Sally Duda

Hi Sam,

Thank you for commenting. Yes, I have seen the job board and overall I do like it. I did request an introduction for one job listing. However, I did not hear back from the poster. This left me wondering, what was the next step after the introduction:

• Was I supposed to follow up by sending my resume?
  
• Should I wait for a response from the job poster?
• If I should wait for a response, but no response is forthcoming, does that mean the job poster reviewed my background but found my qualifications were lacking?
• Did the job poster even get the message?

These days, no response is quite common and is rather frustrating for the job seeker. What would differentiate the job board would be clear expectations on both sides (job poster and job seeker) and follow up regardless of the outcome. I'd rather have a definite no thank you, than no answer.

Thanks for the response, Brian. I thought about requesting a 30 day trial to learn HubSpot and take the HubSpot certification but I had 2 concerns: 

1. I felt a little weird about requesting a trial when I had no intention of buying at this time.
2. 30 days might be too aggressive a schedule. How much time in a 30 day period would I need to commit to training at a level that would prepare me for the exam? After all, I have a day job and a family. I'd hate start a trial and then realize I would not be able to devote the necessary time to complete my studies.

HubSpot should consider offering a learner's trial that allows sufficient time to master the skills necessary to take the exam. Maybe 30 days is the right length. I don't know. I need the guidance of the HubSpot team to understand how much study is required to complete the training before the trial expires. Of course it would also be important that there are controls in place to guard against abuse of HubSpot's largesse, e.g. emails sent from the training environment don't actually get sent.

I'm with Jacob. I appreciate the opportunity to expand my skills through HubSpot's Inbound Certification program, but I am not a customer (not my choice). I would really love to apply my learning using a training environment. Doing so would enable me to take my certification even further and land that dream job with a HubSpot customer.