The Ultimate Salesforce Training Programs List

Going from the Entrepreneur/Startup ecosystem to the Salesforce ecosystem has been the best thing for my career, work/life balance and mental health. That's why I love helping people start their Salesforce journey!

Salesforce has a TON of resources to get started. It's actually overwhelming. Where do I start?

Well, luckily, Salesforce has a program called the Salesforce Talent Alliance where they connect employers to candidates and focus on bringing new, diverse talent into the ecosystem.

Basically, if you are a job seeker, you should check out the Salesforce Talent Alliance's job seeker page for resources.

I came across a really robust list of Salesforce training programs put together by the talent alliance, but it's in a PDF presentation. I didn't see this list online, so I wanted to put it out there for you to see everything in one place.

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Learn more about Salesforce Talent Alliance for Job Seekers:

https://1.salesforce-partners.com/talent-alliance-job-seeker

Credit: this list was put together by the Salesforce Talent Alliance

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Salesforce Training Programs

These are programs offered by Salesforce directly:

Pathfinder (US, UK)

Pathfinder is a workforce development program designed to train individuals from diverse backgrounds with the skills needed to earn certification as a Salesforce administrator or Salesforce developer.

Launched in 2018, Pathfinder serves community college students, veterans, and career changers in our Indianapolis and San Francisco hubs, with the aim to grow to global markets. Participants complete over 150 hours of technical and business skills training, receive career coaching and mentorship, and participate in events in the Trailblazer community.

Graduates have gone on to secure employment with Salesforce partners, including Deloitte, Appirio, Capgemini, DMI, SitRep, and Brite Systems.

Learn more here: https://pathfinder.salesforce.com/s

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Salesforce Military (US, UK, CAN, AUS)

Salesforce Military offers free, online, self-paced Salesforce training classes and certification exams at no cost for active-duty military, veterans, and military spouses. We connect our talented pipeline with partner companies to help grow, strengthen, and diversify their workforces.

Learn more here: https://veterans.force.com/s/

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Bring Women Back to Work (Switzerland)

Returning to work after a career break can be daunting, with concerns around skills, experience, confidence and working hours. We’re here to help you regain confidence with our Bring Women Back to Work program to assist you in returning to the technology industry, or perhaps joining the technology industry for the first time.

If you have been out of workplace for several years, are open to acquire new skills, and your motivation and interest to re-integrate the workplace are aligned with our equality values, then you might have found the right place!

Learn more here: https://www.salesforce.com/eu/campaign/bwbw/

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Journey to Salesforce (India)

#Journey2Salesforce program focuses on skilling Non-Salesforce developers who would like to build a career in the Salesforce ecosystem. The program is run by Developer Relations team at Salesforce. The program focuses on building core Salesforce developer skills and aspirants who complete the journey are Platform Developer 1 credentialed. The program creates opportunity for the aspirants to be mentored by the Trailblazer Community. #Journey2Salesforce program brings Trailblazers, employers and aspirants together!

Learn more & sign up: sforce.co/j2s

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Trailblazer Connect (India)

Trailblazer Connect India team runs a student-centric program to help the next-generation trailblazers to become job ready, by the time they graduate. Universities have the option to integrate Salesforce as part of their curriculum, credit levelling, or teach it as a stand-alone program. To help these trailblazers succeed they are nurtured through the mentorship program, self-paced soft skill modules, internship, and job connections to hiring partner organizations.

Learn more: [email protected]

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External Salesforce Training Groups (Global)

These are workforce development programs offered by external partners with a global footprint.

Revolent

Revolent works in the Cloud Talent creation space offering an innovative and cost efficient way to find outstanding talent in a candidate-short market. Revolent operates a two-year program where we take ambitious and experienced professionals from other technologies and cross-train them in Salesforce before placing them onto client sites. The program combines training and practical experience in either our Salesforce Admin, Salesforce Developer or Marketing Cloud tracks with extra options such as Copado admin and developer certifications. We fund their training and certifications and offer our Salesforce professionals (known as Revols) to clients on flexible, high-value, low-risk model that can be scaled up or down according to their project needs. We operate across the USA, UK and Australia and so can assist supporting your business globally.

For partners and end clients who have a need to onboard 10+ Revols at any one time we can also offer a customizable training program that ensures they are business ready for your specific needs from day one.

Learn more: https://www.revolentgroup.com/salesforce-administrator-training-program/ or [email protected]?

