Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a business developer can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a business developer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Business developers strive to improve the market share of companies in the market. They perform strategic analyses of the core advantages that a company's products or services have to offer, they cooperate in the development of marketing campaigns for lead generation and support on sales efforts.

Professionals 37 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: chemical application specialist, 22%

chemical application speciali… 22% covered banking products manager 19% covered client relations manager 18% covered chief marketing officer 18% covered sales manager 16% covered business developer You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from business developer. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a business developer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

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business developer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a business developer already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.