Has anyone ever worked in a business developer role?

Task Eater said:

Yes I did. It's hard and still looking for the improvement.

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Lil_ said:

Thanks, not sure what you mean about looking for the improvement. Are you saying that the job was a waste of effort? Care to go in to it more?

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Raj Kesu said:

I did have a 1 year stint, years ago, in a business developement role. Yes, relevant knowledge of the respective industry may matter. but, in the interview, what they would more be looking out for, is your communication & presentation skills, your resilience and your capacity to handle pressure, which refers to the sales target pressures that come with such a role. So, work on aspects where you would be able to demonstrate these aspects during the interview(s). Wish you all the best.

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mattvei said:

if your company is US based and has been paying less than 500 W2 employees thru any part of the pandemic then the relief program described in this Forbes article https://tinyurl.com/ERTCbackdoor (shortened url) could give them the easy to get funds for you to say "these funds will pay my first year salary and benefits, so you can try me out for free". I can arrange for any US based organization - totally funding results contingent

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davids355 said:

i guess you need to be breaking down the business into it’s individual components - income streams, production processes, marketing, time management. Then looking at key ways in which each area can be improved along with metrics to measure the improvement over time.

Maybe do some research on that and come up with a basic strategy that you can talk about.

mid you have relevant experience of managing or growing a business from one stage to the next, I guess that would be beneficial as well.

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