Sales force training?
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Anonymous
| I have the poopetunity to do a Salesforce Training program and I'm wondering if this might be a good path for me. Currently SAHM mom looking to return to the work force. I did program management and communications stuff before kids and would like to find something I can do from home. Would salesforce training and pursing a job as a salesforce administrator be a good path? Any thoughts? |
Anonymous
| To be blunt, there is no way you are going to get a 100% WFH Salesforce gig with zero relevant work experience. |
Anonymous
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This is a good idea. I agree you will need to get some experience, but Salesforce admins are hot right now and can easily command great pay. I had someone on my team who was doing pretty basic sales admin work (no salesforce), got her admin, and jumped from 45k to 70k in pay - working from home. She then left our org and jumped to 95k in pay with only a year experience as an admin. She was hired in at her new job with 3 days WFH, 2 days in the office.
It's pretty easy to pick up freelance work too. You can find places to get experience. Just remember, WFH does not mean no childcare. You often need childcare outside the home, depending on ages, because it is too distracting for them and for you to be home. SfDC admins are in a lot of meetings, assessing the needs of their organization to build out salesforce. |
Anonymous
| I am happy to do my time and don't expect a full time well paid WFH gig. And yes, I realize it doesn't mean no child care - my kids are going to be in school and I'd want part time or contract work. I'd like to work for a non profit - I have before and have CRM experience just not Salesforce. My husband is Military and I'm looking for something that I can continue to do when we move. |
Anonymous
| The only nonprofits that can afford Salesforce are going to want full-time staff or are already outsourcing database management to an agency. Going to be a tough road to get part-time in that sector. |
Anonymous
I think you are being too narrow in your requirements - you basically want a purple unicorn. To be frank, I don't think the Salesforce/WFH part is a stretch. Adding part time and a non-profit is really narrowing your options to non-existent. |
Anonymous
Sorry to clarify, I've applied for and interviewed for 2 very small part time fundraising type jobs that I lost because I didn't have Salesforce experience. My thought was I get some Salesforce training and go for jobs like that. I'm open to full time jobs but would rather start small since I'm just going back after a few years away. Sounds like maybe I'm right to pursue the Salesforce thing but maybe need to research what jobs I might want to want afterwards. Since the two I applied for were remote and Salesforce is really pushed in the military spouse community, I assumed it was often a remote/flexible job. |
Anonymous
| How much does the training cost? |
Anonymous
Poopetunity! 
Is the Poopentunity in-house? I was sent to an in house sales force training program after I'd accepted a sales job for an international company. Rife for a money suck/scam. |
Anonymous
| For the fundraising jobs you mentioned - was the need for you to be a strong user of the SF CRM? A power user is quite different from a SF admin or a SF developer |