by Careerbuilder.com

Interviewing someone for a job is not as easy as it looks. First, as the interviewer, you’re tasked with finding the person who will not only do the job well but also fit in well with the other employees. You have to assess abstract qualities that can’t be found on a résumé. Because you have to repeat the process for every potential employee, you end up asking question after question to applicant after applicant.

Still, interviewers need to be told something: “What is your biggest weakness?” is not a good question. It just isn’t.
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Given 5 minutes on the net, you can find out which plumber to contact, who wont rip you off or which insurance broker, which car salesman, doctor, dentist even which priest to bury your cat but take as long as you like and you wont find a single way of truly assessing an SAP consultant.

Odd really, when you consider that SAP consultants almost only work in high profile companies such as the fortune 100 – maybe the fact that there is no way of checking if a consultant is any good or not, is the reason the unprofessional consultants continue to find work at the cost of the many hard working SAP consultants out there.

Imagine if every SAP consultant was made accountable for their own actions, even their own reputation….. how would that work out for the unprofessional – would they work hard to become professional experts or would they hide behind the fact, that it is considered “unfair to stop people working” regardless if they are actually worth hiring in the first place? continue reading…

by SAP Reputation Blog

SAP is a product bought with the intention of success, by companies which, given the costs of SAP, have done well in their own market. In every market, quality control and market knowledge is a key factor to a secure future, so why are there so many SAP consultants and consultancies working in the market today who, to put it simply, suck at their jobs?

At this point, I should point out that most SAP consultants and consultancies offer fantastic knowledge and value when deploying SAP – these people work hard to get the most from the SAP solution for the customers – these consultants, consultancies and end-customers suffer at the hands of the terrible consultants, as they have to manage them and work with them on a day to day basis, but the ultimate losers are the customers themselves. continue reading…

By Careerbuilder dot com

Twenty-first century firms use computers to store their records, ranging from client lists to product research, marketing, payroll, accounting, billing and shipping.

The amount of information is vast, but most firms rely on a single computer expert to keep the whole system healthy – the database administrator.

A database administrator – also called a DBA – is the person to call when a company needs to test its database performance, add new security measures or build a backup system. The job description comes with a large portion of responsibility for the person who is the single guardian of a company’s data security, recovery and integrity.

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Selena Dehne, JIST Publishing. Featuring an excerpt from “Step-by-Step Cover Letters” by Evelyn Salvador

Don’t wait until you’re unemployed to worry about your visibility and reputation within your industry. Take action now to strengthen your career brand so that you’re prepared to quickly rebound from job loss and seize promotions, freelance gigs or consulting opportunities that arise in your future.

“Branding helps you establish a successful, credible identity that gives hiring managers insight into your value proposition and return on investment,” explains Evelyn Salvador, author of “Step-by-Step Cover Letters.”

“It helps to establish you as an expert in your own professional niche and build a solid reputation in your field. If done correctly, branding also compels employers to seek you out. When you brand yourself, you make it clear to employers that you can help them solve their problems, meet their challenges, increase their bottom line or otherwise contribute to their organization in a way no one else can or will,” Salvador adds. continue reading…

SAP Interview

An SAP Interview Process is no different from any other IT interview process. Depending on the type of job (Contract, Temp, Full time etc) the questions do vary though. As usual there are technical rounds, managerial rounds (if you are applying for an SAP PM role), HR round. Our focus through this article will be more on the technical and managerial rounds.

Technical Round

Technical interviews are mostly held by the tech leads, although project managers are part of the interview sometimes. When I mean technical, it could be for an SAP functional position, ABAP, Basis or other technical positions. Not all types of interviews have all of the following phases. For eg., a full time position or a contract-to-hire will involve more general questions, his/her project/achievement related questions activities etc while a contract position will involve more focussed questions on the module/specifics for which he is recruited for. continue reading…

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