Why Salesforce?
I believe we are learning Salesforce because it will be useful in nearly any business degree. Funnily enough, I actually want to be a VC, so the situation outlined in the labs fits right in for me! I could see myself using Salesforce to create frameworks for reports for LPs and portfolio companies, and creating my own website. In other finance jobs, which is my major, I could see even more the use for reports, to share information on your performance or the firm’s performance. In fields like HR, it might be useful to know how to create websites an average user can interact with to automate aspects of the job, such as the first meeting with someone who needs to speak with you, and definitely in recruiting. Finally, for project management it would be imperative to know Salesforce, as well as other applications and coding languages. I am really pleased to be learning this tool, because I am sure it will prove a useful skill to have!
Hi Julia,
Your description of Salesforce was informal learning about it during this course was quite important because, as a marketing major, I agree it’s pretty beneficial. Getting on hands-on experience with how to use Salesforce was fun.
Hi Julia, you are right it will look great on our resumes. A lot of companies use salesforce including mine, I work at ADP and i use salesforce everyday to look at clients data, information, and prospects.
I like how you can see yourself using the Max Labs in the future. I actually said I could use Salesforce in my Recruiting position too. In thinking of my department, I thought of another department that could benefit from Salesforce even more than I could. At the company, I work for we applied for grants and have donors. We need to keep up with where the money is coming from, how much money we are getting, and how we will decide to spend it. I know based on the Labs I have completed this far that Salesforce has ways to help them too.