- Based on 34 Jobtrees users who were a Business Development Specialist in their career, on average, they have 3.97 years of experience and 2 jobs prior to this one. They spend 3.2 years on average in this job building experience and earn $67K 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 Specialist are Business Development Manager, Sales Development Representative and Videographer. While Business Development Manager is from the same job family, Business Development, there are other common opportunities outside this discipline that Jobtrees users are taking as shown by Videographer, also being a common career path from Business Development Specialist.
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- The most common career steps to get to Business Development Specialist are Business Development Coordinator, Relationship Banker and Customer Service Representative based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
- Business Development Coordinator, the most common step before Business Development Specialist, 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 Specialist, 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 Specialist.
- While Business Development Coordinator is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Business Development Specialist that is an overwhelmingly common path.
- Another characteristic of the Business Development Specialist 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 Specialist so focusing on translatable skills is likely more important than a specific role.
- While Business Development Coordinator is from the same job family, Business Development as Business Development Specialist, you don't necessarily need direct experience in this discipline show by Relationship Banker also leading to Business Development Specialist.
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- The most common degrees or certifications earned by Jobtrees users on the path to become Business Development Specialist are Bachelor Of Arts (b.a.) In Physics Education, Bachelor Degree In General Education, and Master Degree In Social Work. There may be other specific certification requirements to land a job with this role, so please make sure to check local regulations as well.
- Business Development Specialist 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.