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K2 University

?K2 University, together with K2 Partner Solutions, is a global talent development and placement organisation, empowering customers and partners to build their Salesforce workforce to meet their Salesforce technology demands. K2 University offers a broad portfolio of Trailhead Academy authorised courses across EMEA, Latin America, APAC and the US, which combines with and compliments K2 Partner Solutions to place Salesforce skilled resources into either full time or contract positions.

Learn more: https://k2university.com/salesforce-courses/

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SuperMums (EMEA/USA/ANZ)

Formed in 2016, Supermums is a social enterprise created to help parents realise their potential and return to work flexibly, developing their career within the Salesforce ecosystem. Supermums offers programs including marketing cloud, consultancy skills, and admin training. These run over four to six months, combining a blended online learning path with mentoring, coaching and practical hands-on work experience for admin trainees. Supermums recruitment services support program participants in finding their ideal job in the Salesforce ecosystem.

Learn more: https://supermums.org/

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Pi-Tap

Pi-TaP.com (Positively Impacting Teens and Parents) meets our participants where they are, whether a novice or graduate familiar with Computer Science. We provide a safe, two-generational learning environment for young people, their parents and those in transition. Our participants are from underserved communities who, by working together in a bilingual learning environment, develop in-demand workforce skills, and build confidence in themselves through the use of technology.

In support of that mission, Pi-TaP.com offers partnership opportunities to other organizations, and by providing online classes, professional development for volunteers, access to new technologies, and access to the Trailhead online community for youth, adult participants, and staff. A successful graduate of our program will have passed the certification test to become a Salesforce Administrator, learned how to launch their own business and have the soft skills to not only qualify for a job in tech, but be able to keep a job and achieve their potential.?

Learn More: https://www.pi-tap.org/

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Amplify

Amplify is a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering underrepresented voices in technology and those who support them to be fearless leaders. This includes people of color, folks who are nonbinary, trans, LGBTQIA+, differently-abled, neurodiverse, or otherwise underrepresented in the tech workforce.

To achieve its mission, Amplify coordinates, manages, and supports several programs, including Community Groups, Mentorship Circles, Conference Training and Presentations, Certification Study Groups, Accomplice Town Hall Meetings, and Voices of Amplify.?

Learn More: https://www.weareamplify.org/

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Forte Leadership Development Program

The Forte Leadership Development Program (FLDP) is designed to bridge the career transition gap by upskilling and reskilling individuals with the technical and business acumen necessary to pursue a Salesforce career of their choice. Our training creates the pathways to become Salesforce specialized Testers, QA, Admin, Developers, Release Managers, Project Coordinators, Devops, Business Analysts, Data Analysts, Sales Operations Specialists, Reporting Analysts and much more. We strive to work with the personal strengths and transferable professional experiences of the cohort to kickstart, relaunch and reinvent careers. Our Forte is to help individuals to "Do what you love and love what you do". Warning: Working with the FLDP team could cause joy.?

Learn more here: https://fortellc.biz/?

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KindCause.org

KindCause Inc. mission is to serve other nonprofits by providing them assistance to implement cloud technology efficiently, We also bridge the gap between career seekers and the need for skilled talent. We empower volunteers seeking a break in the ecosystem to step into the workforce with training and hands-on skills to achieve their first Salesforce job. We support an inclusive culture of equal opportunity to all.

Learn more: https://www.kindcause.org/contact/ or email at [email protected]?

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External Salesforce Training Groups (AMER)

These are workforce development programs offered by external partners with a footprint in the USA.

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PepUp Tech (USA)

PepUp Tech was founded in 2016 to help underrepresented minorities, low-income individuals, women, LGBTQ, and other underrepresented groups gain access to careers in the tech industry through our three core programs: Young Tech Explorers, Salesforce Bootcamp, and Salesforce Virtual Academy. While the tech career ecosystem is one of the fastest-growing industries in the United States it is also the least diverse. PepUp Tech’s Training and Curriculum Catalogue includes Salesforce Administrator Training, Salesforce Development using Apex, Visualforce and Lightning Web Components, Salesforce NonProfit Administration Training, Marketing Email Marketing Specialist and Marketing Cloud Specialist and Professional Scrum Master.?

Learn more here: https://www.pepuptech.org/?

