Haven't you got a Salesforce certification yet!?

Salesforce certification is crucial in these times where CRM is become a giddy inducing task. Recruiters are increasingly looking for Salesforce certified professionals who can make the best use of the tool. Salesforce study community, Salesforce training courses and self-study are the options available for an individual trying to take on Salesforce Administrator, Developer or Consultant certifications. In this article, I explain why professional certification is a must for Salesforce users.

You’ve been longing for that promotion to become a Salesforce administrator.

However, there is no sign of your boss hinting at such a possibility.

What could be possibly wrong?

After all you are recognized as one of the best who knows his way around Salesforce.

Let me ask you. Do you hold a Salesforce administrator certification? Or at least, any Salesforce certification?

If your answer is ‘NO’, there lies the answer why your boss is hesitant to give you that much deserving promotion (or hike).

In any domain, especially in a new-age CRM software like Salesforce, certification is the only way to establish your professional expertise. Nothing else sells better than a certification from the authorized vendor themselves.

That is why smarter professionals head straight to Salesforce certification classes and training to sharpen their skills. This continued education enhances their subject matter expertise as well enables them to communicate their knowledge in a better fashion.

So, in other words, if you want to get noticed by your boss and be trusted as a professional in Salesforce, a certification is must. Still unconvinced? Here are few reasons that will convince you.

Certified professionals earn substantially higher remuneration

According to the 2013 Denver user Group survey, the median salary of Salesforce experts (without any certification) was around $69,600. In the case of Salesforce certified professionals this figure leaped as high as $86,850. A substantial difference of $17,250 in annual remuneration.  Isn’t that great?

Factoring the cost and effort you will have to exert in order to attain Salesforce certification, this RoI is definitely lucrative. Additionally, certified professionals were also able to attain several consultant service contracts which opened up multiple sources of revenue.

Certified employees are much in demand

On an average, almost every job opening for Salesforce professionals require the ideal candidate to have a Salesforce certification as a basic eligibility. The certification establishes the veracity of the candidate to follow Salesforce1 processes as laid down by the company. Further, with more than 200,000 companies including Fortune 500 companies using Salesforce1 as their CRM development platform, it makes sense to hold a professional certification.

I want to get Salesforce certified. What next?

Convinced to get yourself Salesforce certified? Great! Now let us explore the various options open before you to get that coveted certification.

Salesforce certification courses

While most training courses for professional certifications are expensive, they are well-deserving for the investment. Training courses handled by professional tutors can impart the student with best practices in the industry, tips and tricks that will simplify regular Salesforce routine and even hacks to give best performance in the exam.

Self-study

Not for the faint-hearted. Self-study demands a great deal of will power and mental discipline. If you have it in you to set personal study goals, rigid study schedule, the ability to focus amidst distractions; then self-study is for you. And, it usually costs zero money except for stationary.

Salesforce Study Groups

Salesforce has its own study groups where aspirants can get together, share information, clarify doubts and seek guidance from experts. In fact, the Salesforce Certification Study Group on the Success Community in the Salesforce website is one of the largest salesforce communities.

The community often features Salesforce experts from the company as well as from outside professional circles. Although the program is free of cost, it has stringent participation rules. The rules are worth the adherence since the group has proven to clock 100% pass out rates.

Hopefully, by now you must have set your mind to become a Salesforce certified professional. In case you have any queries which need to be addressed feel free to drop in a message.