It's pretty much established that an admin cert with no relevant degrees or experience behind it is not enough to make a person employable in Salesforce roles these days (if it ever was). What are some of the best areas of focus for folks trying to break in presently, and what types of roles should they be looking for (presumably not "admin" roles)?

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The BA role seems to be a growing function at least for now. Another avenue is dev ops. Proficiency withapplications that manage changes like flosum, Gearset and GitHub. If you have a product marketing background or pricing then CPQ is a path too.

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I wouldn’t say it’s not enough to be employable, however it will be quite difficult. The rhetoric I see on LI of “Come learn Salesforce in 6 months and get a six figure job easy!” Is the problem.

BA, PAB, and the various cloud specific certs are great starts, but one should also create their own Dev org to use as a living portfolio to show they can do the work, not just pass a test.

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Definitely just get the entry certs first, I’d say at least a few are required for a solid entry role- and then build a portfolio in a dev org and highlight it on your resume. Will be golden

Really hot focus areas are manufacturing cloud, Field Service, and CPQ. Finding a solid FS resource is like mining for gold.

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