A guide to kickstart your Salesforce Developer career
With 3.3 million Salesforce jobs projected within the global Salesforce ecosystem by 2022, there’s never been a better time to become a Salesforce Developer. But before you go searching for the best Salesforce Developer jobs, there are a few things you should consider.
1. Find Salesforce Developer jobs in a consultancy
When it comes to kick-starting your journey towards becoming a Salesforce Developer, many people are eager to get started and learn on the job, even if they don’t necessarily have 100% of the experience they’d like yet. Consultancies offer a great space for you to begin your journey towards landing dream Salesforce Developer jobs. Consultancy experience will often involve you working on multiple Salesforce projects – this is one of the best avenues to really harness your Salesforce skills and decide if this is the right route for you.
Consultancies are often full of Salesforce professionals who are all at various stages of their career – while some may be experts, others could be complete Salesforce novices. By working in a consultancy, you can really develop your skills across the CRM suite.
2. Develop your technical Salesforce skills
It could be that you don’t feel confident enough yet to start seriously looking for Salesforce Developer jobs – and that’s fine. But it’s a good idea to try and develop technical skills right now so that you have a suite of transferable technical skills ready to use.
For example, if you have knowledge of Java or Sibel, this is a huge advantage when it comes to developing in Apex (Salesforce’s coding language). If you can gain experience working as a generalist developer, you can build a solid foundation of knowledge in HTML, CSS, JavaScript and SQL. This will stand you in great stead when it comes to applying for Salesforce Developer jobs. In addition to this, most Salesforce Developer interview questions will likely focus on practical skills – so this knowledge will be extremely useful when it comes to impressing an interviewer.
3. Get Salesforce Developer certifications
With so many training modules and courses available, Salesforce offers numerous opportunities for professionals to upskill and learn the platform from the ground up. Whether you’re already a Salesforce pro or just starting your journey with CRM, Trailhead offers great tools for developing Salesforce knowledge.
And when you’ve got the base knowledge down, Salesforce Developer certifications allow you to take this knowledge to the next level. Salesforce Developer certifications are a great way for you to really stand out from the crowd and let your CV pop! There are so many different paths you can go down, so when you’ve got the basic Salesforce skills you need, take your career to the next level and carve yourself out a niche with the best Salesforce certifications.
4. Get some key user Salesforce experience
One of the great things about Salesforce is the inclusive nature of the platform – a career in Salesforce welcomes people with all sorts of skillsets from a diverse range of employment backgrounds. And a great way to dive into the world of Salesforce is by becoming a key user at an organization that’s using Salesforce.
Salesforce key users gain direct exposure to the platform, either directly through their daily work or by contributing to implementation phases. It also allows you to get a real in-depth understanding of how Salesforce plays into an overall business strategy – offering you more knowledge than just the technical elements of the platform. Being able to get hands-on experience of how the platform works technically and contextualize this with real-life business challenges is a great way to skill yourself up for the best Salesforce Developer jobs.
5. Work for Salesforce directly!
It may seem obvious – but where better to get Salesforce Developer experience than directly with the company itself? It’s not a surprise that a platform offering such accessible training modules is renowned for outstanding training programs within its own organization.
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If you think you’re ready to take a leap into the world of Salesforce and want to explore new opportunities, you can get in touch with one of our dedicated consultants to find out about our available Salesforce Developer jobs.
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