I hope you’ve been following my recent series called “Interview Persuasion” — I’m going over the fundamentals of persuasive speech, especially as it pertains to doing very well on your SAP interviews. And the response has been really overwhelming. I don’t remember ever receiving so many positive email notes and good words of encouragement. I’m going to be releasing the third video very soon, but I wanted to post the first two here so you can comment and watch them again if you haven’t already.

Before you watch part two, please download the learning styles framework cheat sheet (PDF) - it will really help to have a copy of this while you’re watching part two.

Part One: Ethos

Part Two: Logos

What do you think of these videos? if you’d like me to release the third, please let me know by posting a comment below. If you have a story about an SAP interview, or a question about “interview persuasion” please share it here as well.

Have you been trying to get a job in SAP with little or no success? Have you noticed that freshers are claiming 6 years of SAP experience, and therefore even experienced consultants with 5 years of legitimate experience aren’t being considered for jobs?

Please share your experience:

I believe that one can become fully trained and qualified to contribute successfully on an SAP implementation in far less than 5 years. But you have to have the right sort of training. And you have to have a strategy to address the “Catch-22″ in the marketplace. Perhaps most importantly, you have to be going after the right skills. I wouldn’t be studying MM, SD, or FI if I was new to SAP.

So how do you move beyond the Catch-22?

If you’re not familiar with the famous book by Joseph Heller, by “Catch-22,” I mean the following:

1. You can’t get a job working in SAP without experience.
2. You can’t get experience in SAP without getting a job.

Please share your thoughts and experience!

Question 1: Are there jobs in SAP?
Question 2: Do you provide practical guidance?
Question 3: What’s included in the “big box?” v “The $1 Trial”

Do you have any other questions? Please post them below, and I’ll answer them right away.

Hello gentle SAP readers. I’m writing you today with a slight frown on my face. You see, I think I’ve just received my 700th request for “free SAP training” information.  Of course, it goes without being said: I receive lots of email, and lots of people want a better deal than I’m already offering on the sapcookbook.com website. Even though it’s pretty much an impossible request to grant. You see, even though anyone can try everything out for USD$1, they want something cheaper. They want SAP training for free.

In fact, I have no fewer than 650 requests for various forms of training in SAP - but there is a common thread that runs through these requests. See if you can’t pick up on this thread…

A free trial

MAKING THE TRAINING FREE

make it free

Free subscription

it be for free totally

Oh, and here’s a really sneaky one…

An opportunity to pay nothing

Now please let it be known that while I really honestly and truly love helping other people unravel the ratted knot of a string that is SAP, I do expect that, from time to time, someone will actually pay me for this advice.  I’m not asking $2500 for a really simple introduction course. I’m not even asking $500, which many training providers get. I sell a few books and a few training courses for under $100, which I believe offer an incredible value. All of our courses come with access to ECC6 and Enterprise Portals - a $200 ticket item anywhere else you look. And indeed I do receive some very reasonable requests and thanks for the information I do provide..

More Free Books , and Free SAP Sources

i want a free guidance till i decide what course i want to do in SAP

online free demonstration

For free

free modules

free excess to the course for learning

So what gives? Why all the requests for free?  Does the world value this information so little?

Please help me understand why I receive so many requests for free. Does SAP get the same sorts of requests?

In the SAP training world, don’t you get what you pay for?

Should I really just give it all away for free?

Or is good advice worth something?

Please weigh in below…

If they ask too early, alarm bells should be ringing

Seriously, when a recruiter asks you for references in advance of an interview or an offer - they’re basically trying to take advantage of you. Don’t provide this information until you are good and sure the recruiter is reputable.

This was taken from my online SAP training course Breaking Into SAP - I hope you find this useful!