Guys, normally I wouldn't do this but it is kind of important to me right now. I'm interviewing for a job on Thursday that I am pretty well qualified for, but one of the preferences listed on the job ad was "SAP skills". I did a little bit of searching and it seems there are many different meanings to SAP. Does anyone have any idea what this is exactly or where I could learn more about it before the interview? Specifically it said "reporting using SAP" so I imagine it is some kind of software package, but I am uncertain of what and was hoping someone on the BBS might be able to give me a better idea. Thanks in advance.
Secondary Audio Programming maybe? That's an option in a TV line of work. Sometimes, the news is offerred in SAP...Just a thought.
SAP is a program that is used for various purposes. My company uses it to create purchase orders and track general purchasing information. It's not a particularly hard program to learn, but it can be a huge pain in the ass to correct mistakes. If you haven't learned it, don't worry. However, I would ask the company how they use SAP during your interview.
"The largest inter-enterprise software company and the third-largest software supplier, SAP is the recognized leader in e-business solutions." German Company, does stuff from inventory control to payroll solutions; bad part is the cost for classes learning SAP are astronomically large for individulas, so most often you learn on the job. Here are some of their business solutions: mySAP Business Intelligence mySAP Customer Relationship Mgmt. mySAP Enterprise Portal mySAP ERP mySAP Financials mySAP Human Resources mySAP Marketplace mySAP Mobile Business mySAP Product Lifecycle Mgmt. mySAP Supplier Relationship Mgmt. mySAP Supply Chain Mgmt. SAP NetWeaver €
Here you go http://www.sap.com/ SAP is one of the biggest enterprise software packages in the world. Its known for its ugly gray menus and the fact that a lot of the terms in the program are still in German, however, many of the biggest companies use it for ALL of their sales, reporting, general ledger, billing, and shipping. It is kind of a tough system to learn to use, and you never learn all of it, you become an expert in part of it. However, if you learn it (I did as an intern) you will be set, SOOO many companies use it, its ridiculous.
By the way, you pronounce it S.A.P. not the word sap. Say each word seperate like U.S.A. We had a guy interview and he kept saying he was trained in sap. We immediatly knew that he wasn't.
You don't even have to know how to program it...if you can just design and use it, you are set. And yes, there is a difference between design and programming. If they want SAP reporting, that's financial reporting with SAP. Getting revenue, ships, billing numbers together in reports for marketing, finance, the street...ect.
Its a big ass accounting program. Used by big ass companies like Shell Oil. When I say accounting, I mean, integrating everything, from sales, to accounts receivable, to expenses, to etc. etc. etc.
BTW: SAP - Meaning of the Acronym, What Does SAP Do? Question: Could you please let me know what SAP stands for? --- For what is SAP an acronym? --- I would really like to know more about the SAP technology. Could you please let me know what SAP stands for? Answer: S = systems, A = applications, P = products, that is, "Systems, Applications, and Products (in data processing)." This name is based on the original German name "Systeme, Anwendungen und Produkte (in der Datenverarbeitung)."
I'm a PeopleSoft specialist, but here where I work we use SAP for Accounts Payable. By reporting with it, either they want you to be able to use SAPs reporting function (easy to learn) or to be able to write SQL code that will generate reports from the SAP database (easy only if you know SQL). Specializing in ERP software packages is a very marketable skill. I'm just pissed that I didn't learn it until I was 35 years old!
Not only do SAP people make bank, but they have high job security. SAP people were so highly prized that they were the only IT people anywhere close to having guaranteed jobs during my company's latest merger. We were sitting here sweating it out, while the SAP folks were whistling away, worry free. (I'm exaggerating, especially in today's job market, but the point is they seem to have higher job security)
Everybody that is in fear for their job...take classes and learn SAP and Peoplesoft and you will have a job for the next 10 years, guaranteed. Unless you suck.
We use both SAP (for a payroll interface with our parent company) and JD Edwards. A year ago, I was THE network manager for the Gulf Coast region of this company (not that that is saying much....we have about a dozen sites down here, but only a few people at each site know how to turn on a computer), but now I'm on the JD Edwards core team. We just implemented the first phase, and we're starting to work on the second phase. My initial impression is that it costs more than it provides. If you really want the job, I'd read up on it somewhat. I'm sure there's some training books out there that offer a simulated program. Learn some sales and purchase order processing and some AP and AR. That should be enough to talk a bit about the system.
No question about it. I haven't been unemployed for a single day in the 6 years since I began working with PeopleSoft, and I was constantly unemployed in IT before I started specializing in PeopleSoft. When I decided to move from LA back to Houston in 1998, I posted my resume on several job websites like Monster.com around June of 1998. I got a call from a headhunter in July of that year inquiring if I would be interested in a PeopleSoft gig with a major medical firm in Houston. I said I would be interested, and the headhunter set up a phone interview for later that week. I did the phone interview for an hour and a half, and really hit it off well with the interviewer. I went to work that day thinking that the next move would be for them to fly me to Houston and interview me in person. They offered me the job, sight unseen, that very afternoon, at a salary nearly double what I was making in LA (I only had a little over a year of PeopleSoft experience at the time). And, if you suck, your employer will figure it out pretty quick. The bad part is you will get a bad reputation around the marketplace, and then you will have to look for something else to specialize in.
