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If You Are A New SDR/BDR in this job market what would you do to get the job?

I have applied a lot of places I tweaked my resume I'm about to change my resume one last time for sales sake.

I'm getting interviews but no offers. so far my best opportunity for sales at the moment is in logistics they are the only category of company willing to offer me a job(40k a yr) to relocate to another state out of f my hometown everyone else they interview me round after round but no offer and the rest are commission only or MLM like build your own team make income off there back. It's weird to because usually interviews are easy and I know how to talk this has never happened to me before.

Now I get why people say it's hard to get a job I already knew it takes more work but this has caught me completely off guard.

I know I'm doing something wrong I just don't know what if it's targeting the wrong companies, my resume, if its me during rounds

Would love if a veteran could give some feedback

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Phillip_J_Fry

Opinionated

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Director of Revenue

Job market's rough at the moment and companies have so many applicants that its tough to get ahead of the competition.
What I would recommend is finding some companies with open BDR/SDR roles, and connecting with some of the people that already work said positions, and maybe a SDR Manager. See if you can chat wiith them for 30 minutes about the company and role.

I've had a number of times where the person I spoke with, after getting a feel for my qualifications, offered to submit my resume directly (probably for the referral bonus most likely, but hey, I'll take it) to HR.

The notion of casting a wide net and applying everywhere seems to be pretty ineffective in this buyer's market. Taking a more focused approach and really exploring multiple avenues of talking to the right people in the org, will help you get your foot in the door faster.

braintank

Politicker

4

Enterprise Account Executive

I'd be wary of relocating for a $40k a year job. Relocation is expensive, and you'll lose your support system.

Can you post your resume for feedback?

Also, biggest mistake early sellers make when interviewing is not being aggressive and asking for the job. If you cant ask for the position, hiring managers don't think you'll be able to ask for the meeting.

CuriousFox

WR Officer

4

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Also just b/c you move doesn't guarantee you'll keep your role.

Sunbunny31

Politicker

2

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

It would also be interesting to know your background (so the resume will be important) as well as what you're applying for.

GDO

Politicker

1

BDM

Made the mistake, learned from it

CuriousFox

WR Officer

1

🦊

We be hard headed sometimes 😉

BTQ

Politicker

1

Account Manager

Hey man, I’ve been through what you went through it sucks. The search bar has a lot of good resources on this.

If I were you, you gotta take that 40k a year job so you can eat/make $. But keep your foot on the gas and continue to apply. It’s annoying that you need a job to get another one.

Gasty posted a lot of companies hiring SDRs if you want to take a look through those search “who’s hiring SDRs”

Remember to tailor your resume to the job your applying for and don’t get down on yourself because your job is being told “no” for a living. Best of luck my friend

ThatNewAE

Big Shot

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Account Executive - Mid enterprise

Hello, the community articles, LinkedIn, SalesGPT up there would be really helpful to you.
That said, try and figure out if you are applying to the relevant jobs and relevant roles and relevant companies. Everything matters at the end.
If you want to avoid burn out, be super focused with your applications. And tweak resume based on the JD you are applying to. One shoe doesn't fit all.

wolfofmiami

Opinionated

1

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Dont relocate unless if they give a large relocation assistance package, I did that wasted all my money moving to Boston bc no package. Then I hated the job and the city. Tampa >.
If youre getting interviews but not getting offers, it has to be bc of the way youre interviewing, but the more you do it the better you get at it.

job market sucks rn so that also plays into to.

The next thing you can do is once you secure an interview at a company reach out to reps who youre connected with or share alumni. If there's none at the company just reach out to different SDRs on the team and ask advice about the interview process and what you should say in the interview, questions you should ask and if they recommend reaching out to other people on the team.

If youre not comfortable doing that, if you know a recruiter that your friends with ask them about interviewing advice, thats literally their job to get candidates hired so they have a ton of great advice they can give.

pirate

Big Shot

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🦜☠️ Account Executive

Hmm a local call centre? What have you tried locally? Can you reach out to all the SDR managers in the area and say look you're hungry and you want to work hard

Kosta_Konfucius

Politicker

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Sales Rep

Prospect your way in

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AE

Referral, referral & referral

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