Anyone done Supermums Salesforce training to help return to work?

[GrumpyMuleFan]

Hello all - would love any experience or advice on return to work courses for Salesforce.

I’m trying to re-enter the job market after 18 years out. I stopped work to have a family and then one of my children had serious health issues which stopped me working outside of home. Then my dad had dementia and I helped care for him. During that time Ive been self employed in two quite different roles which enabled me to work/earn remotely and with flexi hours. My situation is easier now, and I would love to rejoin labour market for last 6 years of my working life. I have many transferable skills and am hard working, conscientious and love working in a team.

I've been applying for jobs without success and now wonder if I should invest my time / cash in a retraining? I've been looking at Microsoft and also Prince2/Agile training. Supermums Salesforce training really appeals. It has also been on my radar for a while and I like that they offer work experience as part of their 6 month training. I think that could be really useful CV builder. I know I will be good once I am in a job, but securing that first step is a big challenge for me!! The course is expensive, but I can fund it and very happy to do that if it helps me re-launch my career and finish with a good 5-6 years of well paid work. I have been job hunting for 4 months and feel I am wasting my time.

Has anyone done this? Any experience would be really good.

Thank you.

I just Googled Supermums Salesforce to see what it's about. I suggest you do the same and scroll past the sponsored result. There's a Reddit thread that's eye opening.

Thanks @Darragon for your reply. I have already done that - I am a research junkie 😬😁I have been all through the Reddit threads and totally understand that there are cheaper ways to do this and I've looked at all of the alternate training suppliers they mention. I do not want to embark on this on my own. With Supermums, what I really like the idea of is a group / cohort and all the support that comes with that. There are 16 hours a week of support - a mixture of live lessons, video and office hours independent study. Plus the placement on a real project with support of a volunteer + their careers service. That gives me some experience to put on my cv.

I know it is v expensive, but if I am able to get a job at the end, that is where the value is for me. I worry that if I did it on my own, I wouldn't finish, wouldn't have a group to support me or to ask questions from and wouldn't have that bridge to employment. I know it's a risk though, hence the questions. I realise this makes me sound more than a little desperate, but in truth I am feeling worried about my ability to get a job at my age / in this job market, without some kind of formal training. 😱

I'd really love to hear of anyone who has done this or similar?

Maybe have a look at Code First Girls OP? It's free as far as I know

Being cynical with good reason,

Plus the placement on a real project with support of a volunteer + their careers service

If I were a MLM/pyramid scheme/Momboss hustler, the first thing that comes to mind here is 'and you'll be on a real project, you just have to support new joiners to the scheme and that'll give you all the experience you need to get a real job to pay off the exorbitant fees we've just charged you'

“With Supermums, what I really like the idea of is a group / cohort and all the support that comes with that. There are 16 hours a week of support - a mixture of live lessons, video and office hours independent study. Plus the placement on a real project with support of a volunteer + their careers service. That gives me some experience to put on my cv.”

This sounds suspiciously like an advert…

@Raccoonsmacaroons ha - I used to work in marketing. But seriously, that is just what appeals to me about it all vs doing a mixture of Salesforce free courses.

@NeverDropYourMooncup do you have any personal experience? If so I would love to hear about it and v happy for you to pm me if you prefer.

It's easy to be cynical, but they are directly addressing my issue - which is a training for a qualification and then experience on my cv and help finding a job. I don't think it sounds MLM at all.

Not earning for 4 months is costing more than the course. Not earning frightens me. Ditto applying for jobs and not getting short listed.

God just the name of it puts me off

And if you’re trying to promote them, I wouldn’t bother - it’s clearly MLM shit

I did their Salesforce admin course, purely just to get the Salesforce certification for my job, as I didn't feel i could study for it independently (i was too overwhelmed looking at the Salesforce training sites). I thought it was ok, although I was not looking to get a job at the end of it, so I don't know how helpful it is on that front.

I didn't think it was a pyramid scheme at all.

I personally think the market is over saturated with SF admins, so unless you have other tech skills, it may not help you that much.

Thankyou @Kulwinder54 - well done on getting certified. I am really interested about the market place being saturated. That is the last thing I want and massively puts me off the idea. I am going to get in touch with a couple of the specialist agencies and ask for their advice. 🙏

Salesforce launched a new product strategy in May, redefining their platform as an AI orchestration layer and removing the need for a user interface at all. The Admin roles that Supermums start with, which configure the user interface will be redundant in 5yrs. The developer roles will last longer because they will be retrained in the new Agentforce 360 agentic model.

there will still be lots of Salesforce work around I’m sure but it will be much more technical and coding focussed than it has been.

If you havnt worked in this field, then I don’t think you should start now.

@StraightTalkingTina thank you - that is v good to know and has helped me put a line through this idea. Thank you for your help. Onwards and upwards 🌺🌻