Trailhead—Salesforce’s free online learning platform will help you skill up and prepare for success in your current or future career path. And it all begins with a simple first step: creating your Trailhead account. But that’s just the start.
With Trailhead, you can learn the Salesforce skills you need to succeed, earn badges and credentials, and join Community groups to get product support, and grow your professional network. Once you’ve created you’re account, here are the 4 next steps.
Step 1: Identify your goals
There are many reasons to sign up for Trailhead. You may want to learn a specific skill for your current role, understand a new product, or build your career.
- Find specific bite-sized units: Search for specific tools and products such as Einstein and Data Cloud in with search filters.
- Navigate learning paths: Kick-start your learning with curated learning paths—Trailhead trailmixes—including the Build Your Admin Career on Salesforce and the Build Your Developer Career on Salesforce trailmixes, to name a couple
- Review role descriptions: Browse roles, including Salesforce Administrator, Developer, Architect, Marketing, Sales, and Designer roles, to view up-to-date career information like salary averages, job growth rates, and even open positions..
“I immediately felt drawn to the Trailblazer Community and the network of experts I could speak with. Trailhead offered an interactive and fun way to learn the skills I was looking for. Both of these resources helped me build my expertise, land a new job, and move forward in my IT career journey.”
—Amanda Ouedraogo, Senior IT Business Analyst, Digital Project Manager
Step 2: Make time for learning and plan your path
A great way to start exploring what success means for you is by motivating yourself to go further with Trailblazer Ranks. Unlock new ranks by challenging yourself to earn more points and badges while building in-demand skills along the way.
You can kick off your rank journey with Road to Ranger, a curated learning path designed to create the perfect blend of badges and points to take the guesswork out of reaching the ultimate rank status—Trailhead Ranger. Road to Ranger consists of three trailmixes (think of these as learning playlists):
- Trailmix 1: Get started with the basics about Trailhead, Salesforce, and some important guiding principles.
- Trailmix 2: Take a look at our technology, including learning more about how the Salesforce Platform supercharges customer relationship management (CRM), Marketing Cloud, and Einstein Basics.
- Trailmix 3: Get hands-on and earn some points! Explore trails on everything from protecting Salesforce data to Admin Essentials.
“However you find the inspiration, know that lifelong learning is the best way to achieve and sustain success in this ever-changing world of technology.”
Step 3: Build in-demand skills (and win prizes*)
Learning is a reward in itself. But there’s always room for some extra motivation. With Trailblazer Quests, you challenge yourself by learning new skills with the added incentive of winning sweet prizes.
Whether you’re new to Salesforce, thinking about getting certified, or just want to keep earning those Trailhead badges, there’s a quest for you.
Kick-off questing in three easy steps:
- Choose your quest: Pick which one works best for you from the Trailblazer Quests page—from beginner to expert, there’s a quest for everyone.
- Complete the challenge: Follow the instructions listed on the specific quest, and make sure to complete your quest within the specific timeframe.
- Be in with a chance to win*: Complete your quest and you’ll be entered for a chance to win fun prizes (see each quest for prize details and official rules).
“I’m not a tech-savvy person […] so the learning process has been challenging. But it’s also created such a sense of accomplishment, and I want to keep going!”
If you’re new to Trailhead, kick off your quest journey with the Beginner’s Quest trailmix. Quests change regularly, so join the Trailhead Quests Group to stay up-to-date on all things quests.
Climb the Ranks Quest
Skill up and prepare for success in the Salesforce ecosystem by climbing up the Trailhead ranks.
Step 4: Get support and build connections
The Trailblazer Community is a worldwide network—millions of Trailblazers from all walks of life who empower and support one another along the journey of learning and succeeding with Salesforce. The Trailblazer Community is where you can connect with fellow Trailblazers based on your location, role, and interests.
With the Trailblazer Community, you can:
- Develop in-demand skills: Follow featured and trending topics and find fast answers to your questions on key topics in the Trailblazer Community Topics forum.
- Connect with fellow Trailblazers: Find and join one or more of the 1,300+ Community Groups and meetings across 90 countries.
- Give back: Share your knowledge and build your network by answering questions on the Trailblazer Community Feed and volunteering to help new Trailblazers skill up.
“The Trailblazer Community offered so much support along the way. I would post questions about issues that stumped me and be amazed to find total strangers replying with answers on a Saturday morning. Now, I’m the one lending tips and advice to others.”
—Evaldas Zaranka, Salesforce Administrator at Just Eat Takeaway.com
Choose your adventure!
There’s something for everyone on Trailhead, no matter your learning and career goals. If you haven’t already, sign up for your free account and start blazing new trails today!
Popular Trailhead badges to get you started
- Salesforce CRM: Learn how to use CRM software to grow your business.
- Salesforce Platform Basics: Get introduced to the platform, navigate use cases, and build custom functionality.
- Accounts & Contacts for Lightning Experience: Discover how accounts and contacts work together in Salesforce.
- Data Management: Learn how to import and export data in Salesforce.
- Data Modeling: Give your data structure with objects, fields, and relationships.
- Trailhead Playground Management: Create hands-on orgs, practice your Salesforce skills, and complete Trailhead challenges.
