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How much skilling up before coining in?

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    How much skilling up before coining in?

    If one is skilling up in a significant skill such as any one of SAP, Calypso, Oracle or an ESB platform, etc ... what's the shortest amount of time needed on the CV to take said skill on the road in London?

    #2
    Originally posted by aussielong View Post
    If one is skilling up in a significant skill such as any one of SAP, Calypso, Oracle or an ESB platform, etc ... what's the shortest amount of time needed on the CV to take said skill on the road in London?
    Depends on how rare skill is. In some fields 3 months is a significant experience (although nowadays more rare to happen so).
    I've seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark, Rome is the light.

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      #3
      Depends whether you lie/blag or not.

      HTH

      Older and ...well, just older!!

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        #4
        without _substantial_ time-served experience you will have no chance of getting into sap so you may as well drop that one off the list

        it ain't happening

        Milan.

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          #5
          Originally posted by milanbenes View Post
          without _substantial_ time-served experience you will have no chance of getting into sap so you may as well drop that one off the list

          it ain't happening

          Milan.
          In London this is true. You should head for mainland Europe where they are desperate for anyone with even a basic knowledge of SAP for dummies.

          The pay is great too. Much better than that .Net rubbish.

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            #6
            I've got only 3 months teach yourself SAP at home and I'm already on £900/day up North.

            SAP, it's the future. All aboard the SAP gravy train. Toot toot!

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              #7
              Originally posted by milanbenes View Post
              without _substantial_ time-served experience you will have no chance of getting into sap so you may as well drop that one off the list

              it ain't happening

              Milan.
              Yeah, yeah, SAP was just a filler. I'm thinking more of Murex, Calypso and platforms like that. Obviously supply and demand rules but I was wondering more from the point of a hiring manager looking at a CV?

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                #8
                Originally posted by aussielong View Post
                Yeah, yeah, SAP was just a filler. I'm thinking more of Murex, Calypso and platforms like that. Obviously supply and demand rules but I was wondering more from the point of a hiring manager looking at a CV?
                Not qualified for bar work, eh?

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Churchill View Post
                  Not qualified for bar work, eh?
                  No. Too fugly.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by aussielong View Post
                    No. Too fugly.
                    Ah, IT, the last refuge of the ugly bastard...

                    Churchill - In "I work in manufacturing before you all start" mode!

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