use trailhead to become salesforce certified!

Use Trailhead to Become Salesforce Certified!

Adam OlshanskySalesforce Software Engineer, SolarCity6X Salesforce Certified@adam17amo

Jayvin AroraSalesforce Technical Lead, Soliant ConsultingSalesforce MVP and Philadelphia User Group Leader@JayvinArora

Jayvin Arora@JayvinArora

Salesforce Technical Lead

Adam Olshansky@adam17amo

Salesforce Software Engineer

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• Use Salesforce to break down our own barriers• What is Trailhead?• Ways to leverage Trailhead to its full potential• Become Salesforce Certified• Blaze your trail and accelerate your career

Key Takeaways

Goals and Barriers

Breaking Down BarriersWhat is stopping you today?

Opportunities Abound!

• Hesitance for students to get into STEM subjects

• Lack of knowledge about Salesforce

• No easy and fun way for younger generations to get an intro to STEM

• Plenty of job opportunities

STEM Opportunities

• Salesforce Administrator - $64,000

• Salesforce Developer - $87,000

• Salesforce Business Analyst - $90,000

• Salesforce Project Manager - $94,000

• Salesforce Consultant - $114,000

• Technical Architect - $130,000Sources: Indeed, Payscale, ItJobWatch, November 2014, http://www.runconsultants.com/blog/6-high-paying-salesforce-average-salaries/

Hiring Problem

Making it easy

Making it fun

Making it available

Salesforce and STEM Problem

What is Trailhead?

Learn Salesforce for Free!

Structure of Trailhead

http://trailhead.salesforce.com

How To Access it

How To Maximize Trailhead

Train, Learn, SucceedHow To Use It As An Individual

• Gamification

• Track points and badges

• Collaborate on solutions to modules

• Build projects together

How To Use It For Your Team

DEMO

Become Salesforce Certified

• It’s awesome!• It’s fun!• It’s profitable!

Why Become Certified?

Salesforce Certified Administrator – ADM 201Objective Weighting

StandardandCustomObjects 18%

SecurityandAccess 15%

ReportsandDashboards 13%

DataManagement 11%

SalesCloudApplications 9%

UserSetup 9%

WorkflowAutomation 7%

ServiceCloudApplications 6%

ActivityManagement 3%

ContentandFolderManagement 2%

DesktopandMobileAdministration 2%

AppExchange 2%

OrganizationSetup 1%

GlobalUserInterface 1%

Chatter 1%

Salesforce Certified Advanced Administrator – ADM 211Objective Weighting

SecurityandAccess 20%

ProcessAutomation 13%

DataManagement 10%

SalesCloudApplications 10%

ServiceCloudApplications 10%

ReportsandDashboards 10%

ChangeManagement 10%

ExtendingCustomObjectsandApplications

8%

AuditingandMonitoring 6%

ContentManagement 3%

Salesforce Certified Platform App BuilderObjective Weighting

BusinessLogicandProcessAutomation 27%

UserInterface 14%

Security 10%

AppDeployment 8%

Reporting 5%

Mobile 5%

Social 3%

Additional Info To Know

• #Trailhead• #AwesomeAdmin• Salesforce Admns (there’s no ‘I’ in Admin!)• @salesforceadmns

• Chris Duarte, Managing Editor, Trailhead• @TheChrisDuarte

• Sandeep Bhanot, Product Owner, Trailhead• @cloudysan

• Adam Seligman, SVP, Developer Relations• @adamse

How To Get Involved

• http://certification.salesforce.com

• Salesforce Help and Training Catalog• Both in person and online

• Blogs• Follow Salesforce employees

and MVPs on social media• Join local Salesforce User

Groups• Success Community

Additional Resources For You

• https://success.salesforce.com

• Trailhead

• SalesforceTraining&Certification

• SalesforceCertificationStudyGroup

• SalesforceCertifiedProfessionals

Success Community Groups to Join

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Thank you

• https://www.emaze.com/blog/what-to-do-when-you-dont-know-what-to-do/• http://photoportrays.com/30-stunning-pictures-of-money/• http://learningenglishwithmichelle.blogspot.com/2012/03/time-on-your-hands-expressions-with.ht

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• https://lostgirl82.wordpress.com/2015/06/05/fear-of-failure/• http://www.runconsultants.com/blog/6-high-paying-salesforce-average-salaries/• https://localwiki.org/alamance/Boys_and_Girls_Club_of_Alamance_County• http://www.slideshare.net/sfdcdenver/salesforce-denver-user-group-2013-salary-survey-results• http://www.stemedcoalition.org/• http://www.sfdc99.com/• http://womencodeheroes.com• https://developer.salesforce.com/trailhead

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