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Career Circle (USA)

CareerCircle launched in October 2018 in the spirit of finding solutions to combat the pending skills gap. We are passionate about building a bridge between capable job seekers wanting to upskill, and employers seeking top talent. We have performed extensive market research to determine what skills are in high demand and where the skills gap is most prevalent for most organizations. Our research allows us to help employers build talent pipelines for hard-to-fill roles by providing online training opportunities in high demand skill sets to our members. By matching job seekers with the training they need, and using our expertise in staffing, we can represent new talent pipelines with a 360o view of their skills to employers. CareerCircle has partnered with Salesforce to educate 540 members through the Salesforce Administrator course since 2019. We are passionate about supporting our communities and our customer’s bottom line.?

Learn more here: https://www.careercircle.com?

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Revature (USA)

Revature provides on-demand entry level Salesforce talent in a contract to hire model, as well as customizable Salesforce curriculum based on client needs and requirements. Over 500 Salesforce admins/developers have been trained and deployed over the past 2 years. All associates have nationwide mobility and relocate to client site at no additional cost. Revature places a focus on diversity and inclusion and all individuals have college degrees plus 10 to 12-week immersive hands-on training that includes project work and soft skills development.?

Learn more here: https://revature.com/hire-talent/?

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Mom Relaunch (USA)

Mom Relaunch was started by a group of moms to bring stay-at-home talent back into the workforce, championing an inclusive culture of diversity and building a society of financially independent women. Focused on the IT industry, in particular Salesforce, Mom Relaunch has an ecosystem of partners and clients who together forge a sustainable path for women to succeed. Their unique LaunchPad program provides mentorship, training and hands-on experience to build skill-sets for career reentry.

Learn more here: https://www.momrelaunch.com/?

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HBCUforce (USA)

HBCUforce is a nonprofit organization that introduces students of color to cloud computing careers through exposure to Salesforce.com and their partners. Our vision is a more diverse and inclusive tech workforce.

Learn more here: https://www.hbcuforce.org/programs?

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Pathstream (USA)

Pathstream is a leading provider of digital skills certificate programs designed to prepare working adults for opportunities in fast-growing fields. We offer a Salesforce Administrator Career Certificate Program delivered through colleges and universities including Emory University, New York University, Syracuse University, University of Tennessee, University of San Diego, and other higher education partners nationwide. Graduates of the program are equipped to take the Salesforce Administrator exam and receive individualized instructor support and career services to help them get ready for Salesforce Admin roles.

Learn more: https://www.pathstream.com/employers?

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re:work (USA)

re:work training is committed to reshaping hiring trends for underserved communities. We do this by leveraging the force of technology to create generational wealth for the candidates of our program. This generational wealth begins with our program: 8-weeks of business development and sales training to then place into the software/SaaS industry. On average, our candidates have a 190% increase in their starting salary. Since our founding in 2016, our candidates have brought nearly $2.3 million back into their neighborhoods. re:work training is providing a pathway to work opportunities that are building generational wealth for the poorest communities. Our solution is better connecting workers and employers because of our REPS framework to recruit, empower, place, and support. Candidates are at the center of our framework and we build out from there to address hiring needs of our employers to match opportunity.

Learn more: https://reworktraining.org/employers?

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Merivis (USA)

Merivis empowers veterans and their spouses taking the initiative to begin and advance their careers in cloud computing. We are a nonprofit, volunteer-driven VSO that brings the best coaches and partners together to serve our community with a best-in-class curriculum and dedicated family mentality.

Learn more here: https://merivis.org/?

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Jewish Vocational Services (San Francisco)

JVS transforms lives by helping people build in-demand skills and find jobs to achieve self-sufficiency. Their career experts and Salesforce Certified Administrators lead participants through a rigorous 13-week training that combines job search strategy, business analysis curriculum, capstone projects, portfolio development and prep work for the Salesforce Administrator Certification Exam. Over 90% of the participants pass the exam and over half of the participants are women and persons of color. Most participants have on average 5 years of professional experience. The Salesforce Admin training is free to eligible participants.

JVS has a 40+ year track record of bringing together government, philanthropy and business in strategic ways to help thousands of people get good, career-path jobs. Learn more about JVS’s Salesforce Admin training here and contact [email protected] to connect with JVS talent.?

Learn more here: https://www.jvs.org/?

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Climb Hire (San Francisco)

Climb Hire is building a pipeline of Salesforce admins from diverse, non-traditional backgrounds. They are focused on creating economic opportunity for talented and hungry people who have some college credit, but didn't have the opportunity to complete a 4 year degree.

