What are the chances for a person to get a job in sap without having any certification?

Well, I think I am in the exact situation. I spoke to many SAP professionals. Most of them say that you need to be specialized in at least  one SAP module to shine in the professional world. Certifications may or may not matter. But your knowledge in that specific module must touch the sky. Once you are into professional environment, the firm could provide you with training and certifications needed for the project. (My suggestions, do not take the certifications of your own pocket, since they are very costly). To give you an example, Capgemini hires fresh gradutes with interest in working on SAP, send them to India for further SAP exploration, get them back, give a chance for candidates to select their interest and allow them to work on a shadow project for a year along with taking up relevant certifications. This prepares the candidate full for next upcoming projects.

Thanks for the A2A. There are a few reasons certifications are getting more and more value on the resume: -  Steady increase in the supply of consultants in the common modules (SD, MM etc.). -  Automated resume sorting tools -  Lack of standardization other than the certifications that SAP provides. There are hundreds of people who attend training courses in SAP, or are End-users of SAP, or were involved in a very limited area (e.g. Data conversion,  testing etc.) who think they have good knowledge of the module. Many of them have not even seen the SPRO screens, do not understand transport processes, underlying architecture, databases, ABAP, development standards etc. So more and more companies are now looking for certification as the first step (shortlisting) candidates. Once you get to an interview, the value of certification drops significantly. It then totally depends on interviewer's perception, how you handle the interview, your own interpersonal skills. For a smaller company, your chances will increase to get shortlisted. For any large company, you might be better off going for walk-in interviews (if offered). Another tactic you can use is to learn any newer area of SAP (BOBJ, BI, BPC, BPS, Hana, Sybase, Mobile, Fiori, Syclo, UI technologies of SAP etc.) There are not many people with certifications or experiences on these technologies. The important thing is to get into SAP in an area that you like, and then pursue excellence and knowledge in that area.

Average. Certification is not a mandatory thing at all but it's nice to have because it makes your resume stand out in the eyes of "end client". SAP contractors demand is driven by SAP's installations at various clients' locations and need of contracting companies to maintain a good bench strength. Since, end clients have installed it, they'd need to maintain, upgrade and enhance it. While majority of the designing work takes place at client location, development takes place at offshore locations. Offshore work is often managed services which means that your face is hidden from end client and it doesn't matter who you are as long as the work is being delivered on time. The contracting companies will pay you less but not care if you have certification or not. You chances of getting job here are good with no experience or certifications. Onsite work involves designing and experience and sharp SAP skills to be successful because you are directly dealing with solving client's problems or dealing with contracting company as its client. Some clients do look at certification but probably not as a primary criteria for selection. If you have enough experience with different other clients and you clear your interview successfully, they'd probably prefer you over an inexperienced certified candidate unless of course the inexperienced candidate is of exceptional abilities. Having said that certification would guarantee that the inexperienced candidate gets interviewed. SAP offer professional certification exams which aim to certify that a person who successfully clears such an exam is certified to be knowledgeable and experienced in the area of the exam but I haven't personally seen a lot of good highly paid consultants with such certifications in their name. Another problem with SAP certification is that there is no easy way to verify someone's claim that (s)he is certified. Certificates can be faked, you can lie on your resume but really there is no portal out there that could be used to verify certification claims by a person. To conclude, in SAP world, experience matters more than certifications and better guarantees a job than certifications.

Your chances are pretty high actually. Only about 10% of the consultants are certified. Might be even less. If you have more than 5 years of experience, it is assumed that you have some SAP knowledge either self taught, or provided by some organization or hands on project working experience. Your domain experience is also very valuable. For a fresher (beginner): Many organizations would hire you and put you through their internal training program. Some of the Indian companies like Infosys do a pretty good job of training. This works for a fresher or with couple of years of domain experience. Many of these organizations look for candidates with MBA or CA/CPA (not necessary), good communication skill and good business process knowledge. If one were to go to technical stream, good exposure to programming is expected.  Hope this helps.

There are definitely http://www.naukri.com/ in SAP without any certification. However, certifications add credentials to your resume and broadens your knowledge in the field. SAP certifications also open up several avenues of lucrative job

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