5 Traits That Every Salesforce Recruiter Is Looking For

?When speaking to an abundance of Salesforce candidates on a daily basis, you often find candidates asking you the same question on a regular basis:

-???????How is the market at the moment?

-???????What products would you say are most in demand?

-???????How did you get my number?

A question I rarely hear candidates ask is: what is the company looking for? Not in terms of experience, or technical skills, but in terms of personal attributes. Whilst a technical skillset and experience can establish a candidate as a suitable fit for a role on a surface level, every company has a different culture internally and certain attributes are favoured consistently throughout the #SalesforceEcosystem, and so I thought it would be wise idea to run over 5 different traits that you will find (almost) every Salesforce practice wants:

1. Personable

Whether you are working for a consultancy, an end-user, or an innovative ISV, every single company is going to be looking for a candidate that is friendly, personable and easy to get along with. With culture (in my opinion) being the most significant factor in employee satisfaction and retention, the last thing any practice is going to want to do is bring in a new starter that could negatively impact the team dynamic. So, being a friendly, approachable and personable individual is going to be the foundations upon which you will build your personal profile.

2. Ambitious

As you can imagine, every company when bringing on a new hire is going to look for someone that is eager to go far and really succeed in their career. Ambition doesn’t just mean an administrator wanting to go down the architect route in the long term – if you’re a consultant, do you want to become the go-to for a specific product like CPQ or Marketing Cloud? Do you want to become the go-to administrator within your organisation for any technical issues? Clients love to hear about any short-term ambitions that you might have, as they’re a good indicator not only of your career plans, but your mindset around the role as a whole.

3. Passion

Salesforce is one of the fastest changing technologies in the world, with constant innovations being introduced to the ecosystem. That might be a new product entirely, or simply a new feature within a certain product. Regardless, if a candidate is passionate about the technology, you are much more likely to immerse yourself fully in the ecosystem and keep up to date with new developments. This will make you a much more impactful employee.

4. Consultative

Regardless of what your role is in the Salesforce ecosystem, the number one role of any Salesforce employee is to solve an issue. Whether that be implementing a simple FLOW as an administrator or developing pages upon pages of code as a developer, your primary role is to solve a problem that an organisation is facing. A naturally consultative person will make identifying any outlying issues much easier, and will often dig deeper into these problems, which makes identifying the most appropriate solution straightforward for them.

5.?????Adaptable

With the ever-changing landscape in Salesforce, that brings about new challenges for candidates of all levels. Being able to adapt to situations as they arise makes problem-solving a much less stressful process and helps put the wider team at ease. Furthermore, having a wider team affords you the opportunity to learn and develop, whether that be from a technical perspective or in terms of the processes you follow.