Reply from Chakravarthi Amith on Dec 24 at 9:33 AM To all.
In India, many IT newcomers, known there as "freshers," are more eager than ever to break into the SAP market, and often turn to third-party SAP certification as a way of doing so.
Typical of the expectation that certification leads to SAP work was a post on SAP's SDN that read, "I have a friend of mine…[who] has a functional expereince [sic] of 10 years in sales with L.I.C and he has done SAP SD Certification in the month of November, from Genovate Mumbai he has still not got placed and he is lookin for his first SAP Break."
Anyone who follows SAP forums or mail groups will be intimately acquainted with variations on this message: Which certification will get me an SAP job? The question gets asked over and over because the answer is too unpleasant for people to accept: Only actual SAP experience is a valid qualification. For people who can't get on an SAP team in their current position, or endure the prospect of waiting five years or more to transition to a company implementing SAP, this is a traumatic answer. Psychically, it is easier to believe that an SAP foothold can be bought instead.
This irrational optimism is part of the reason that third-party SAP training and certification companies like Genovate prosper. Genovate, which does most of its business in India, routinely charges $3,142 for single SAP courses lasting about ten days. That's more money than the average Indian makes in a year, and the ten days of simulations are a far cry from the three years of actual experience that employers are seeking.
It's important to note that, at least on the surface, Genovate doesn't market itself as an SAP job placement service. Many Genovate trainees are working professionals who come for job-relevant training, a perfectly legitimate and value-added service. But many Genovate trainees are also "freshers" who think that certification will get them an SAP job. These people clearly haven't done their research, or else they'd know that, in the SAP job market, Genovate certification (unlike actual project experience) doesn't count for anything special.
This raises a question I'd like to ask our readers: In the end, does the SAP certification market function as a kind of tax on ignorance? Is there something shady about it, or does the fault lie entirely with the gullible freshers?
An excerpt from one of the expert review for SAP certification. My suggestion, do not go for associate certification. Work as end user, then stackup some live understanding, evolve the same and jump to professional certification.
I have not known Mr. Roy personally. But on reading his posts I clearly understand that he is giving you Facts. It might be a great soothing sentence to listen to someone who says "come to us, our certificate is stapled with a job in NASA as SAP consultant" but it is just a bait. People just make money.
DO you know who is a consultant?
A consultant is one who knows how to solve issues in realtime. What is realtime? Not textbooks. Certainly not what you can understand in 20 days of certification. We sometimes struggle to resolve certain tickets for over a month. Just 1 damn ticket, 20+ days. Now certification, encouraging all are crap. Let people make an educated decisions. DO not encourage people to take wrong decision and ruin their life. Show them the right path.
FOR INCHARA, I would say join accenture HR helpdesk, tyco electonics hr helpdesk, any company who are Customers of SAP as a end user. Then move up your understanding with constant interaction with live issues you raise and your own consultant resolve it. Here you know the process, you know the issue, you know solution, you have a config doc for issue resolution. That way you move up the curve and one day you can jump up as a consultant.
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From: Inchara
Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 8:30 AM
Subject: value of sap certification
Hi Gurus,
I am sap sd certified and also having 4 years of domain experience in sales and marketing field. I am searching SAP jobs from past 6 month, all the companies asking exp... no body giving value for SAP certificates in INDIA.If person having 2-3 years of fake experience he will get job easily . How can I get the job , please help me . Hope you can understand my condition . I spent such a huge amount for that. Even without very good subject knowledge one who cant get certificate. Why the company peoples not understanding i do not know. Pl help me . |
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