SAP_Certification

[Former Member]

Hi All

The information which I am going to share is neither a question nor an answer but it is an important information about the value of the certifcation especially for those who wanted to do certification without any sponsership and with no SAP work experince.

Dear friends

SAP certification has a value when you have some experience under your name. If you have no experience and still your certified with good percentage & with comm skills also you will not be preffered in most of the cases.

So what all I can tell you is getting a job with only certification is almost impossible. Hence do not dare to do certification without experience and without sponsership.From my practical experience I can say only one thing i.e., WITHOUT EXPERINCE SAP CERTIFICATION IS USELESS, WORTHLESS AND HOPELESS

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SAP CERTIFICATION VICTIM.

[matt]

>What many of them do is, as Praveen pointed, just show up a fake experience with the certification, get a job and carry on with it.

Attempting to get support on really basic stuff from SCN, because they're terrified their colleagues will find out they lied. Of course, those who are able to do the research themselves and successfully bluff until they become productive are the kind of people I want to hire... if it wasn't for their dishonesty. It is a shame that such people feel forced into fraud.

Sometimes ability is better than experience. But we measure ability, usually, by experience.

>Perhaps I should consider this a blessing in disguise...

I would. If a prospective client insists on certification, then I probably really don't want to work with them. ( In terms of negotiation, if it was a sticking point, I might say - I'll take the exam, but when I pass, you pay for my time, the exam and associated expenses, because I'm doing it for your benefit, not my own. ) I often tell prospective clients to google me, and to see answers provided by me on these forums, if they want to know whether I'm considered any good.

>Having said that, I feel its a pity that SAP Training Institutes charge such a substantial amount for its course which does not guarantee a job

My first training was paid for by my new employer, back in '97. Since then, with a few exceptions, all course I've taken I've funded myself. I've never found any of them a waste of time. My view is that all training is beneficial. I even did one course on BroadVision. I've never used it, but when I came to write my first BSP application - without having done the BSP course - the BV course helped me with the underlying concepts. Also, I must say that for commercial course, SAP's rates are pretty standard. The BV course was £2000 a week back in 2000. At that time BC400, for example, was a few £100 less.

matt