Decade and half experience in IT; focused on Salesforce last 5-6 years...multiple large program delivery experience...multiple certifications....Salesforce, PMP, SAFe...been in consulting throughout...with international experience..
Looking for career progression....most of the applications are getting declined....”we are interested in your experience but will not be moving forward with you for the position”...
Anyone else facing similar situations....been able to determine the reason?

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How technical are you, and what types of roles are you applying for?

It is possible that your project management credentials are being interpreted in a way that cause you to be viewed as a project manager rather than a Salesforce SME.

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More functional than technical...good insight, thanks!

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I have all the credentials you have and a few more yoe. I've been around the block, I interview every few months and get offers (180k - 250k salary, not incl bonus). How many SFDC certs do you have? Also, are you applying for tech or delivery leadership type of roles? Seems like there is something you lack or are rubbing the recruiters/initial interviewers the wrong way.

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Want to know that too

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Customise the resume to job description, run a match before uploading between JD and resume.

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What are you applying for?

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Are you applying with referrals? We are hiring business architects like crazy

Are you a PPT salesforce professional or a hands on, roll up your sleeves one? The latter is if I ask you to design a customer hub, implement, test and roll it out, have you done it?

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Lol - so true. Too many of the PPT rangers out there who know NOTHING and screw up more than they help.

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Decade and a half is 10.5 or 15yrs?

16 yrs

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Are your salary expectations realistic?

What would they be?

Where have you been applying?

KPMG, pwc, Salesforce...

Considering I am in about the same position and I’m thinking about applying to rolls out there this is not encouraging. Maybe the salesforce market is just getting more saturated.

When applying, did you see the job description matches your background and experience?

Yes, some cases perfect match with description

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