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Building Salesforce Projects to Land Your Next Role
Today on the Salesforce Admins Podcast, we talk to Bradley Condon, Technology and Systems Specialist at Waste Solution Services.
Join us as we chat about his Dreamforce presentation and the custom apps Bradley built to help him land his next role.
You should subscribe for the full episode, but here are a few takeaways from our conversation with Bradley Condon.
From customer service rep to the Dreamforce stageThis year was the first Dreamforce Bradley was able to attend, and also his first time giving a presentation—I'd say he's off to a great start.
Bradley started his career as a Service Cloud user who got curious about the platform. He clicked on the Help Section, ended up on Trailhead, "and by the end of the day, I knew what I wanted to do with the rest of my life," he says.
However, when he started looking for jobs, he ran into a common problem. How can you show that you have hands-on experience without landing that crucial first Salesforce role?
Using personal projects to stand outBradley decided that the best approach was to build custom apps in Salesforce and reference them on his resume. But what to build? As he explains, "I realized that in order for me to make time for it, I needed to build something I was passionate about that I wanted to use."
One thing he was definitely focused on was passing his Admin Certification exam. So he made an app to help him study by texting him a practice question every day. He also wanted to attend more Salesforce events, which led to another app that helped match Trailblazers with each other to save on accommodations.
Bradley listed all of his personal projects on his resume and also shared them on Experience Cloud so interviewers could see his solutions in action.
How to pick a side projectIn the course of building (and debugging) these projects, Bradley was able to learn by experience. By the time he was finished, he was able to sit for the Platform App Builder Certification without needing to study and pass it with flying colors.
As for what to work on, Bradley encourages you to work with what you know. Can you think of an app that would help you in your day-to-day? Or, if you're interviewing in a specific industry, something that would solve a common problem they might face?
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