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

lundi 31 octobre 2011

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

Posted by Debashish_leo
on Oct 31 at 5:04 AM

Hi Mr. Vidhya Dhar,

Thank you very much for your reply. I found your post extremely useful. I
want to make it clear that I neither have much passion for teaching nor I
intend to become a SAP Trainer in long run. I only wanted to use the
teaching experience as a stop gap arrangement and a just a first stepping
stone towards my ultimate goal of becoming SAP consultant. Please clarify
if this is a proper route to take or not.

As far as the end-user job is concerned, I have been advised by may people
that I don't have any good option, then I should start off as a SAP
end-user, build good rapport with the seniors along with good job
performance and in due course of time migrate to SAP consulting with-in the
same company with-in 1 or 2 years and eventually start the intended path as
a SAP consultant. I don't know how far this is practical. Please also throw
some light on this issue.

Looking forward to your reply. Based on the feedback of like-minded people
(including you), I may probably take my final decision.

Thanks a lot in advance.

Regards---
Debashish

---------------Original Message---------------
From: Vidhya Dhar
Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 9:41 AM
Subject: SAP Trainer or SAP End User Job

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

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