{"id":5894,"date":"2023-08-30T20:12:14","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T20:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/?p=5894"},"modified":"2023-11-23T16:30:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T16:30:07","slug":"changing-career-as-an-early-in-career-professional-edouards-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/eu\/blog\/changing-career-as-an-early-in-career-professional-edouards-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"Changing Career as an Early-in-Career Professional – Edouard\u2019s Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Edouard de Romr\u00e9e is an early-in-career professional, who decided to change his career direction. Thanks to Salesforce Workforce Development Partner BeCode<\/a>, Edouard was able to learn the technical skills he needed to become a Campaign Developer. We invited him to share his story of changing careers.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please introduce yourself?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hello, my name is Edouard, I’m 25 and I live in Namur; a charming town in Belgium. I currently work as a Campaign Developer at\u00a0Springbok Agency<\/a>. When I finished high school, I went to university for 2 years to study Law but had to quit for personal reasons. Consequently, I went straight back to work, joining the store I used to work at as a student. I soon became Assistant Store Manager, but I felt like I needed a change. I needed to be intellectually stimulated and work in a field that fit my goals and aspirations. That’s why I decided to \u201creinvent myself\u201d and choose a new career path. I went through 7 months of intensive training at\u00a0BeCode<\/a>, learning the basics of coding including HTML, CSS, Javascript and PHP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How did you learn about Salesforce?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once you have trained with BeCode for 5 months, you get an opportunity to choose your own specialisation. Around the time that I had to select mine, BeCode introduced a Salesforce track. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coming from a family of Marketers, where my three sisters all work in Marketing, meant that I had some understanding of what CRM was. So, I researched Salesforce, and the different products and solutions available, and\u00a0 I immediately saw the many and varied career opportunities in the ecosystem and hence decided to select the Salesforce specialisation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How did you find the course?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For two months, I was mentored by a Salesforce Consultant from a nonprofit organisation. He gave me a selection of Trailhead<\/a> trails that he had created. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was impressed with Trailhead \u2014 you can find everything on it! For example, if you want to learn about a specific Salesforce product, you can find a module on it. Moreover, the platform is very intuitive and easy to use. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2 months I learned a tonne about Salesforce! I even reached the Ranger rank<\/a> and passed my first Associate certification<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How much time did you need to find a job and how did the job hunt go?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I searched for about 4 weeks whilst continuing my training. I was looking for an internship to validate my technical skills and to see if the job would be a good match for me. I saw many opportunities and job offers! I was reassured by the choice I had made. Someone at BeCode put me in touch with Springbok. From our first meeting, it felt right. They immediately told me they were interested in taking me on as an Intern and, if all went well, hiring me full-time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Salesforce makes changing lives possible!<\/p>\nEDOUARD DE ROMR\u00c9E<\/cite><\/blockquote>\nCAMPAIGN DEVELOPER AT SPRINGBOK AGENCY<\/span>\n