Signed Up for a Trailhead Account? Here Are Your Next 4 Steps

Signing up for a Trailhead account is just the beginning! Discover the steps you can take today to accelerate your Salesforce learning and career journey.

Step 1: Discover your ideal role

Step 2: Make time for learning and plan your path

Step 3: Build in-demand skills

Step 4: Get support and build connections

Trailhead — Salesforce’s free online learning platform — helps Trailblazers worldwide skill up and prepare for success in the Salesforce ecosystem.  It all begins with a simple first step: creating your Trailhead account. But that’s just the start of your learning adventure.

With Trailhead, you can learn more about your ideal Salesforce role, build in-demand skills and connections, earn badges and credentials, and accelerate your learning with expert-led classes — everything to help you prepare for a successful career in the Salesforce ecosystem.

Here are four next steps to help you boost your Salesforce learning journey.

Step 1: Discover your ideal role

A 2021 study from IDC found that the Salesforce ecosystem will create 9.3 million new jobs and USD$1.6 trillion in new business revenues worldwide by 2026. IDC forecasts that cloud-related technologies will account for over a third (37%) of digital transformation IT spending by 2026.

In addition to this explosive growth, careers in the ecosystem offer competitive salaries. On average, jobs with Salesforce skills pay around USD$80,000 per year. With this tremendous opportunity on the horizon, there’s no better time to explore Salesforce careers. With Salesforce Career Paths, you can learn more about which career is right for you.

With Salesforce Career Paths, you can explore:

• Role descriptions: Browse roles, including Salesforce Administrator, Developer, Architect, Marketing, Sales, and Designer roles, and view up-to-date career information like salary averages, job growth rates, and even open positions.
• Trailhead learning paths: Kick-start your career with curated learning paths — Trailhead trailmixes — including the Build Your Admin Career on Salesforce, Marketing Analytics Director, and the Build Your Developer Career on Salesforce trailmixes, to name a few.
• Stories from real Trailblazers: Get inspired by actual Trailblazers in the field. Learn about their career paths and how you can follow in their footsteps to develop the skills and experience to secure a job in the Salesforce ecosystem.

Step 2: Make time for learning and plan your path

While you’re exploring Salesforce roles, Trailhead learning paths, and stories from real Trailblazers in your career of interest, you’re also blazing your unique journey to success. Of course, this journey and definition look different for every Trailblazer, so take the time to figure out what it means to you.

A great way to start exploring what success means for you is by motivating yourself to go further with Trailblazer Ranks. Unlock new ranks by challenging yourself to earn more points and badges while building in-demand skills along the way.

You can kick off your rank journey with Road to Ranger. This is a curated learning path designed to create the perfect combination of badges and points to eliminate guesswork from achieving your final rank status — Trailhead Ranger. Road to Ranger consists of three trailmixes (think of these as learning playlists):

• Trailmix 1: Get started with the basics about Trailhead, Salesforce, and some important guiding principles.
• Trailmix 2: Take a look at our technology, including learning more about how the Salesforce Platform supercharges customer relationship management (CRM), Marketing Cloud, and Einstein Basics.
• Trailmix 3: Get hands-on and earn some points! Explore trails on everything from protecting Salesforce data to Admin Essentials.

Step 3: Build in-demand skills

Learning is a reward in itself. But there’s always room for some extra motivation. With Trailhead Quests, you challenge yourself by learning new skills with the added incentive of winning prizes.

Whether you’re new to Salesforce, thinking about getting certified, or you just want to keep earning those Trailhead badges, there’s a quest for you.

Kick-off questing in three easy steps:

• Choose your quest: Pick which one works best for you from the Trailhead Quests page — from beginner to expert, there’s a quest for everyone.
• Complete the challenge: Follow the instructions listed on the specific quest, and make sure to complete your quest within the specific timeframe.
• Be in with a chance to win: Complete your quest to receive shiny community badges that will be shown on your profile.

If you’re new to Trailhead, kick off your quest journey with the Beginner’s Quest trailmix. Quests change regularly, so join the Trailhead Quests Group to stay up-to-date on all things quests.

Step 4: Get support and build connections

The Trailblazer Community is a worldwide network — millions of Trailblazers from all walks of life inspire and support one another along the journey of learning and succeeding with Salesforce. The Trailblazer Community is where you can connect with fellow Trailblazers based on your location, role, and interests.

With the Trailblazer Community, you can:

• Develop in-demand skills: Follow featured and trending topics and find fast answers to your questions on key topics in the Trailblazer Community Topics forum.
• Connect with fellow Trailblazers: Find and join one or more of the 1,300+ Community Groups and meetings across 90 countries.

Give back: Share your knowledge and build your network by answering questions on the Trailblazer Community Feed and volunteering to help new Trailblazers skill up and find jobs through Trailblazer Mentorship and Trailblazer Workforce Partners.

Choose your adventure!

There’s something for everyone on Trailhead, no matter your learning and career goals. If you haven’t already, sign up for your free account and start blazing new trails today!

Popular Trailhead badges to get you started

• Salesforce CRM: Learn how to use CRM software to grow your business.
• Salesforce Platform Basics: Get introduced to the platform, navigate use cases, and build custom functionality.
• Accounts & Contacts for Lightning Experience: Discover how accounts and contacts work together in Salesforce.
• Data Management: Learn how to import and export data in Salesforce.
• Data Modeling: Give your data structure with objects, fields, and relationships.
• Trailhead Playground Management: Create hands-on orgs, practice your Salesforce skills, and complete Trailhead challenges.

This post originally appeared on the U.S.-version of the Salesforce blog.