Learn more here: https://www.climbhire.co/?

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Brooksource (USA)

Brooksource provides traditional and non-traditional talent pipelines to help diversify your Salesforce workforce on a right-to-hire model. We do this through our Elevate Program, which incorporates a 12-month hands on professional and technical accelerator for our consultants. For 20+ years we have been providing individuals with learning opportunities to help our customers implement, integrate, develop and support their technical environments and initiatives.?

Learn more here: https://www.brooksource.com/salesforce-workforce-transformation?

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Blind Institute of Technology (Denver)

Blind Institute of Technology has rolled out a new program to help organizations with all their Salesforce Admin needs, offering pay by the hour certified admins. All admins are BIT candidates who have completed the BIT Academy’s certification prep course and passed the certification exam.

Learn more here: https://blindinstituteoftechnology.org/salesforce-admin-services/

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BOSMA (Indianapolis)

Bosma regularly hosts a 16-week training program to prepare people with disabilities to become Salesforce administrators. This innovative course is taught virtually by a certified Salesforce administrator who is blind and a Salesforce consultant with ten certifications. The course also provides real world Salesforce experience.

Learn more here: https://www.bosma.org/ and contact Abby (317-704-8240) or TJ (317-867-0277)

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Cloud Scouts (USA)

Cloud Scouts provides free or nearly free training to people in the community looking to get certified in Salesforce. Cloud Scouts came out of our passionate pursuit to help civilians and military alike make a successful transition into a career on the Salesforce platform. Our passion starts with providing our candidates with engaging virtual training, we then create a personalized story and resume that fit the skills our candidates bring to the table. Our secret is our vigorous advocacy within our network of consulting companies, employers, and recruiters to make sure they find a safe and fulfilling position to start their career.

Learn more: www.cloudscouts.com

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Year Up (USA)

Year Up is a one-year, intensive training program that provides talented and motivated, yet underserved young adults, ages 18-24, with a combination of hands-on skills development, coursework eligible for college credit, corporate internships, and wraparound support. Some locations offer Salesforce specific training.

Learn more https://www.yearup.org/?

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Smoothstack (USA)

Our unique business model is disrupting the IT staffing industry by building a new workforce. Smoothstack provides a sustainable and scalable pipeline of certified Salesforce developers and analysts with nationwide availability. Smoothstack breeds diversity by leveraging technology to remove hiring bias and barriers to entry for emerging Salesforce talent.

Employers lead the way: We provide immersive IT training to high-potential technical professionals from a variety of diverse backgrounds, including their education and work experience. Because their training mirrors your existing requirements exactly, they hit the ground running from day one. At Smoothstack we provide; Better Candidates, Better Opportunities and Better Outcomes. Our mission: To create pathways for diverse talent to join the IT workforce

#buildyourtownworkforce #codeforexcellence

Learn more here: https://www.smoothstack.com/tech-talent/?

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Coop (USA)

COOP closes the social capital gap by recruiting and investing deeply in diverse, low income, and first generation grads from the City University of New York, San Francisco State University, and other urban public colleges. COOP’s flagship program is Digital Apprenticeship where peer cohorts of 16 motivated, underemployed grads meet for 16 weeks to learn technical skills, build community, and jumpstart careers in digital marketing and data analytics. Since 2014, COOP has run 75 cohorts with over 1,000 alumni.

Learn more here: https://coopcareers.org/?

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Traction Access (Canada)

The Traction Access program aims to support Indigenous peoples and newcomers to Canada access in-demand Salesforce skills and employment opportunities. This training course is part of Traction on Demand’s Traction for Good community engagement program. We strive to provide accessible Salesforce training to support and inspire individuals to jump-start their careers within the Salesforce ecosystem.

Learn More: https://tractionondemand.com/salesforce-training?

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External Salesforce Training Groups (EMEA)

These are workforce development programs offered by external partners with a footprint in the EMEA region.

ReDi (Germany)

ReDi are building a pipeline of talent through a 4-month program on Salesforce fundamentals.ReDI School offers students valuable digital skills as well as contact to a strong network of companies, technology leaders, mentors and alumni to create new opportunities for all people involved. We use technology to connect human potential with employment opportunities with dignity and humility. We value reliability, usefulness, care and playfulness.

