> It's hard to describe on a resume or give measurable achievements
You absolutely must give measurable achievements. Team size, number of documents authored, anything! Prove that you worked somewhere and didn't just take a paycheck for breathing.
> my resume (it's three pages)
Cut that down to one page.
> But most jobs have either not replied to my application or I've been rejected a week or so after submitting my resume.
You are still in the phase of your career where you are applying for jobs so rejection will be common. Apply for at least 3 jobs/day if you can find openings. Expect to put in hundreds of applications.
BD + PM are quite different roles, other than solo founders, rarely would those two functions be performed by the same person. Being neither one nor the other might be a significant factor in high rejection rate.
Gonna need more information:
post up your resume or LinkedIn in a comment, happy to take a look (I work in recruiting)
My guess is you are better than the people doing the hiring. I have done a lot of interviews and the people in charge are out of their depth.
When someone with a three page resume comes in it makes them feel inadequate.
Do you have the following?
- A github / gitlab profile with small to medium size open source projects
- A linkedin profile with 500+ connections
- A web portfolio featuring descriptions & visuals of at least 3 past projects, as well as a summary of your skills, professional experience, academic background, and personal hobbies
that is to ask: are you marketing yourself?
Couldn't this just be the current economic climate? Business people tend to have a harder time getting jobs than programmers, and when you remove jobs in an already very tight market you will have many people who don't get any jobs at all.
Budgets have been extremely tight this year and layoffs have been higher than usual. 2021 (aka The Great Resignation) was actually the sweet spot to find a job.
3 pages? Is that common in your profession? If it's not, why don't you trim your resume?
> My current role is a mix of business development and product management. It's hard to describe on a resume or give measurable achievements.
The achievements for these roles should be easily measurable. Effectively and concisely communicating impact is also a core skill for both of them. Bluntly, if I saw a resume with this background that wasn't doing that, I would believe they weren't good at their role then or they weren't good at it now.
These sentences are highlighting some serious sticking point. I would focus on them, deeply questioning your beliefs about some situations.