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October 18, 2012, byPete

If you are a SAP

Consultant and

decided that its

time to seek out

new

opportunities

that have better

compensation

package, new

challenges, or

employers that

provide betterlearning /

training then you need to create the best marketing tool, your

Resume. There are many different styles of resume as there are

professionals, so this article will focus on formats that work very

well for consulting.

Most people say that resumes should never be more than three or

four pages long but this does not apply on consultants as they can

easily have several different work or contracts over a few years.

Such experience will be recent and pertinent and, therefore must be

on the resume.

Agents, HR personnel, and prospective clients skim through many

resumes to find candidates with the qualifications they are looking

for. T he format suggested below gives the reader your key

information within the top half of the page.

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Essential Information This defines who you are and how to

get in contact with you. Details such as name, address, phone

numbers, and e-mail address go here.

Formal Education List all you post secondary education,

including diplomas and degrees, SAP trainings, SAP

certifications, and other personal development course y ou

may have.

Technical Skill Set Details of y ou skill set goes here. This

includes programming languages, operating systems, SAP

versions, and software packages that you have strong

experience with. Remember to include software version

numbers whenever possible i.e. Microsoft Windows Server

2008, SAP ECC 6.0, SAP BW 7.0 etc.

General Summary Give a brief summary of your consulting

strengths and how you can help an organization. This is

important because this is your only chance to elaborate onyour capabilities in the areas of SAP. Keep this section to one

or two brief paragraphs.

Contract Summaries- This section contains a list of all your

current and /or previous contracts, starting with the most

recent. This should include the following:

Client Name (You may need to list generic names if this

information is confidential)

Start / End Date of Contract (month/year format)

Project Name (This is optional)

Scope of your work in paragraph format. Describe your

contribution, especially if your added value is more than

just coding or configuring. Include the various modules of

SAP you worked on.

Details you should not includein your Resume

References: Putting references in a resume is not recommended

because you cannot be sure who will get a copy of it and you dont

want just anyone calling your references. Prepare references in a

separate document and give it only when you are in advanced in the

interview process.

Compensation received in past assignments: Resumes may


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accidentally be circulated through offices in which compensation is

confidential. If compensation expectations are requested, submit

them in a separate letter or include them in a formal cover letter

Address of past clients: Although listing names of past clients is all

right, it is important to keep control and not to let prospective

clients get in touch with your past clients without your knowledge.

You want to make sure that prospective clients only contact people

who know they are a reference and are prepared to talk about you.

Names of past supervisors: Just like addresses, it is important to

keep control of who has access to your past supervisors.

Common Resume Mistakes

As a consultant, your resume is in constant use and must be

perfect. T he following are things to check for and to avoid on

your resume:

Misspellings, typographical errors, poor grammar

Irrelevant information such as health or sex

Elaborate fonts, pictures, outlandish paper stock, italics

Too much or not enough information; give enough, but not

irrelevant information

Poor type and print smears, which makes the rsum hard to

read and looks unprofessional

Unprofessional e-mail addresses or Web site references such as

[email protected]

Cover Letter

While the resume is a somewhat generic advertisement for yourself

that you may send unaltered to many different companies, the

cover letter allows you to tailor your application to each specific

job. In the current SAP environment, cover letters are not much

used.

Typically, y ou contact or are contacted by an agent and your

resume is all that passes hands. However, if you are new to the

consulting field or if you find yourself needing to put a cov er letter

together, a format similar to the one below works well. Many of the


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GENERAL SUMMARY

I have in-depth knowledge of both the functional

and technical areas of MM/PP at a location with

complex requirements. Of specific interest to me are

projects that have configurable materials,

Engineering Change Management, and complex

MRP situations.

EXPERIENCE

Lead IT consultant: Large Electronics

Manufacturer, CA (07/97 to present).

Lead an MM/PP team of four consultants in

implementing a 3.1 h SAP installation in a build-to-order manufacturing environment. Responsible for

all aspects of the project including initial business

requirement scooping, design, code development,

documentation, and training. Complicated

configurable product structures made this task

especially challenging.

Lead IT consultant: Large Oil Company, CA (08/96-

06/97)

Primarily worked in Material Management and

Warehouse Management to provide the client with

the correct configurations and business procedures

to follow to meet the clients environment needs.

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