What certifications would be good to get as someone who is fresh out of college and in their first role?

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Entirely depends on your functional expertise. If you’re an accounting major, get your CPA now. If you’re interested in project management, CAPM/CSM/PMP are places to start. If you’re on the IT side, you should pursue relevant certs depending on your interests (cyber security, development, system administration). Work with your account team to find out what’s in demand.

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What would you like to work on? Salesforce Oracle Adobe Agile Finance Workday Sales Marketing HR? Those are all strong companies and practices to get certified in. Pick something you'd like. What do you like?

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in addition to "what do you like?" u should also consider "where do you wanna go and/or what do u wanna b when u grow up". the certs u get (and advertise u've gotten) will shape what projects and roles come ur way.

Salesforce - start with the admin

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