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Fuel Your Career with CertiFiCatioN FroM SaP

GAIn A COmPETITIvE EdGE And EnhAnCE YOuR CREdEnTIAlS

Jump-start your career, gain a competitive edge, and enhance your credentials through the certification program offered by SAP. With offerings at both associate and professional levels, it provides a globally recognized mark of excellence by matching your certification with experience and proficiency in SAP software.

In todays competitive market, individuals who demonstrate that they possess essential business and technological skills enjoy a significant advantage over their peers. This is particularly true if your expertise includes SAP software. Your proven knowledge of SAP applications and technology is your passport to a wide range of opportunities. Whether you are a consultant or an employee, your skills are in great demand, and validation of those skills is critical. Todays businesses are taking a hard look at their investments and the returns they generate. Part of that scrutiny focuses on the proficiency and proven capabilities of the people they choose to implement and operate their SAP applications. To accelerate your career, you need to demonstrate that you are part of an elite group with the talent and experience required to optimize SAP software. The SAP certification program provides that competitive edge. Those who hold SAP certification have obtained their skills through rigorous study and direct experience and have proven themselves by passing demanding, process-oriented examinations.

Based on feedback from this community, SAP has significantly enhanced and expanded the global certification program. This feedback demonstrated that the SAP-certified community wanted even more opportunities for continuous learning and career-advancing certification tracks. SAP has responded by developing certification offerings in all SAP solution areas including SAP BusinessObjects software at the following levels: Associate certification Requires fundamental knowledge of SAP solutions and the successful acquisition of broad proficiency Professional certification Requires proven project experience, business process knowledge, and a more detailed understanding of SAP solutions

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Training and exams for SAP certification are available at test centers worldwide. For more information, please contact your local SAP training department or visit www.sap.com/services/education /certification/index.epx.

SAP Certification: Join an Exclusive Community

When you are certified by SAP, you join a distinguished community of experts recognized throughout the business world. SAP has been certifying individuals for nearly two decades. Today, more than 140,000 consultants and users worldwide are part of this community.

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Summary Certification from SAP is the ideal way to assess and verify your SAP software skills. By obtaining certification or enhancing your existing certification, you prove that youre qualified and proficient at optimizing SAP software to improve an organizations business performance. Whether youre an employee of an enterprise running SAP applications, a member of an SAP partner company, or an independent consultant selling, implementing, and maintaining SAP software, youll find SAP certification essential in todays competitive marketplace. Business Challenges Open up new career opportunities Gain a competitive advantage over your peers Enhance your credentials by proving your knowledge and proficiency in SAP software Key Features Authorized certification from SAP Attain a globally recognized mark of excellence by receiving the industrys only authorized accreditation of SAP software expertise Comprehensive program Access the training, materials, and computer-based self-assessment tests to be evaluated and certified as an SAP software expert Proven expertise across all SAP solution areas validate your proficiency in the SAP ERP application, SAP netWeaver technology platform, SAP BusinessObjects solutions, and more Two certification levels Pursue associate-level certification to validate fundamental knowledge and skills in SAP software or professional-level certification to prove project experience and a more detailed understanding of SAP solutions Business Benefits Advance your career by proving conclusively that you have the knowledge and skills to effectively implement and operate SAP solutions Participate in the exclusive, Web-based, SAP-certified community, where you can interact with your other certified colleagues, share best practices, and learn how others have used certification to further their careers Access SAP certificates and logos that you can use to demonstrate your qualifications to potential customers or employers For More Information Call your SAP representative, or visit us online at www.sap.com/services/education /certification/index.epx.

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