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Sales Development pathway

People with sales, retail, fundraising or persuasion experience.

Where you might be coming from

Field sales, retail targets, market trading, or fundraising.

What you need to start

Confident spoken English and resilience with rejection.

Transferable skills this pathway builds on

  • Sales
  • Resilience
  • Research
  • Communication

Digital skills to develop

  • CRM use
  • Written outreach
  • List building

Tools to learn

  • HubSpot
  • LinkedIn Sales Navigator
  • Apollo
  • Google Sheets

Modules to work through

  1. 1.Remote Work Foundations
  2. 2.Career Direction
  3. 3.Outbound prospecting
  4. 4.Written outreach
  5. 5.Job Preparation

Practice exercises

  • Write a four-touch outbound sequence
  • Research and qualify ten target accounts

Portfolio pieces to produce

  • A sequence document
  • A qualified account list with reasoning

CV keywords

outboundprospectingqualified meetingsCRMpipeline

LinkedIn positioning

Headline format: 'SDR | Outbound Prospecting & Qualified Pipeline'.

Job titles to search

SDRAppointment setterBusiness development representative

Interview preparation

  • Give me your 30-second pitch for any product.
  • How do you recover after ten rejections in a row?

Application readiness checklist

  • I have a written outbound sequence
  • I can run a qualification call
  • My CV shows activity and conversion numbers

Completing a pathway improves how well you can compete for a role. It does not guarantee employment, interviews or income. Results depend on experience, skills, market conditions, application quality, role availability, and individual effort. Remote Ready AI does not guarantee employment or income.