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Recruiting and keeping talent

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Finding and retaining great talent is a major task for any organization today. For those looking to hire in-demand professionals in a skill-short ecosystem like Salesforce, it’s even more important to have an informed strategy in place for recruiting professionals with the skills your business needs to stay competitive—and for keeping them satisfied.

Knowing what valuable Salesforce professionals are looking for in a role, and what’s likely to drive them away, is a great start. In this section, we’ll outline our findings around what motivates candidates, and unearth insights about what attracts them to roles in various types of organizations including Salesforce end users and partners. And don’t forget to check out our average salary tables to help you create a competitive offer, whether you’re looking for permanent team members or shorter-term contractors.

Three cartoon astronauts

Finding and retaining great talent is a major task for any organization today. For those looking to hire in-demand professionals in a skill-short ecosystem like Salesforce, it’s even more important to have an informed strategy in place for recruiting professionals with the skills your business needs to stay competitive—and for keeping them satisfied.

Knowing what valuable Salesforce professionals are looking for in a role, and what’s likely to drive them away, is a great start. In this section, we’ll outline our findings around what motivates candidates, and unearth insights about what attracts them to roles in various types of organizations including Salesforce end users and partners. And don’t forget to check out our average salary tables to help you create a competitive offer, whether you’re looking for permanent team members or shorter-term contractors.

Go-to insights if you’re looking to hire

If you’re a Salesforce customer or partner, then skip to the following chapters to help you to identify the best talent:

Insights for hiring managers

Delve into the major staffing challenges faced by organizations

Insights for end users

Uncover candidates’ top priorities when job hunting and learn how to foster an environment that will keep your workforce happy, healthy, and thriving

Insights for Salesforce partners

Explore what attracts a professional to work for a partner

Movement in the ecosystem: Motivations for changing employment contracts

Learn about professionals' motivations to shift from permanent employment to freelance or transitioning from contract to permanent

Relocation

Discover the relocation preferences of Salesforce pros

Salesforce events

Are the Salesforce Ohana planning on attending events this year?

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Our key findings report contains highlights from this year’s Careers and Hiring Guide, plus our salary tables allow you to compare your salary or benchmark your teams’ salaries no matter their role in the Salesforce ecosystem.

Our key findings report contains highlights from this year’s Careers and Hiring Guide, plus our salary tables allow you to compare your salary or benchmark your teams’ salaries no matter their role in the Salesforce ecosystem.

Download the key findings report