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I decided to go back to school. So I can be more advanced in my career.

I’ve never heard of a ’small business development’ major; to get an MBA varies, but most masters degrees will take at least 1 year, usually 2. If you’re talking about a bachelor’s degree, if you go full time and take a heavy class load you could probably finish in 2 1/2 years.

The kind of work a BDC does, how easy/difficult it is for him to move up the corporate ladder? And how does the experience gained by a BDC help him get a related job abroad?

Business Development = Sales. These are good positions to "move up the corporate ladder" About getting a job abroad that has a lot more to do with the company than the role.

I’m in product marketing in the consumer technology sector. Any advice would be appreciated.

Your situation is very common. I work in HR and it’s something that employees that I’ve worked with have asked for as well. It is difficult to do an outright transfer because the receiving manager tends to be skeptical until they can see some of your work. So if you can’t do an outright transfer then you may want to consider some of the following options that I’ve created for employees in my organization:

- work with HR and see if there is a job rotation program that you can participate in within your own company
- talk to your manager to see if you can take on a BD deal as part of your current role – it’s a "try before you buy" on the part of both the BD leader and your manager wins b/c they will still have you for a certain period of time before you transition over.
- identify a BD leader that you admire, ask them if they can play a role as your mentor and get more feedback and advice from them. Although this doesn’t get you into a BD role, it helps you network within that community and gives you a great perspective on the needs of the role
- meet with someone in recruiting and see what the skills are for hte new role and address any gaps you may have with on the job training or curriculum training.

Hope this helps – good luck!

I am recruiter and I am responsible for bringing in new clients for my team. I have been doing this roughly a year and a half. My company does not have a niche. I have undergone much sales training and quite a bit of recruiting training, but I haven’t found a resource dedicated to selling staffing. Is there such a book that might be considered the industry standard?

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Been studying up on the two and find that many authors seem to be using the terms interchangeably.

Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) are usually affiliated with the local community college, and offer classes in starting and running your business. One VERY good class some of them offer is the NxLevel Entrepreneurial Training, a 12 session course that walks you through the ins and outs of starting or growing your business, and as part of that you will write a business plan. At the end of the class your plan will be reviewed by a lending professional, and will be critiqued, telling you the strong points of your plan AND the weak points. SBDCs are tax supported and accept all applicants.

From Wikipedia:
Business incubators are programs designed to accelerate the successful development of entrepreneurial companies through an array of business support resources and services, developed and orchestrated by incubator management and offered both in the incubator and through its network of contacts. Incubators vary in the way they deliver their services, in their organizational structure, and in the types of clients they serve. Successful completion of a business incubation program increases the likelihood that a start-up company will stay in business for the long term.

Incubators also differ from the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Small Business Development Centers (and similar business support programs) in that they serve only selected clients.

need to know more details of what a business development manager does.

This is sort of a sales and marketing-type job, where your responsibility is to get customers for the company. In some companies, you can be a really high-level manager if you have this job; in others you might be one of many and not very well-respected (sort of a glorified salesperson). If you want more details, monster.com has excellent descriptions of this job and similar ones.

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