when people move companies where the title is the same as a past one but the scope may be different but also is commonly driven by them choosing to return to a function they fit well with.
- Business Development Representative is part of the Business Development job family which has a limited number of unique role types (36) within that discipline. Choosing to pursue a role within this family likely will mean that you will need to look outside of your discipline to find new roles and so should focus on related skills as part of that search.