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Welcome to Salesforce For Everyone, the one-stop free resource to help you land your first Salesforce job in under 8 months, even without a college degree or tech experience.
This podcast will give you the tips, tactics, and inspiration to find and secure your new career, on your terms, on your way to your financial independence.
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In this episode, we bring on Alex Warneke, our OG Talent Stacker to help us crack that age-old Catch-22 dilemma, where employers want people with experience, but how do you get experience if you are completely new?
The answer: getting some solid hands-on experience under your belt to help you stand out when it's time for your job interview!
Handy Timestamps:
2:55: Why hands-on experience is so important if you want to break into the Salesforce ecosystem.
5:22: What is an "Org" in the Salesforce context? We break it down.
8:34: Why having hands-on experience enriches your job interviews.
13:00: Some pitfalls to watch out for when working on a volunteer project.
16:34: How to find your own projects to get valuable hands-on experience.
20:18: If you are new and are thinking of skipping these projects, think again. Here's why.
27:33: You've decided to volunteer with a non-profit for hands-on experience. Great! Here's what next.
31:55: A preview of next episode.
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In this episode, hosts Bradley Rice and Anita Smith destroy a trite job-hunting advice that does more harm than good.
Then they discuss:
Handy Timestamps:
2:31: Why Personal Branding is the secret sauce for landing a new Salesforce job from Day Zero.
4:55: How to use LinkedIn to remake your Personal Brand, and draw recruiters in.
7:18: If you aren't on LinkedIn, you're turning your back on your next Salesforce Job.
10:12: Tips you can use now make your LinkedIn profile pop and shout #HireMe
19:55: How LinkedIn is also your source for connecting with the people who will help you succeed.
28:01: Why taking a proven path will get you the job in less time and with less angst.
33:48: Next level actionable LinkedIn tips to get recruiters to reach out.
39:58: A preview of next episode.
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In this episode of the show, hosts Bradley Rice and Anita Smith take you on the next logical step in the journey to a new Salesforce job: Getting your first Salesforce certification.
This is a significant step, one that will boost your chance of getting to #JobLanded by more than 85%, and you'll find out how to earn your certification in the fastest and simplest way possible!
Handy Timestamps:
1:50: Why Certification is the gateway to a new Salesforce Career.
4:13: How to use Trailhead to study for your Certification
7:39: Find Trailhead too overwhelming? Here's a fix for that.
12:36: How long would it actually take to go through Trailhead and earn your first Salesforce Certification?
14:45: 2 advanced tips to stack the odds of getting Certified.
17:12: Congrats! You got certified! Now what?
21:09: What is the Hidden Job Market, and how do you unlock that?
22:45: What else do you need to do to get to #JobLanded?
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In this episode, hosts Bradley Rice and Anita Smith map out, step-by-step, why the demand for Salesforce professionals is so hot, there is an ongoing talent war to snap up even those with just a few months of experience under their belt.
They then make the case for why that demand will continue to remain red-hot well into the end of the decade, and share examples of the hundreds of people who have pivoted into a new Salesforce job, all without any tech experience or a big college bill.
Handy Timestamps:
1:41: Why is there such a huge opportunity in Salesforce even if you're starting from Day Zero?
5:00: Some numbers on the Salesforce job market from recruiting firm Mason Frank.
6:50: Why Salesforce professionals are the beneficiaries of a talent war.
7:55: How the talent war is an opportunity for Salesforce professionals to live their best life NOW.
14:42: Introducing Trailhead, Salesforce's free self-paced, on-demand university.
16:13: Why demand for Salesforce, and Salesforce professionals, will continue to be strong.
18:25: How to succeed at a new Salesforce career, even without college.
20:52: Awesome success stories of everyday people who have landed new Salesforce jobs.
28:34: A preview of next episode.
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Welcome to the first episode of the Salesforce For Everyone Podcast! Hosts Bradley Rice and Anita Smith discuss how a Salesforce career can be the launchpad to financial independence for most people, even if they do not have a college degree or tech experience. They show why they aren't kidding when they say Salesforce is for everyone!
Handy Timestamps:
3:11: How Salesforce let Bradley have it all: be there for his new daughter, while earning a 6-figure income working 20 hours a week.
5:46: Wait … what the heck is Salesforce anyway?
8:49: Why Salesforce professionals get paid so much, even without college or tech experience.
11:16: The ridiculous salary rocket engine that every Salesforce pro enjoys.
12:36: Why Financial Independence and a new Salesforce career is the ultimate unlock to living your best life.
18:24: Why community is such an important piece of success with a Salesforce career.
21:39: Turning the best practices from the community into a replicable free resource for everyone.
24:39: Check out the cheat-sheet topics we'll cover in the next few episodes.
26:31: A preview of the next episode.
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