Salesforce announced a collaboration with Monster.com to create a ready pipeline of talent for the Salesforce ecosystem. The program, ‘Evolve’, aims to equip and develop graduates and professionals to be deployed in the Salesforce ecosystem. This initiative aims to actively market to individuals, train them, and connect them to potential employers.
This new program will target individuals who are already accredited with a Salesforce Super badge and interns and participants with zero to five years of experience. Chosen participants will be trained on Trailhead, Salesforce’s free online learning platform that helps people skill up jobs in the Salesforce ecosystem. Customised modules on the Trailhead platform will be leveraged to help them acquire in-demand Salesforce knowledge and specific skills. Following this training, the program will help identify relevant ecosystem roles for Salesforce Administrator or Developers and connect the trained talent with potential third-party employers.
Over the next four years, Salesforce and its ecosystem of partners globally are expected to create 9.3 million new jobs. In India, this is expected to enable the creation of 1.3 million jobs among Salesforce customers & partners.
Sekhar Garisa, the CEO – of Monster.com India, said, “We have seen a noticeable shift post the pandemic, both in the talent gap in organisations and expectations of the candidates. Our partnership with Salesforce will enable us to expand our candidate base to create a pool of validated Salesforce talent to keep up with the current demand as well as bring in the best recruiters of this talent to offer the best opportunities for candidates,”
William Sim, Vice President, Trailhead Academy (APAC) at Salesforce, said, “Rethinking models of engagement is essential for the new post-pandemic world. As more companies build out digital HQs to support an increasingly remote workforce, India can deepen the pool by upskilling the home-grown talent to bridge the gap,”