Starting your Salesforce career in under 6 months

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Chan With A Plan, host Max Chan speaks with Justin Dux, a Salesforce Administrator for Be The Match, a company saving lives by matching unrelated donors to cellular therapies. Justin provides an overview of what Salesforce is and why starting your career path in Salesforce as a Salesforce Administrator can be the 1st step to a long and lucrative career.

QUOTES

• “CRM, or Customer Relationship Management Software is in almost every industry, Salesforce the company has 25% of the market for this type of software and they are projecting 4 million new jobs that don’t exist today over the next 3 years in this industry.” - Justin Dux [5:53]
• “And that community around Salesforce is the secret sauce, it’s not the certifications, it’s not the free Trailhead [Salesforce educational training platform] that I just told you about a moment ago, it’s actually the community.” - Justin Dux [11:33]
• “Less than 1 year experience, coming into it brand new, freshers as some people call themselves, you are probably looking at getting those volunteer experiences, unpaid. And then your 2nd or 3rd volunteer project you should probably start charging for those at $25 to $45 per hour, but there projects, you might work for a couple weeks, maybe 6 weeks at most and that’s just to get enough job interview stories to land that next job offer for salary. That salary will probably start around $60K - $65K USD, that’s a national average.” - Justin Dux [42:18]

TIMESTAMPS

• [0:18] Meet Justin
• [4:07] An overview of Salesforce and why it’s the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) to focus on to build your career in this space
• [13:38] Getting certified in Salesforce and breaking into this career path
• [22:48] How to learn and prepare for your first exam to enter the world of Salesforce and start your career as a Salesforce Administrator
• [31:19] Getting hired with only a Salesforce Certification with no actual Salesforce work experience
• [37:04] What to expect in a Salesforce job interview
• [41:58] Starting salaries for professionals entering the world of Salesforce as a Salesforce Administrator and potential career growth as you start getting those years of experience
• [47:01] Contacting Justin 
• [50:06] Outro

RESOURCES & RELEVANT LINKS

• Trailhead (Salesforce Training Platform)
• Talent Stacker Salesforce Career Development Program
• Salesforce for Everyone Facebook Group
• Justin Dux on LinkedIn
• Chan With A Plan
• Max Chan on LinkedIn