Job for Consultant: Re: [sap-career] SAP Trainer or SAP End User Job

Posted by VidhyaDhar (User-friendly SAP FI Consultant)
on Oct 27 at 9:41 AM

Hi

When you say that you have completed your training (online with the help of
a private tutor), did you take up the official examination and get yourself
SAP certified post completion of such training? Many employers in India
either ignore a candidate or underpay him / her when the candidate is not a
certified professional.

I do agree with your views with regard to many private and unauthorized
SAP institutes taking students (and also the trainer) for a ride.

As regards to your career, I think you have to give serious thought to what you
want to be. Teaching is one kind of profession whereas consultancy,
implementation and support (whether you work for under the payroll of some
organization or work independently) is another and different one. Skills
and experience required for being a teacher are different from those
required for consultancy and support. Teaching requires good and simple
communication skill , some student psychology and good knowledge of the
subject. Moreover, teaching requires an innate passion to teach. Consultancy
is a vaster arena where you need to be up to date, ready to work long hours, be open and with a receptive mind to listen and learn, smart enough to offer effective and timely solutions in real time apart from having good
communication skill and work psychology. You need to consider your passion
and strengths before deciding which way to go.

It is a wise idea to decide beforehand what you want to be and work toward
it.

Consultancy and implementation requires a lot of domain experience ( In
India, a certification is also an added advantage ). I am not discouraging
you, but no one dies of thinking in realistic terms.......Agreed ? Do
you have the required experience? If not, then try to gain it. I do not
think immediate implementation experience comes out of the blue to most of
us. We have to work from scratch, maybe even as end users and learn
the tricks of the trade, the hard way. A private tuition, for a limited
period, I am afraid, may not be adequate to fathom the real time
knowledge,skill and expertise that one needs before getting into
consultancy. I hope you agree with me. I am not saying that learning does
not breed expertise. Am just stressing on the importance of the duration
of experience and exposure to practical scenarios which are essential to
transform one into a skilled consultant. Such expertise can be achieved in
course of time with hard work and dedication. One may even have to consider
starting at the bottom rung as an end user and work his / her way up in
becoming a mature consultant. There may be compromises to be made in the
process in terms of money, hard work and so on.

I suggest that you consider all parameters before deciding what you want to
be.

Absolute dedication always wins laurels, sooner or later, no matter
which realm you pursue.

I wish you success in your endeavor.

Regards,

VidhyaDhar

---------------Original Message---------------
From: Debashish Pal
Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 8:55 AM
Subject: SAP Trainer or SAP End User Job

Hi Everyone,

I have just completed my training in SAP-HR module. I have training
directly on-line from a freelance trainer based at Hyderabad. Through
regular practice and research, I have become well versed in all important
concepts in SAP-HR as far as a fresher is concerned. I am also facing severe
challenges in getting a job.

I got some calls to join as a trainer in small time institutes in Delhi
/NCR, but later found out that such small time institutes not only dupe
students with huge amounts of money by giving false promises of jobs but
also do not pay their trainers in time. Sometimes payouts to trainers gets
delayed for several months. These institutes are not the authorized training
partners of SAP and the software they use is not the original SAP software.
There are several cases pending against these institutes in the consumer
courts in India filed by those students who had been duped by these small
time institutes. Many of these small institutes, due to fear of being
legally persecuted either change their names or close down altogether,
without informing either the students or the trainers in advance.

I have also received a job offer to work as an end-user in SAP payroll for a company in Ahamedabad.

As regards to the Ahmedabad job, the company HR executive is saying that I will not be paid any salary for the initial three months. After three months, based on my performance, I will be paid 7-8K stipend from the fourth month on-wards. After I get one year old in the company, I will be paid as per the industry standards. It is not that money is an issue, neither is relocation from one city to another. The main issue is that what will be the growth opportunities if I join as an end-user in a city like Ahmedabad. I can ever get opportunities in SAP implementation or maintenance in the future if I start from a small or medium sized company in a small city.

Please advise if I should go for the job as a trainer in any of these institutes or as an end user in the Ahmedabad company.

Looking forward to valuable suggestions in this regard.

Thanks,
Debashish

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