use trailhead to become salesforce certified!
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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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Safe Harbor
• 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
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
Head Start
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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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