On February 21 popular SAP bloggers and authors Tanya Duncan and Tracy Levine tackled the top skills that every new (or aspiring) SAP professional should focus on in a webinar. Learn more: http://www.controlling2014.erpcorp.com/

2. SAP Career
Advancement
Top Skills to Develop
Tracy Levine, itelligence Inc.
Tanya Duncan, Deloitte Consulting
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3. About the Presenters
Tanya Duncan is a SAP FI/CO Senior Consultant with Deloitte
Consulting and blogs at www.tanyaduncanblog.com. She is
the author of The Essential SAP Career Guide, a
comprehensive guide for SAP professionals. Her second book,
Product Costing Guide for SAP, will be released Summer
2014. She is presenting at Controlling 2014 on product costing
basics.
Tracy Levine is SAP Application Consultant at itelligence with
expertise in SAP GRC. She is the author of the blog Diary of a
Postgrad SAP Consultant (www.postgradsap.com) and
frequently writes articles issues of importance to developing
SAP professionals.
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4. Introduction
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Why is SAP a valuable skill?
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Current state of the SAP eco-system
How can SAP fast track your career?

5. Poll Question
What is your level of SAP experience?
a. I am currently a student.
b. I don’t work with SAP, but I’m interested.
c. <1 year of experience.
d. 1-3 years of experience.
e. >3 years of experience.
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6. Topics
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Soft Skills
Functional Skills
Technical Skills
Common Misconceptions About SAP Careers
SAP Career Path Tips
Questions
Start of first section:
List the main points in your presentation and insert this slide at
the start of each new topic. Move the highlighted box down for
each new section. This divides your presentation into easy to
follow sections.
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7. Soft Skills
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Networking and Branding
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Communication Skills
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Verbal
Written
Leadership Skills
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Managing Others
Having a “Sales Mentality”

8. Functional Skills
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Cross-module integration
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How to write a functional spec
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Core module knowledge and specialized knowledge
Navigating through configuration

9. Technical Skills
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Doing table joins and creating queries
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Creating custom transaction codes and transaction variants
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Basic SAP Security Knowledge
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Being able to read and identify code, and basic debugging
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LSMW and data migration
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Using tables
How to create and move a transport

10. Common Misconceptions about SAP Careers
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Career options are limited to SAP
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You have to be an “expert” from the start
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Need to be a “computer person”
You have to travel 100%

11. Poll Question
Which of these topics would be most beneficial for a future
webinar?
a. Consulting vs. Industry Jobs in SAP
b. How to Get Your First Job in SAP
c. A Day in the Life of an SAP Consultant
d. Demonstration of Functional and Technical Skills
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12. SAP Career Path Tips
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“Pain points” Gaining experiences through past projects
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Consulting and industry jobs- which fit is best?
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Smaller vs. larger size firm
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Keeping up to date with SAP trends
SAP Certifications

13. The Essential SAP Career Guide
Tanya’s book, The Essential SAP Career
Guide, is a comprehensive guide to starting
your SAP career.
The guide contains:
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Career options in SAP
• Consulting vs. Industry careers,
Functional vs. Technical roles
How to land a job including:
• Finding a job, creating a stand-out
resume, nailing SAP interviews, and
negotiating salary
Required skills for SAP technical and
functional positions including:
• How to develop your skills in other
modules and writing functional
specifications
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14. Questions
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Now:
• Ask questions now for immediate answers
Later:
• Tracy: Tracy.Levine@itelligencegroup.com
• Tanya: TanyaDuncan@Deloitte.com
Q&A
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