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Hi Hazel, 

Good news: there's a genuine consensus on this from people already in the field, Salesforce Administrator certification first is the right starting point, not a detour. 

Why Admin first, even for QA: 

Salesforce QA isn't a standalone certification track Salesforce has built out, it's treated as a shared responsibility across Admin, Developer, and Business Analyst skill sets. Practitioners who've built this exact career path (documented by a 15-year QA professional who did this transition) landed on the same conclusion: start with Admin, since it's both a prerequisite for most other certs and gives you the platform fundamentals you need to actually understand what you're testing, objects, permissions, automation, page layouts, not just "click buttons and check results." 

Recommended path, in order: 

1. Salesforce Administrator Certification: Learn declarative configuration, data model, security, and automation (Flow). This is non-negotiable groundwork, you can't test Salesforce apps well without understanding how they're built. 

2. Salesforce Trailhead's Explore Software Testing trail: Covers QA fundamentals specifically applied to Agile, continuous testing, and test management, directly relevant since it bridges your existing QA background with Salesforce terminology. 

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3. Salesforce Business Analyst Certification (next step after Admin): Since testing requires understanding requirements and the functional lifecycle, not just executing test scripts, this cert strengthens exactly that muscle, and several QA professionals in the space specifically recommend it as step two. 

4. Test Automation skills (not a Salesforce cert, but essential for career growth): Since Salesforce doesn't have its own automation certification, build skills in Salesforce-aware automation tools like Provar, Tosca, or Selenium with Salesforce-specific frameworks. Job postings for senior Salesforce QA roles consistently list these alongside Salesforce certs, not instead of them. 

Given your 5 years of manual testing experience already, you're not starting from zero, you're adding Salesforce platform fluency on top of testing skills you already have. Admin certification is what converts "I test software" into "I test Salesforce," which is exactly the gap you're trying to close.

Journey2Salesforce is a great platform to get started in Salesforce Ecosystem. It will clear all the concepts step by step and helps a lot to learn and grow. Also, you will get awesome swags from the J2S team. 

You can register yourself and get started learning. Journey2Salesforce Registration Link

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Thanks!

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hey bro i thinkit will be helping to you first you hae to know about admin parts and look out diffrent topics in admin 

1)saas,paas,iaas

2)apps,tabs,object

3)create object field

4)schema builder

5)data validation rule

this are basic after that you need to join trailhead login otherwisw you can also cover 

both at a time hope it will be help you best luck....

Hi @Lara Walker,

I'll recommend you to look for Salesforce Companies in your areas which are part of "Salesforce Talent Alliance". The companies who are part of this program are committed to hire at least 20+ new talent. You can check more about this program at https://1.salesforce-partners.com/talent-alliance

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