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18 Sep 2007 | SearchSAP.com

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With NetWeaver upgrades going strong and enterprise service-oriented architecture (ESOA) projects becoming a reality, it is an exciting time to be an SAP professional. In this podcast, SearchSAP.com career expert Jon Reed and Ori Inbar, SAP's senior vice president of solution marketing for NetWeaver, discuss emerging SAP NetWeaver job roles and explain where talent shortages are expected in the future. Also, Inbar offers a sneak peek at the upcoming TechEd 2007.


   SAP NetWeaver jobs: What the future holds 



  Program highlights 

  • (2:25) Explanation of common SAP terms

  • (3:30) Is there an ESOA skills shortage? What roles are in demand?

  • (7:30) How does the focus on business process management affect job roles?

  • (10:40) Advice for "classic" SAP functional consultants

  • (14:30) What are the developer roles of the future?

  • (18:00) What is coming for Basis and systems administration roles?

  • (19:35) TechEd 2007 preview

  • (22:10) How important is the human element vs. technology skills?

      Program Links: 

  • On The Spot: Jon Reed on SAP jobs: On The Spot features a new guest expert every month on a hot SAP topic. This edition answers 10 reader questions about SAP jobs.

  • SAP buzzwords: What's hot, what's not, and why you should care: NetWeaver and Duet are hot, Basis and Portals are not. Subtle shifts like these may have a bigger impact on your professional marketability than you think.

  • Avoid layoffs: new SAP job skills to learn now: Where will Basis people go in the new NetWeaver world? Is there room for classic ABAP developers? What consulting skills will be in demand in the years ahead? Find out here.

  • SAP jobs of the future: SAP career guru Jon Reed analyzed the news and messages from Sapphire and has some advice on how to be a more marketable SAP professional in the future.

  • SAP consulting trends -- Special Report: SAP jobs guru Jon Reed takes an in-depth look at why some SAP consulting roles -- notably core function consultants -- are experiencing happy days while others are dying out.

  • A1S: How it will affect SAP jobs: It is too early to tell how A1S will affect the SAP consulting market, but there are indicators that can help SAP consultants anticipate where new jobs will be.

  • SearchSAP.com Editorial Blog: This is the place for additional commentary and discussion about recent events, news stories or whatever else happens in the SAP world.

  • SearchSAP.com Audio Downloads: Visit our audio download archive.



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