If you’ve thought about pursuing a new skill, career, initiative, industry, or specialty area, have you made up the reason not to, by thinking: There’s already enough <fill in the blank>, so why bother? Maybe enough: – New Salesforce job seekers – Existing Salesforce professionals – Admins turning Developers – Developers turning Architects – Consultants consulting… Continue reading Why bother?
Do we often drag out interviews longer than they need to be? If we know a candidate is not a good fit within the first 5-10 minutes, do we feel an internal obligation to keep the conversation going? Maybe to see if there is somehow, someway we could move forward? I remember my 1st interview after… Continue reading Interview duration…
We often hear, it’s not about the destination, but rather the personal journey that we face. Do you feel that’s the case for you as you work on landing your 1st (or next) Salesforce position? Have you been able to learn (or revisit) some things about yourself along the way? Some mixed characteristics that come to… Continue reading Salesforce Career Seekers (Newcomers): Journey vs Destination
Are we using Zoom meetings excessively now versus pre-COVID? As we’ve lost some control of what others are doing. Using it to hold people more accountable, when an email would be sufficient. Which leads to longer work hours… “I wonder what Chris is doing, he’s not active on Slack again, I’ll send him a reoccurring… Continue reading Zoom Meetings and Keeping Tabs
As you continue your career search, are you keeping your funnel full at the top? Regardless of where you are in the interviewing process, I’d suggest to continue to apply for other positions in parallel. Since you cannot control the final outcome of landing the position that you think you might be a perfect fit… Continue reading Salesforce Career Seekers: Your Funnel
Are you knocking on doors? If so, you might experience that not everyone is going to receive your knocking the same way. Some may answer the door and not be interested, some may not be home or too busy to answer and you’ll need to come back later, and some may even invite you in for… Continue reading Salesforce Career Seekers: Door knocking…
Last week, I was asked to write a post about evangelism. How to be one, can anyone be one, what’s involved, etc. The book definition – it’s a way for a company to utilize customers or internal employees who believe strongly in a particular product or service to help spread the positive message on the… Continue reading Being an evangelist…
We often have a healthy debate on why Apex experience is listed on most Admin job descriptions. Aren’t we supposed to be focused on clicks not code? I think Salesforce consultant and instructor Ryan Scalf, laid it out well in yesterday’s Admin/App builder training session. Think about it this way: Many customers who have had… Continue reading Salesforce Career Seekers (specifically Admins): Why Apex experience?
I’m not saying to live on LinkedIn all day, every day, by scrolling, liking and consuming content, as that probably will not get you much closer to landing a position. What I am saying is to engage, post and well, “be social”. If you’re consistent, it helps build awareness and occasionally it might catch the… Continue reading Salesforce Career Seekers: The Importance Of Being Social On Social