Learn more: https://www.redi-school.org/berlin-career-program

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Social Builder (France)

Social Builder is a social enterprise which materializes the professional career of women in the digital world through actions of orientation , training and professional integration . Through its training organization and its consultancy firm, Social Builder trains women in digital skills and tech professions. Their digital training program , in partnership with P?le Emploi, offers 57-day training in the profession of Salesforce Developer, with a promise of employment.

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LDN Apprenticeships (UK)

TALENTPATH BY LDN (London)

Talent Path is a free Salesforce training programme which introduces diverse net new talent to the Salesforce ecosystem. Providing Salesforce Administrator training and careers for talented people from underrepresented groups in South London, we work with certified Salesforce Trainers to introduce participants to the ecosystem and the platform and prepare them to start seeking employment.

Learn more https://www.ldnapprenticeships.com/talentpath LDN Salesforce Apprenticeships

LDN Apprenticeships has developed unique apprenticeship programmes designed specifically to introduce and support new talent in the Salesforce ecosystem. LDN currently offer two Salesforce Apprenticeships - Salesforce Administrator and Salesforce Consultant. Salesforce Developer will be launching in the summer 2021.

Learn more https://www.ldnapprenticeships.com/ldn-salesforce-apprenticeship

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Grayce (UK)

Grayce is a unique high growth consultancy that provides Salesforce analysts who can support organisations with their Salesforce capabilities. Through a dedicated Salesforce development programme and delivery model, our analysts are able to add value from Day 1, and at a significantly lower cost. Grayce is dedicated to supporting organisations within the Salesforce ecosystem with their pledge to create a more diverse workforce, with 50% first generation graduates and 50% analysts who identify as female, we are already leading the way forwards. Grayce already works with customers like M&G, Shell, AstraZeneca and Co-op to bridge the current widening digital skills gap in the UK by enabling access to young diverse talent.

Learn more: https://www.grayce.co.uk/salesforce-talent-pipelines/

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QA (UK)

QA and Salesforce have a rich partnership spanning over 7 years. As a Trailhead Academy partner, QA delivers authorised Salesforce training courses and talent solutions to customers and partners.

QA’s Salesforce Talent Academy solution connects businesses with skilled certified Salesforce Developers, trained in the latest Salesforce technology. Our Recruit, Train, Deploy talent model is a unique hiring solution for businesses. We recruit the highest calibre technically-minded consultant candidates and train them via our BCS-accredited Academy. By handling all recruitment, training and administration, QA reduces your risks and costs of hiring, helps your business overcome any skills gaps and enables you to rapidly scale your Salesforce project delivery capability. Following deployment, we ensure your consultant continues to develop and learn and we provide you with the flexibility to convert the consultant to permanent staff.

Learn more at www.qa.com/salesforce

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Openclassrooms (France & UK)

Openclassrooms mission is to make education accessible for everyone, everywhere. It offers top-quality, education-to-employment programs and career coaching services for students worldwide. Salesforce and Openclassrooms have developed a Salesforce Developer online learning path that offers a state-recognized diploma in France (BAC +3/4) and is eligible for company partnerships and government funds.

The training is available both for individuals who want to pass a complete degree and be certified; and for companies who want to upskill their teams.

Find out more here

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TechGrounds (Netherlands)

TechGrounds offers short training courses to become an IT specialist that are accessible for everyone, with a focus on women and cultural diversity.

Participants from TechGrounds, are 18+, motivated, have an affinity for IT / tech and speak Dutch and English. Each group has 20 participants and 2 learning coaches. The training is free and accessible to everyone, no prior education is required.

TechGrounds has launched a Salesforce Consultant training course which covers students work towards a HBO / WO working and thinking level during the training. TechGrounds selects participants, no matter their background based on motivation and potential to succeed.

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Refugeeforce (Netherlands)

Founded in 2018, RefugeeForce seeks to build bridges between the refugee population and the need for skills and diversity in the technology sector. Without the proper credentials and training, many talented and skilled refugees settle for temporary or low-skilled labor, limiting their social and economic integration. We invest in the skilled, motivated, and diverse asylum seeker and status holder population who struggle to find employment matching their interests, experience, and ambitions. Through an intensive Salesforce training program, we prepare talented participants with technical and professional training, giving them the practical skills, knowledge, and personal network to flourish in the Salesforce ecosystem.

