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Unlock Your Potential with Splunk Education

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Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Splunk is not only building stronger resilience within organizations while helping to deliver amazing outcomes, but it’s also changing people’s lives! 

Recently conducted studies on Splunk users and their knowledge of the product have revealed some amazing benefits as users become more proficient with Splunk and its expansive features across IT, Security, and Observability. These professionals are experiencing greater job satisfaction, increased influence within their teams and organizations, greater mobility in their roles – and, not to mention, getting a bit more cash in their pockets! The key to tapping into these benefits can be found in Splunk Education!

Making Education a Priority to Uplift Your Career

We’ve heard from our users about making more Splunk learning content accessible so that even more professionals can realize these benefits. Now, Splunk is introducing a number of new foundational and advanced topic courses available for free. These courses will allow users to have the opportunity to learn new features and capabilities across Splunk’s industry-leading products, unlocking more ways to drive actions with data. Courses such as Enriching Data with Lookups, Introduction to Splunk APM, and Introduction to SOAR are examples of just some of these courses that are now available for free – with many more! 

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When asked how Splunk Education has helped users along their careers and at their workplace, it’s clear that by taking these courses, users are making an impact from both a professional development perspective, as well as with helping their organizations deliver successful outcomes. 

 

 

Learning Splunk as a Career Growth Driver

When it comes to Splunk’s impact on professional development, the newly released ESG research report found that users with a higher proficiency of Splunk knowledge (compared to those with a beginner or adequate level of proficiency with Splunk) were 2.4x more likely to be very satisfied with their job, while; in addition, nearly 73% of all respondents indicated that they felt they have more influence and greater credibility among colleagues and peers. The impact of Splunk knowledge on one’s compensation also scales with proficiency, showing that those with a higher proficiency earn a 48% premium over users that have beginner or adequate levels of Splunk skills. 

splunkmike_0-1668455108177.pngPlainly speaking, users that are taking their Splunk know-how to the next level are happier in their roles, making meaningful contributions within their organizations, and are earning more in their job roles! Where better to sharpen your Splunk skills than with Splunk Education?

 

 

Unlock the Potential of Your Career Today

Taking your Splunk skills to the next level is not only going to help develop and transform your organization, it’s a game-changing move that can yield success along your career journey. Check out more information on the full career impact report or to find out more about courses that are now being offered free at Save the Day with Splunk Education.

— Mike Marti, Customer Success Marketing Manager at Splunk

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