Is Certification is necessary for SAP functional consultant?

[Former Member]

Hi All,

I have 6 years of experince in Siebel (4 years) & SAP CRM (2 Years) as a end user now I want to drive my career as SAP CRM consulatnt (Functional). so is SAP Certification is mandatory to get a job as SAP CRM Consulatant ? Is it very difficult to get a job as a consulatant after working as a end user for SAP CRM ? Please suggest for me .

Thank You,

Prafulla

[Former Member]

Prafulla,

Have a look at some of the blogs collected under SAP Career Blog Links. Your best route to becoming an SAP Functional specialist is to work your way into the support group of the company in which you already work. Experience is more important than the certificate. Get your experience supporting SAP as an SAP CRM specialist first, THEN get your certificate.

If you try to do the reverse, you're signing up for a lot of heartache (see blogs in the previous link page). Whatever you do... do NOT quit your job to sign up for training/certification on the hopes that you'll find a job easily after you are certified. End user experience is better than nothing, but does not necessarily "count" as experience when you're trying to get a job for the first time as a functional specialist.

Only AFTER you've been a specialist for a while does the end user experience add clout to your credentials as you can say " I've experienced the FULL spectrum of SAP" while folks who never had the end user experience seem somewhat lacking by comparison.

So *eventually*, end user experience + specialist experience + certification = more than the sum of the parts.

Hope this helps!

Best regards,

--Tom

[Former Member]

Thanks a ton Tom for your guidance & suggestions for my carreer. It will really help me to drive my career as SAP consulatant.

Regards,

Prafulla