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Generation Italy (Italy)

Generation Italy's *Salesforce Developer* course offers aspiring developers the conceptual and operational tools to be able to develop solutions on the platform, both as an App Builder and as a Developer, preparing students for obtaining both official certifications. In the first part of the course, basic themes of object-oriented programming are addressed. In the second part, all the tools necessary to learn how to build customized solutions on the Salesforce platform are explored.

Learn More https://italy.generation.org/milano/sviluppatore-salesforce/

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Specialisterne (Italy)

Specialisterne (which translates from Danish as ‘The Specialists’) is an innovative social business concept originally founded in Denmark in 2004 by Thorkil Sonne. Specialisterne is internationally recognised as the first and foremost example of how autistic adults can become effectively included in society and provide valuable, high quality services to employers. Specialisterne works to enable jobs for neurodivergent persons through social entrepreneurship, innovative employment models and a national change in mindset.

Specialisterne Italia’s Salesforce Academy is a free 16-week training program dedicated to autistic people who want to start an IT career as a Salesforce Developer, Administrator, or Marketer. The program is base on Trailhead and is structured in three stages (Introduction to the Salesforce Ecosystem, Preparatory Trails, Specialist Trails): self-learning through the platform, supported and directed by the Specialisterne Training Team, is dotted with thematic interventions by Salesforce professionals and Business Partners, and is rooted in Specialisterne training model based on hard and soft skills, with coaching sessions and work readiness skills training. The goal is that students can be hired by a Salesforce Business Partner, where they can start their career, with the chance of certification and further professional growth, with Specialisterne’s ongoing support.

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Hyrise Academy (UK, France, Germany, Spain, Austria, Switzerland)

Formed in 2020, Hyrise Academy is building the next generation of tech sales professionals. We give people the opportunity to launch a fulfilling career in tech sales through intensive, online courses designed to get them from zero to job-ready in the shortest time possible, no matter their background. Courses are self-guided, come with expert content and include individual coaching as well as intensive real-world practice.

There are ’000s of open sales positions at great tech companies and no one to fill them. There are also ’000s of people who would be great at these roles and never even consider them, because they don’t have access, or because they don’t know how fulfilling a career in tech sales actually can be. Our purpose is to give everybody the space they deserve in the digital economy by making education accessible and designed for employability.

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Web School (Israel)

One of the key societal challenge in Israel from a diversity inclusion perspective is the integration of the religious and orthodox community within the world of Tech. The orthodox community has great assets to leverage within the Tech world that is lacking of thousand of developers and admins.

Web School is a non Profit Organisation, which aims at providing Digital Technology Training to those communities and is working closely with the IL Ministry of work, to build the bridge within those two worlds. Salesforce Israel is partnering with WebSchool and BayBridgeDigital to run a Salesforce Admin Training course to prepare a dozen participants for Salesforce Admin Certification.

Learn more: https://www.webschool.co.il/ Maxime Seligman [email protected]

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Mid Way (Israel)

This is a unique program called “Bridge to Career” in cooperation with NGO for job seekers aged 45+ with work experience, who wish to reintegrate into the “????????employment market, especially into the Salesforce ecosystem. This program relies on the Virtual Bootcamp for admin on top of which many sessions are handled by Partner, Salesforce employees and customers to bring the best practices from the field/project.

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John Bryce (Israel)

John Bryce is the official Salesforce Authorised Training Partner in Israel. They are running almost every month Admin Training sessions. So far they have trained around 50 people. We are planning to extend the portfolio of training with Dev and Marketing courses.

Learn More: Lidya Hermelin <[email protected]>

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External Salesforce Training Groups (APAC)

These are workforce development programs offered by external partners with a footprint in the APAC region.

Telangana Academy for Skill and Knowledge (India)

TASK is a not for profit organisation created by Government of Telangana for bringing synergy among institutions of Government, Industry & Academia with an objective of offering quality human resources and services to the industry.

Creating value for students by granting access to modules for enhancing their technology, personal and organisation skills at highly subsidised costs. They forge partnerships with colleges to create environs conducive for growth through faculty development, research pilots and help colleges provide quality education for the leaders of tomorrow with focused systematic Programme. Their programmes help corporates gain access to a pool of trained graduates for suitable roles. Students are trained extensively in latest technology to help companies find the right candidate. With an MoU with Salesforce to connect students and job seekers to opportunities in the Salesforce ecosystem, TASK has identified 50 engineering colleges who would benefit learning Salesforce, training the educators to teach Salesforce in classrooms and hep students connect to job opportunities through Salesforce partners and customers.

