Job for Consultant: Re: [sap-career] In-house training for newly recruited FICO consultants

mardi 13 septembre 2011

Re: [sap-career] In-house training for newly recruited FICO consultants

Posted by Roy B (SAP Financials Expert)
on Sep 13 at 7:56 AM

Hi Kate,

It would be nice to think that consulting companies did some in-house
training but I am inclined to think they do on-the-job training, where
their clients pay for it. I have no evidence of this. It is just a
feeling I have from personal observation, having worked alongside
some of these people. On the job training is good training but the
problem is the morality of doing it at someone else's expense, and I
could well understand clients being ruffled by it.

Having said that, much of my own self-learning has been on the job,
so I suppose I should not? complain too much. However I have always
tried to give value for money and have learned in the process of
trying to make something work. Even now I sometimes have to research
a solution while working which could be termed learning on the job.
For example this week I am confronted with a change in the VAT law of
Poland and have to researchb it so that I can propose modifications to
a custom user exit which currently does not work as it should. Is that
classed as learning on the job?

Rgds, Roy

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Posted by Kate_ [2]
on Sep 13 at 7:26 AM

Hi All,

Type have asked back on an another thread, and I have found it
interesting enough to open a new one.

So here it goes: Do consulting companies usually give training to new
hires before letting them work face-to-face with customers?

If I was a client I would expect a consultancy firm to give some
training to their freshers before billing me for hundreds of
euros/day for them, would I not?

On the other hand if I was offered a job as (junior) SAP consultant
tomorrow, and there was no training I would turn it down straight
away (at least I think now).

Hm? What do you think?

Kate_

---------------Original Message---------------
From: Kate_
Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 7:27 AM
Subject: In-house training for newly recruited FICO consultants

Hi All,

Type have asked back on an another thread, and I have found it interesting enough to open a new one.

So here it goes: Do consulting companies usually give training to new hires before letting them work face-to-face with customers?

If I was a client I would expect a consultancy firm to give some training to their freshers before billing me for hundreds of euros/day for them, would I not?

On the other hand if I was offered a job as (junior) SAP consultant tomorrow, and there was no training I would turn it down straight away (at least I think now).

Hm? What do you think?

Kate_

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