Apart from the superior packages received?…
Check this out….
- 600 Insurance companies run SAP solutions.
- Up to 80% of Fortune 500 companies run SAP solutions
- SAP has 41,200 customers in 121 countries
and from this post on CIO.com there is a shortage of between 30,000 to 40,000 SAP consultants to support its customers and solutions.
Are you kidding me? Talk about positioning yourself in a sweet spot.
Let me break down those statistics for you and why they are important.
Top companies implementing SAP.
500 companies to pay top dollar for SAP implementations and consultants, there must be some level of trust and satisfaction from what SAP has to offer. For a future career, you want to position yourself in a playing field where the big guns are part of the team.
Software for all industries
I am almost sure you can identify with one of these industries.
- Aerospace and Defence
- Automotive
- Banking
- Chemicals
- Consumer Products
- Engineering and Construction
- Financial Service Provider
- Healthcare
- Higher Education and Research
- High Tech
- Insurance
- Media
- Mill Products
- Mining
- Oil and Gas
- Pharmaceuticals
- Public Sector
- Retail
- Service Providers
- Telecommunications
- Utilities
SAP offers solutions for each of these industries and with this you can find a little niche for yourself and be one of the guru’s in the industry or go mainstream and choose a path in the ERP solutions
Worldwide reach
Customers in 121 countries? Gone are the days where you would have to be in the US or Western Europe to have a great career in IT. India is home to many top SAP consultants, East europe has it’s share of top SAP consultants. Africa is becoming a hub of SAP with its push into the continent. You get the gist, anywhere you are, it is almost guaranteed that you will find a list of companies looking for SAP talent.
The future is secured
This one is a bonus reason. Companies have already spent millions on their SAP installations, you have got to offer them something earth-shattering to switch to a different provider. Especially if they are happy with the current one. So our future as SAP consultants is secured for years to come.
So that’s it… your reasons to become a SAP consultant. If you have other reasons of wanting to be a SAP consultant, please drop a comment and tell us about it
How to increase your chances of starting a successful SAP career
You might be asking yourself,
Is SAP right for me?
What are my chances of getting a good SAP job?
The good news is you are not alone. A lot of people have the same questions as well. What is even better news? I have written a series of articles that answer these questions and many more on SAP Unveiled.
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Yes, I have.
It is like to get a selfconfidence. I don’t care if I don’t find a job as a SAP consultant, I just want to see programm, start touching buttons and see what is the big difference in this programm from others, what is the special about it?
I will be posting videos soon, so you can get a feeling of the software. Make sure you subscribe to get the updates.
Hi I have a question which is main concer to me, as to why would a company give jobs to people who switch their careers to SAP and are out of an institute without any real experience, and how would one get real experience without getting a job in SAP ?