Business Development Representative resume keywords
Generates qualified leads through outbound prospecting, discovery, and pipeline development for the sales team. Use this keyword guide to optimize your resume for ATS scanners and recruiter searches.
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Top skills
Location matters
Place keywords in your summary, skills section, and within experience context. ATS systems weight contextual usage higher than keyword lists.
ATS keywords
Recruiter signals
- pipeline contribution
- conversion metrics
- activity consistency
Role details
Salary range: $50K–$80K + commission
Domain: Sales and Customer Success
Boards: LinkedIn, Indeed, RepVue
Common mistakes
- Describing prospecting tasks without showing meeting volume, pipeline value, or conversion metrics.
- Using a generic summary that does not name the target role.
- Listing tools without showing where they were used.
- Adding metrics that are not supported by project, work, or portfolio evidence.
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