SAP Certification and SAP Training - 2009 Video Highlight
In 2009, I filmed a few more videos than usual. Mostly I was tricked into it by SAP Community Network members who asked me to contribute profiles and other community videos. I’m nothing special with video production, but I did find that my YouTube SAP video channel got more hits that I would have expected. So now, I’m posting a few highlights on this blog. One is this video on SAP training and certification. I haven’t blogged much on breaking into SAP this year, partially because I have already written about this subject in detail, and partially because there are specialists in this area who are serving this market well, such as JonERP advertiser SAPCookbook.com. I shot this video as a warmup, but it’s gotten about 500 views with no promotion, and as I looked at it again, I realized it did have some focused advice I have boiled down over the years.
Oh, and if you’re curious to see what my hair looked like under that hat, I do reveal that disaster in another video on the YouTube channel, but I’m not going to tell you which one, you’ll have to hunt it out.
If you have an appetite for more videos on breaking into SAP, Jim Stewart of SAPCookbook.com has a number of them on his YouTube channel. One in particular that I like is his own story on breaking into SRM (Supplier Relationship Management).
Breaking into SAP is not easy these days, but there is a lot to gain by studying the best techniques and also understanding what you are up against. Once you grasp that, you can come up with a winning approach to overcoming those obstacles - in any economy. For SAP, that means really charting a "path of relevance" between your existing skills and those you are looking to acquire. I have written about these topics in detail in my blog entries that touch on Breaking into SAP. If you only read two other posts of mine from that category, read those "biggest mistakes SAP job seekers make" blog entries.
Jim Stewart and I agree fundamentally on this concept: taking a creative and entrepreneurial approach to your career is far more effective, in this economy, than crossing your fingers or clinging to your existing position.