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By Careerbuilder.com

To a painter, an untouched canvas holds unlimited possibility for a bold new creation. But for each artist, the potential for something great is counterweighed by the potential for unparalleled failure.

Similarly, excitement and anxiety loom over job interviews. When you present yourself to an employer, you hope all the right words come out and you woo them. You only practice the perfect responses to questions, never the wrong answers. But in the back of your mind you know that you might end up sounding like a terrible candidate who no employer will ever hire, even if you’re actually the perfect person for the job.

For a job seeker, the blank canvas is the open-ended question. When the right answer requires more than a yes or a no, job seekers need to take advantage of the freedom they have with their responses, not fear it. But perhaps no question intimidates job seekers more than “So, tell me a little about yourself.”

You have many ways to answer, and the best response might depend on the stage of your career. continue reading…

How much commission is a fair compensation for the work an agent does?

This question has been around since consultants were first hired on contracts in the industry, and has been addressed innumerable times, both in the past and currently, with people having very different views on the answer – however, it seems that many of the agents also have an opinion!

The days of agents charging what they want are long over – so why is it that today in 2011 there are agents for large companies charging upwards of 30% of a consultant’s charging rate – is that the agreed commission rate – is that even a defendable position given what role an agent has in the process? continue reading…

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 Consultant Box

Since 1997, one of the most consistently difficult skill sets to find has been the SAP HCM (HR) master – during the down turn after the Y2k disaster when the SAP market sank, the SAP HCM consultants were in comparatively huge demand – but today in 2010 we find that more and more HCM specialists are available for projects – not, by any means all of them but even some of the most highly regarded are looking for new contracts.

The rates of pay on offer have reduced, but likewise the expectations – during 98/99 these consultants were commanding large rates and expense accounts above many others in the same industry due to lack of supply, but today things have changed. continue reading…

by Consultant Box

When creating a team to deliver a complex solution such as SAP, there is a very real need to have the most suitable and experienced people working at the highest levels, to bring together both the SAP solution knowledge and the clients business engineers.

SAP under former chief executive Leo Apotheker, focused on the importance of quality consulting to ensure successful and viable delivery of the SAP product – the, now famous, off record quote from Apotheker caused offence to many consulting houses by shifting the blame from SAP itself to its two global vendors – IBM and Accenture.

When apportioning blame it should be considered that the SAP solution has been implemented in most environments and has fitted into most global legal and accounting systems – however there are a comparatively high number of cases, where SAP implementations have failed.

Senior SAP consultants are often the individuals who are at the sharp end of issues between the three parties – SAP, implementation partner and the end customer. To this end, many of the senior consultants are starting to consider what issues may arise, when accepting positions within complex or failing projects. continue reading…

We are seeking individuals (mangers, recruiters, consultants)  to share their adventures they had with their counterparts (consultants, recruiters or managers) in their SAP projects.

Below is just one example:

A while ago, I was working for a consulting company. One of my colleagues was looking into changing employer and I gave him the contact information of a recruiter.

Guess what, this recruiter presented my colleague to the employer the consultant worked for at that time! He had a lot to explain to his boss, but as he was a great resource, he eventually kept his job.

Use this link to contact us for an own ID if you want to be a regular contributor or to send your story:

There is a brand new and unique online service today, where SAP Customers and Consulting Houses can hire you directly without having a recruiter ‘shaving off’ your rate. As no recruiters or staffing agencies are involved who should ‘sell’ your abilities, you need to make sure that your sell your skill set yourself accordingly and start building up your reputation. continue reading…