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National Skills Development corporation (India)

NSDC aims to promote skill development by catalyzing creation of large, quality and for-profit vocational institutions. Further, the organisation provides funding to build scalable and profitable vocational training initiatives. Its mandate is also to enable support system which focuses on quality assurance, information systems and train the trainer academies either directly or through partnerships. NSDC acts as a catalyst in skill development by providing funding to enterprises, companies and organizations that provide skill training. It also develops appropriate models to enhance, support and coordinate private sector initiatives. Salesforce and NSDC have signed an MoU to bridge the skill gap of more than 500k job opportunities in India as per the IDC report.

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Andhra Pradesh Trailing and Placement Officers Consortium (India)

APTPOC was created to create new methodologies to improve processes involved in screening, assessment of students during placement activity. Developing competencies required among student community through cost-effective knowledge sharing. More than 800 students have signed up to learn Salesforce and Become Job Ready Developers from 5 colleges as a pilot.

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Advanced Skills Development Centres (India)

Additional Skill Acquisition Programme (ASAP) , a joint initiative of General and Higher Education Departments, was launched with an objective to impart quality skill education to the higher secondary / undergraduate students alongside their regular curriculum. Owing to the success of the program, attained over the years, the target group is widened to professional colleges and is now set to kick off community skilling through the Community Skill Parks.

ASAP’s inclusive skilling approach has paved way to innovative initiatives in the skilling arena. Funded by ADB, ASAP has now spread out its contour to 1210 educational institutions across the state. Since its inception, ASAP trained 1,63,944 students in more than 100 courses from different sectors. Job Ready India Program aimed to teach Salesforce in 60 engineering colleges in Kerala through ASDC

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ICT Academy of Kerala (India)

ICT Academy of Kerala is a Social Enterprise created in a Public Private Partnership model (PPP) for imparting ICT skills to the youths of Kerala and improve their employability opportunities in the Industry. The Company is supported by Govt. of India , partnered by Govt. of Kerala and the IT industry. Piloting with approximately 20 colleges from the state of Kerala with educator trainings, students training and created new talent for the Salesforce Ecosystem.

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ICT Academy (India)

ICT Academy is an initiative of the Government of India in collaboration with the state Governments and Industries. ICT Academy is a not-for-profit society, the first of its kind pioneer venture under the Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) model that endeavours to train the higher education teachers and students thereby exercises on developing the next generation teachers and industry ready students.ICT Learnathon has introduced Salesforce Trailhead platform to more than 10k students, inspiring and motivating them to learn about World’s #1 CRM platform.

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External Salesforce Training Groups (LATAM)

These are workforce development programs offered by external partners with a footprint in the LATAM region.

Carambola (Brazil)

Carambola was founded in 2013 as a Software Development company within Latin America market. Throughout the years they developed a methodology to track soft skills, combining tech knowledge and diversity principles to foster inclusion of young developers with vulnerable condition (low-income and/or minorities) in IT industry, skilling them up in modern and trending platforms. Carambola promotes Project-Based Learning, tackling customer’s real challenge and delivering measurable results in weekly reports based on Agile process. Their team of new talents is also motivated to follow the Trailhead as guideline to speed up their ability in Salesforce.

Learn more here: https://carambola.com.vc/

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Additional Resources

Salesforce Talent Alliance

The Salesforce Talent Alliance works closely with the Salesforce Partner community to attract, train, and empower the next generation of Trailblazers through scalable programming and resources.

Learn More: https://1.salesforce-partners.com/trailhead-for-partners-talent

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Powered by Trailhead

Powered by Trailhead is for higher-education or workforce development organizations looking to showcase their commitment to high quality learning via Trailhead. For more information, click here. And if you’re a workforce development organization interested in being represented here, join the Powered by Trailhead program to become eligible.?

Learn More: https://trailblazercommunity.force.com/help/login?ec=302&startURL=%2Fhelp%2Fs%2Farticle%2FPowered-by-Trailhead-Program

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Classroom Resources

For educators, our Educator Portal offers free additional resources organized by role, course type, and level.?

Learn More: https://trailheadforstudents.force.com/EducatorPortal_RequestForAccess

Credit: this list was put together by the Salesforce Talent Alliance