A Guide to Salesforce Certification Types

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A Guide to Salesforce Certification Types
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What You Will Learn Ahead?

• Why is Salesforce the best career choice?
• Job Opportunities in Salesforce
• Why Salesforce Certification?
• Types of Salesforce Certifications
• A highlight on Salesforce Certification Exams

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Why is Salesforce an Excellent Career Choice?

• Almost 200,000 customer companies use the
  Salesforce platform.

• Around 2000 companies are built on top of the
  Salesforce1 platform.

• There would be 3.3 Million jobs under Salesforce
  by 2022.

• Big multinational companies are hiring for
  Salesforce developers admins round the year.
• Entry-level salary package for freshers is
  steering high based on proficient skills
  certifications.
• Ample job options to upgrade or switch to.
• A promising and growing career field that is
  aligned with trends.
• Promising ever-staying technology as long as
  businesss sales, marketing, analytics, app
  development customer management needs are
  staying.

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Job Trends/Opportunities in Salesforce

• The Salesforce Developer stands at 10th position
  in the list of Indeeds Best Job of 2019.

• There is a 129 growth in postings of Salesforce
  developer jobs between 2014-2018.

• Glassdoor experienced posting of 4000 jobs for
  Salesforce professionals.

• Salesforce has a 19.7 CRM market share, causing
  high demand for the hiring of Salesforce
  professionals.

• Salesforce is expected to grow by 25 in the
  upcoming 5 years.

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Why Salesforce Certification is Important?

• Salesforce certification acts as a benchmark that
  helps in metering the skills, potential and
  real-world know-how of cloud-based CRM technology
  - Salesforce.
• Leading companies are making Salesforce
  certification as the strongest perimeter within
  hiring specifications.
• Certified Salesforce professionals are recognized
  and valued as a prestigious resource for any
  company.
• Certifications fasten the cycle of job hunting.
• Certified salesforce professionals are given more
  weightage over non-certified ones.

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Median Salaries for Diverse Salesforce Roles
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All Types of Salesforce Certifications
6 roles - 25 Certifications!

• Salesforce Administrators - Administrator,
  Advanced Administrator
• Salesforce Developers - Commerce cloud digital
  developer, Developer I, Developer II
• Salesforce App Builders - Platform app builders
• Salesforce Architects - Technical Architect,
  System Architect, Application Architect more
• Salesforce Consultants - Sales cloud consultant,
  service cloud consultant and more
• Salesforce Specialists - CPQ specialist, Pardot
  specialist and more 

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Which Salesforce Certifications to choose amongst
all?
Salesforce Administrator (Admin/advanced admin)
Salesforce App builder (Salesforce platform
Builder)
Salesforce Consultant (Service Cloud, Sales cloud)
Salesforce Developer (Platform Developer I
Platform Developer II)
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About Salesforce Administrator Certification
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About Salesforce Advanced Administrator
Certification
Exam Overview Why this certification exam? Who is eligible for this certification?
The exam fee is 200 and if you wish to retake, you will have to pay a fee of 100. The exam is 90 minutes long and has a 65 passing percentage. The exam consists of 60 MCQs. That you know how to assess, cleanse and maintain standard data quality using Salesforce CRM content. You know how to use this CRM to meet the businesss complex requirements. Required for who has just obtained Salesforce Admin certification. Who knows how to use salesforce features. Who has experience of working as a Salesforce admin?
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About Salesforce Service Cloud Consultant
Certification
Exam Overview Why this Certification? Who is eligible for this certification?
The exam fee is 200 and if you wish to retake, you will have to pay a fee of 100. The exam is 105 minutes long and has a 68 passing percentage. The exam consists of 60 MCQs. This certification marks an individual as an expert in service cloud solutions, based on customers unique needs. It tells an individual knows how to automate service processes and streamline workflows. Required to be a certified Salesforce Admin. Someone with 2-5 years of experience in BA. Knowledge of how to design cloud solutions. 
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About Salesforce App Builder Certification
Who is eligible for this certification exam?

• Someone who has knowledge or experience of
  building custom applications over Force.com
• 2-4 years of experience as a developer.
• Required to be a certified platform developer II.

Why this Certification?

• It proves that you have Lightning building app
  knowledge experience.
• And has great proficiency working around
  declarative parts of Salesforce.

Exam Overview 

• The exam fee is 200 and if you wish to retake,
  you will have to pay a fee of 100.
• The exam is 90 minutes long and has a 63 passing
  percentage.
• The exam consists of 60 MCQs.

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About Platform Developer I Certification
Exam Overview Why this certification? Who is eligible for this certification exam?
The exam fee is 200 and if you wish to retake, you will have to pay a fee of 100. The exam is 105 minutes long and has a 68 passing percentage. The exam consists of 60 MCQs. It proves that you have every understanding of Apex and Visualforce. You have gained the right knowledge on building custom apps over force.com. Someone who has equal or more than half a year of experience working over force.com. Someone who has experience as a developer between 6 months to a year.
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About Platform Developer II Certification
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