--- title: 10 SAP Career Coaching Tips [Subscription] description: Get SAP Career Coaching tips by subscribing to our SAP Market Intelligence Report. We use only information generated from own SAP BW website. image: https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/hs-fs/file-367896087-png/images/stick_figure_needing_help_400_clr_7469.png --- ![SAP Career Coaching](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/hs-fs/file-367896087-png/images/stick_figure_needing_help_400_clr_7469.png) # 10 SAP Career Coaching Tips [Subscription] Table of Contents ## SAP Career Coaching By A [SAP Consultant](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/get-sap-consulting-support-now)   Another [SAP project](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/top-10-strategies-for-maximizing-roi-with-sap-consulting-services), another [CEO](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/how-to-improve-sap-profitability-management-the-ultimate-guide) asking me what SAP is.   Not unusual, but when combined with the fact that more than 410,000 people have visited our website to find out what are the most popular [SAP modules](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/how-to-understand-sap-modules-in-5-minutes), I have begun to sense a pattern.   Really, there are two undercurrents to the pattern I am seeing:   - SAP needs to do a better job answering **what SAP is!** - [SAP Consultants](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/sap-consulting-fi-co-mm-sd-pp-plm-bw-vora-hr-crm-scm-apo-ehs-grc-modules) and those wanting to become [SAP consultants](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/12-easy-steps-to-being-a-better-sap-consultant), as well as customers, want to know what [**SAP modules**](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/how-to-understand-sap-modules-in-5-minutes) to focus on.   ## SAP Career Tips   Unfortunately, I never really set out to be a [career coach](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/enterprise-services/sap-industry-solutions/sap-project-management-archived-2).  [However, I](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/inbound-marketing/speaking-at-the-fame-and-profit-summit-2022) cannot negate the fact that I receive a constant stream of requests to both explain what SAP is and to recommend where and what [SAP modules](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/14-sap-business-planning-best-practices) to focus on and how to get started.    Interestingly, I get these request from both people wanting to “break in” to SAP and from people who are in the SAP world who have seen a downturn in their [**opportunity pipeline**](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/hubspot-crm-software-job-search-setup) and want to know where they should refocus their careers. ## Your 10 SAP Career Coaching Tips   I promised you **10 [SAP Career Coaching](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/sap-hcm-consulting-support-request) Tips** at the beginning of this blog, which I’ll give you shortly.  Later on, I will be introducing you to a **new [service offering](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/sap-services-consulting)** I think you might benefit from.  So, without further ado, here are my top **10 SAP Career Coaching Tips**:   - **Get [SAP certified](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/learn-more-about-our-sap-business-intelligence-consulting-services).**  This isn't at the top of my list randomly.  I know this is controversial, but as the number of [good SAP consultants](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/sap-partnership-advisory-services) increases, the [differentiator](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/hire-sap-business-intelligence-consultant) of having [SAP certification](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/10-things-you-need-to-know-about-sap-s-hrms) will become critical.  You might keep in mind that I have hired many, many [SAP consultants](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/5-things-to-know-about-your-sap-project-manager) and expect to do so in the future.  I look at this a [risk mitigation strategy](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/sap-sem-cpm-risk-register-design-template) from a project manager perspective. - Whether [functional](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/request-sap-functional-consulting-support) or technical, **learn about an industry** you are interested in, better still, **work in the industry** you are interested in. - Within any [industry](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/sap-grants-management), learn **how they truly make their [profit](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/how-to-improve-sap-profitability-management-p2-the-ultimate-guide)**, not just “what” they do, but where they actually make their profit. - **Learn to learn.**  If you have just entered the SAP world, you can expect to read SAP documentation, constantly, for at least the first six months of your SAP career, before you can really add value to a customer.  This is a part of the [continuous self improvement](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/inbound-marketing/are-you-ready-to-think-grow-rich-mindmap) process that all top [professional SAP consultants](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/how-sap-certification-ought-to-work) must pursue. - **Learn about the “things” that touch a [SAP system](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/inbound-marketing/how-to-uncover-sap-services-opportunities)**, i.e., a [Point of Sale (POS) solution](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/inbound-marketing/does-pci-dss-compliance-affect-you), and what things touch those things. - Learn about the **industry direction** you are focusing on.  If you are, for instance, focused on financial services, what new regulations are coming down the pike, such as IFRS updates, that might influence your customer and how will it affect or be affected by SAP. - **Learn to communicate** in ALL situations.  Take acting lessons! - **Take negotiation courses.**  Become an expert at it.  Do not fall into the trap of believing that because your culture does [a lot of](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/inbound-marketing/how-i-learned-to-sell-like-a-lion-king) day-to-day negotiating that you are better at it than your counterpoint. - Learn the **implementation methodology**.   This means learn and know **SAP ASAP** and the new **SAP Activate** methodology. - Create your own [**SAP training library**](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/sap-training-courses) and customer document repository.  You will reuse it. ## The Value of Focused SAP Career Advice   There [are, of](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/inbound-marketing/the-art-of-assessing-your-market-segmentation) course, many other pieces of advice you might be interested in.  Much of it is worth what it cost you.  That's why we think you will benefit from knowing where the best SAP opportunities are and who is [hiring](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/sap-hcm-consulting-support-request).   ## SAP Career Market Intelligence Newsletter Service   Other advice, however, may well be worth paying for and that brings me to our **new service offering**.     We are rolling out a new **SAP Career Market Intelligence Reporting Service**.    The [website](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/inbound-marketing/learning-seo-from-the-experts) you are currently reading this blog on has been designed too and will provide the foundation for the content of our **SAP Career Market Intelligence Reporting Service:**  ![Active SAP Consulting Need](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/hs-fs/file-367896087-png/images/stick_figure_needing_help_400_clr_7469.png?width=176&height=176&name=stick_figure_needing_help_400_clr_7469.png)**Find a SAP Customer with a Need and Fill It-Pretty Simple Really:(**   - 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