Talent Hub Talk

In today's episode of Talent Hub Talk, we’re delighted to be joined by Jennifer Tai, an experienced senior Salesforce Business Analyst who has been in the Salesforce ecosystem for many years.

In this conversation, Jen shares her journey from Computer Engineering to becoming a Business Analyst in the Salesforce ecosystem. She discusses the evolving role of a Business Analyst and the importance of being solution-agnostic. Jen emphasizes the need for curiosity, people skills, and continuous learning in the role. She also explores the differences between a Functional Consultant and a Business Analyst, highlighting the importance of understanding the broader technology landscape. Jen provides insights into running effective workshops, building rapport with stakeholders, and the impact of remote work on business analysis.

She offers advice for those interested in pursuing a career as a Business Analyst, so make sure you’re following Jen on LinkedIn here if you’re interested!

We hope you enjoy the episode!

In today's episode, Ben shares a quick update on the market and what he has seen in the last quarter, October to December 2023 as we finish up the calendar year.

He touches on job vacancies, which type of Salesforce consultancies he’s seen grow, as well as scale back, and analyzes why this might be.

We look at what has been key to hiring successfully, and how the Salesforce contract market in particular has been tracking.

We share which skillsets have proven to be the most challenging to source and hire for, his forecast for 2024, as well as the impact that AI has been having on the Salesforce job market.

Our aim is to give some context and commentary as we navigate between the headlines, and as always, we hope you enjoy the episode!

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In today's episode, we look back on some of the highlights from 2023.

Thank you to all of our awesome listeners and amazing guests, we hope you have enjoyed the episodes as much as we have.

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This week on the Talent Hub Talk we’re joined by Sohail Sikora, Salesforce CTA and Founder of December Technologies.

In the episode, he shares insight into his early career and the 14 years he spent with Salesforce itself. Sohail explains the roles he played in that time, explains his involvement in the foundation of the CTA program, and what his own CTA experience was like. He describes what he saw in the very best Salesforce professionals he worked with when he was the Vice President and Services Lead, a role that saw him oversee hundreds of Salesforce specialists.

Finally, Sohail talks about his current business, December Technologies and the problems they are solving. He discusses why there is a need for vertical CRMs in regulated industries, why he isn't building on Salesforce, his approach to building a team, and what he is most excited about for the future.

You can follow Sohail’s journey on his LinkedIn page!

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In today's episode of Talent Hub Talk, we’re joined by Matt Chambers. Matt is a Managing Director, leading the ANZ Salesforce Business Unit for a global professional services organisation.

During the chat, we discuss Matt's journey from Salesforce Consultant in the UK to Managing Director for the ANZ region following a relocation to Australia, and everything in between. We delve into the world of services, sales, specialisms, selling to Senior Executives, plus the differences between product and services sales. We also look at the importance of having Salesforce product knowledge in a sales role.

Finally, Matt gives his view on the Salesforce market in Australia at present and where he sees opportunity, and shares more about what is exciting him professionally for the future.

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In today's episode, we’re joined by Igor Kudryk - the Founder of Cloud Prism, which is a business focused on teaching Salesforce Administrators how to code.

Igor explains when he first became interested in programming, how he learned to code, and how he found studying Computer Science. Igor initially focused on Java and spent a period working with JavaScript, and he explains how this benefited him when he first came to work with Salesforce.

We discuss front and backend development and ponder whether Salesforce Developers should specialise or be full stack.

Igor explains where the idea for training Salesforce Administrators how to code came from, what the fundamentals are that people should focus on, what people struggle with, and how he sees Salesforce Flow impacting the roles of Developers and Administrators in the future.

You can find Igor Kudryk on his LinkedIn page!

Make sure you find out more about the courses Igor teaches at Cloud Prism!

Igor hosts his own podcast, Salesforce Stories, and you can also follow him on his YouTube channel, Apex Igor!

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In today's episode, we welcome back Jakub Stefaniak, Salesforce CTA and now-published author.

We discuss Jakub's new book, the Salesforce AppExchange Success Blueprint, and Jakub shares years of knowledge on building successful applications for the Salesforce AppExchange.

In today's episode, we are delighted to be joined by Chad Dorshorst, a Salesforce Higher Education SME and Senior Director for Redpath Consulting.

Chad talks through his early career in higher education and how he first came across the Salesforce platform. He shares how the Salesforce platform was able to solve challenges he was facing in his role and how he invested time and effort into expanding his knowledge as well as opportunities to use the platform.

Chad explains how his domain knowledge in education set him up for success when he moved into a consulting role and how having experience in the industry was welcomed by clients. Chad then provides some insight into how the Salesforce offering for Higher Education has evolved over the years and what makes implementing Salesforce in this industry different to other industries.

Having joined Salesforce directly in 2019, Chad describes the roles and responsibilities that he held, talks about his new role at Redpath Consulting, and explains what excites him about working with the Salesforce platform today.

We hope that you enjoy the episode and recommend that you follow Chad on his LinkedIn page! 

In today's episode, Ben runs through a summary of our 2023 ANZ Salesforce Salary Survey Results. He interprets the numbers, points out trends, and gives the story behind why some might not be what you'd necessarily expect.

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In today's episode, Ben runs through the release of our 2023 ANZ Salesforce Salary Survey results. He explains why we first wanted to do a Salesforce salary survey, why it has taken time to get the final results out there, who the results are for, and what you should do with them.