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Purpose
of any business that wants to grow is to create an enabling environment which increases
their customers’ base and thus translate to monumental sales of their product
or services. To achieve this, business owners these days make use of top notch technology.
One of those many tools is the Salesforce. A career in Salesforce can qualify you for a position of business
administrator, developer or even consultant if you can invest in it. The look-out
for experienced individuals with this skillset has increased because only
businesses with good knowledge of technology-trend thrive. As a result of this
reality, business owners are ready to pay mouth-watering salaries if you can
offer such service.
If
you channel your effort, time, and money to learn Salesforce, your
investment will be worth it because the knowledge brings you relevance and the
pay is heavy enough to pay your bills through providing solution with the tool.
Kick-starting your Salesforce career
is not hard at all but may require effective networking as the platform is
network-driven if you wish to secure your dream job soon.
How
can you start-up your career in
Salesforce immediately
1.
Open
a Free Admin Accounts
A
good way to begin is by practicing while gaining experience. You may have to
create a free #AwesomeAdmin version account to get the features and functionality
of Salesforce. This application will enable you to;
This
account will provide you a playing ground for your Saleforce career considering the above mentioned features and
functionalities. Click here to create your free admin playground account
2.
Gain
wider view and knowledge
Once
you have the playing ground, the next is to start playing around! You have a
need to visit the following links to help you along your new career path.
Salesforce’s YouTube channel this
is an excellent resource joined with the Dreamforce session videos.
Salesforce Trailhead This is a phenomenal interactive learning
tool developed by Salesforce. It teaches you the basics of Salesforce while you
practice to earn points and badges.
Salesforce Cheat Sheets a printable reference
guide. The chart is a display of various functionalities in Salesforce and good
to be hung on walls to serve as reminder. You can as well get a hard copy at Dreamforce.
Force.com Platform Fundamentals an in-depth but
ancient though updated downloadable journal for acquiring brilliance and
Salesforce skills. You can as well get a hard copy at Dreamforce
TecwalletSA The
TecWallet Salesforce academy is a mentorship series programme right here on
TecWallet that aims to guide you through this career path by feeding you with
current information (personal or official)thereby providing an easy way to
learn the basics of Salesforce.
3.
Join
a User Group network
Networking
is prime if you must soar in this field. Take your time to research the over
200 user groups community of Salesforce to find the closest to you. You can get
current developments, trends, features, functionality, mentorship and even
recommendations for openings through such gathering. Click here
4.
Join
Social Networks groups
Taking
advantage of platforms like Linkedin, Twitter, Facebook and the likes are sure
ways of development and inclusion. Salesforce user groups are largely available
on these networks discussing various topics of interest by members and giving assistance.
Be a member of such communities to join the conversation.
5.
Volunteer
Volunteering
is an excellent strategy to practice your Salesforce
career while you develop your resume for that six-figure pay job. Volunteering
could be a best way to get absorbed into a working environment.
Find
a volunteer opportunity here Salesforce Foundation or Community Corps
The
below frequently asked question may also help you answer some of your:
1.
Do I
have the skills to become a Salesforce Administrator?
Many
people are anticipating a career change to Salesforce but are sceptical about
needed experience and background to be successful in it. Well, it is good you
realise that Salesforce is just a tool and can be learnt; using this tool to
then solve organizational task makes you an administrator i.e. a business
process expert skilled at taking process requirement and implement them
successfully with Salesforce.
So
what makes you a successful Salesforce administrator?
The answer
to this question is relative. It depends on the person’s interest. An administrator
tend to interact more with customers while the developer with the computer. So
what’s your interest? Do you like to relate with customers attending to their
unending questions and problems, providing them with solution and give them a
more reason to come back for more of your service or product of your
organization or you rather stay-put at the backend with the headaches of codes
facing the screens and trying to fix bugs; making sure that the whole
automations are in good flow resulting to smooth operation and customers
appreciation of your organization technology compliance to service discharge?
You question is still yours to answer.
However,
if your choice career in Salesforce is a developer, you still have need to
learn Salesforce as an administrator because codes are only meaningful when
they are properly manage. Many task requiring codes will first require a keen
administrative understanding of how the code should work or what it should
correct at the long-runs.