In an ever-changing landscape of skills, it's easy to just copy what someone else did to be successful. But are someone else's achievements really what you want? Everyone is always looking for a "How to" approach to accomplish a goal. In this webinar, we'll focus on a "Why to" approach to reach your goals.

1. Navigate Your Salesforce Career

2. Rebecca Saar
Sr. Manager, Admin Marketing
Salesforce
@RebeccaSaar
Mike Gerholdt
Director, Admin Evangelism
Salesforce
@MikeGerholdt
Today’s Speakers

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6. Join the Admin Webinar Group for Q&A!
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question!
• We have team members on hand to answer
questions in the webinar group.
Stick around for live Q&A at the end!
• Speakers will tackle more questions at the end,
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7. • Salesforce Economy
• Build the Skills
• Beyond the Skills
• Resources
• Q&A
Today’s Agenda

8. Think Lego Blocks, Not Puzzle Pieces

9. Navigate your Career
Salesforce
Economy
Build the
Skills
Beyond the
Skills

10. Salesforce Economy

11. Admins Drive the Salesforce Economy
Source 1. “The Salesforce Economy”, IDC, Aug 2016 2. Burning Glass Report, “Salesforce Skills Demand”, Aug 2016 3. IDC, A Trillion-Dollar Boost: The Economic Impact of AI on CRM (June 2017)
jobs in 2017
2ofthe
Top 10
Trailblazers
2.5M+
new jobs
by 2022
3.3M
in GDP impact by 2022
$859B
Rebe de La Paz, Shonnah Hughes, Jennifer Lee
$1B+
in social impact

12. Demand Extends Across Multiple Career Paths
For more info visit: trailhead.salesforce.com/career-path

13. Build the Skills

14. Learn all the skills you need
• Business, tech & soft skills
• On-demand & expert-led courses
Earn skill-based credentials
• 400+ badges
• 33 credentials
Connect with fellow Trailblazers
• 1 Million learners
• Trailblazer Community
The Fun Way to Learn
Learn with Trailhead
10M+
Badges Earned

15. 1. Company
mission,
values, and
competition
2. Leadership
goals and
measures
3. How
customers
engage
4. How users
succeed and
get paid
Explore What Really Counts at Your Company
This will help you build a brilliant Salesforce strategy

16. Beyond Trailhead…
! Business Writing
" Improv Classes
# Community
Groups
$ Build fun apps to
get experience
% Public Speaking
& Curiosity
' Networking

17. Beyond the Skills

18. Think of Yourself as a Brand
What is your
Brand?
• Google yourself
• What is your brand?
• What are you saying?
• What should you be saying?

19. Rock Your Interview
• Remember interviews are a two- way
conversation so come with your questions!
• Research is NOT optional
• Interviews are an opportunity to pitch
yourself!
• Build Sample Apps
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20. Navigate Your Career Outside of this Webinar
←↑→

21. Think Lego blocks,
not puzzle pieces

22. It’s not about how many
Lego blocks you have,
but what you build with your
blocks.

23. Resources

24. Resources
Trailmix
bit.ly/careertrailmix
Blog Post
admin.salesforce.com/navigating-your-salesforce-career
Podcast
admin.salesforce.com/insight-navigate-your-salesforce-career
Story
admin.salesforce.com/different-paths-one-common-career-new-admin-stories

25. Q&A
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Slides
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