Nikola, an Australian who has been living in the UK for 5 years, had been working as a florist prior to taking the Salesforce Admin course in 2020. After having her first baby one week into the pandemic, she acknowledged her need to change to a more flexible career that would allow her to work from home in order to look after her baby, and that floristry and retail no longer suited her lifestyle. That is when she came across Salesforce, and the Supermums course, and after 3 days she was sold.
Deeksha, now living in Spain, had been hopping from country to country for 9 years with her husband’s work whilst raising her young family, before settling in Barcelona 5 years ago. After experiencing mental health setbacks brought on by being an expat mum from moving around so much, Deeksha was able to complete the Supermums Salesforce Admin course with the help of Supermums’ experienced trainers who handheld Deeksha during difficult periods.
Evoke, from Dartford, Kent, UK, left her 18 year career in recruitment with the UK Government to embark on a career in Salesforce. Her brother, a Salesforce architect, gave her the confidence to make the career change, despite her worries about not being a ‘techie’. Evoke is now Salesforce Customer Success Manager for Mercy Ships, a non-profit providing help to Africa’s most needy.
Kerry, originally from Northern Ireland but now living in Salisbury, UK, left her job in event partnerships for a non-profit after recognising on maternity leave that she needed a much more flexible career to work around family life. She now works as Salesforce Consultant for the Halo Trust, a non-profit clearing mines and protecting lives.
Daniel, from the West Midlands in England, was working for Coventry university as an Customer Service Advisor when he was accidently promoted to a Salesforce Admin. 2 years later, he is now Functional Consultant for Smart Cloud Consultants, helping lead Smart Cloud on their support services.
Malik, moved to the UK in 2020 at the height of the pandemic and wasn’t sure what career path he wanted to take. His aunt suggested he learn something new, and make himself more marketable in an ever changing and unstable economic climate, and so pointed him in the direction of Supermums as a starting point. He has now completed the Supermums Admin course, as well as the Supermums Consultancy course, and is now Technical Consultant at Arcus Global.
Paola, mom of 2 from Florida, wanted a more flexible marketing role that didn’t impact on her salary. Getting access to a practise org made all the difference when she was learning Marketing Cloud and helped her secure a great role, that met her requirements, because she had the hands on experience, and certs!
Caitlin mom of 2 from Maryland, USA, wanted a more flexible, and part time, role to allow her to be there for her family more. Learning Marketing Cloud has allowed her to start her own Marketing Consultancy business and work on her terms around her family while upskilling in a niche and in-demand martec product.
Gemma’s role in the travel sector was, like many, gone almost over night when COVID hit in 2020. With a young family to support, she wanted to keep moving forwards and decided to upskill in Salesforce – this was just the beginning of her journey.
