Salesforce Academy
Five weeks of Fridays and Saturdays with Arcsen's delivery leads, a team project and a graduation day in front of a panel. Across three batches, 48 graduates have joined Arcsen as developers, business analysts and QA engineers.
Why we built it
Good Salesforce people were hard to find, so we train them.
Experienced Salesforce talent is rare in Egypt, and our technical bar sits above the market. Relying only on outside hiring was never going to keep pace with the work.
So we built our own pipeline. Every batch is selected by Arcsen, taught by Arcsen's delivery leads and judged by them on graduation day. The graduates we hire already understand Salesforce, have built something real with it, and know how our teams work before their first day.
Who it is for
Who usually joins a batch
Fresh graduates
The main group in every batch. No Salesforce experience needed.
Career shifters
One to two years of experience, moving into Salesforce.
Senior students
Final-year students can join the fourth-quarter batch only.
How a batch runs
Six steps to a full-time role.
Apply and select
Our standard recruitment process, with set selection criteria.
Five weeks of training
Every Friday and Saturday, with weekly assignments.
Graduation project
One extra weekend to build a project as a team.
Graduation day
Teams present to a panel of delivery leads.
Three months of paid training
Real teams, stand-ups and project work.
Associate role
Full-time, at Associate L1 to L3 based on performance.
Graduation day
How graduation day works
Each team presents its graduation project to a panel of delivery leads. The panel scores every team, then ranks every student from the top performers down.
The top team is announced, with trophies and photos. Hiring then starts with the top performers and moves down the list as our teams need people.
Batch 3 was the largest cohort so far. Alongside the project work, its students prepared for and sat the Salesforce Certified Administrator exam.
| Criterion | What the panel looks for |
|---|---|
| Technical understanding | A grasp of Salesforce concepts |
| Practical application | Using Salesforce to solve the case |
| Teamwork | How the group builds together |
| Communication | How clearly the team presents |
| Overall performance | The panel's overall judgement |
Batch by batch
Batches 1 to 3, from applications to hires
All three batches are drawn on the same scale, so you can compare them.
In batch 3, 19 graduates were offered the three-month training, in line with hiring needs at the time. The other strong graduates of that batch stay in our talent pipeline for future roles.
After the Academy
What happens once you're hired
Three months of paid training
Graduates join real teams, attend stand-ups and apply what they learned on project work.
Associate in three to four months
Academy graduates reach Associate L2 to L3 in three to four months. Hiring the same level from the market takes Arcsen about a year or more.
A development plan from day one
Every graduate joins with a plan for what to learn and achieve for promotion. Appraisals run twice a year. Our aim is mid-level in about six months.
Batch 1
Hired into development.
Batch 2
Hired into development, plus two associate business analysts and an associate QA engineer.
Batch 3
Hired into development, business analysis and QA.
Every hire
Joins with hands-on Salesforce experience, whichever team they join.
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