A Day in the Life
Business Development Director
The role of the Business Development Director (BDD) at Global Career Company is rewarding, challenging and diverse. We sell the full portfolio of GCC Recruitment Summits around the world to high profile decision makers, from HR Directors and Country Managers to CEOs.
For the BDD the focal point of our working day is selling our services to new and existing clients. This involves calling and face to face meetings with prospects, identifying opportunities, proposing our services and securing international deals.
Oh, and there’s travel too. So far this year we’ve been to Dubai, Houston, Lisbon, Brussels, Moscow, South Africa and Hong Kong. And as a truly international business, travel will continue to play a part in how we develop our business.
For a business world with ever changing recruitment needs, the scope for a BDD to succeed and receive financial reward at GCC is excellent. An entrepreneurial spirit, commercial attitude and warm character are what makes a BDD succeed here, as is a ‘can do’ attitude and the desire to work in a thriving and multi-national office.
Although no two days are the same, if we were to talk about a typical working day, then we’d have to say it follows the business day around the world.
Our morning focuses on the Asia, Russia & Eastern Europe markets, as we make contact with leading multinationals and domestic companies across these regions. We will already be in touch with key decision makers and so spend the morning exploring their ongoing recruitment needs and selling them our most appropriate service, wherever in the world that may be.
In the afternoon our attention moves to the African market, which has always been a key part of GCC’s business. As a BDD you may find yourself on a conference call with a firm’s recruitment team, where you will propose attraction techniques and help to identify where clients can benefit from our range of services. On the back of this type of activity, you will work with our attraction and recruitment teams to produce client specific proposals and solutions.
Our day comes to a close as the US market begins to stir, so the last part of the day is dedicated to working within a region where the headquarters for some the World’s largest companies are based. So the final part of the day can prove to be one of the most productive.
On the whole, a BDD at Global Career Company spends their day responding to the international recruitment market and the needs of our clients at any one time. The excitement and adrenaline you get when you’ve secured a deal is second to none and a win is always something we enjoy as a team.
Charlie Gray
Business Development Director
