Fuel Your Career With Sap Certification

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FUEL YOUR CAREER WITH SAP® CERTIFICATION Gain a Competitive Edge and Enhance Your Credentials

Jump-start your career, gain a competitive edge, and enhance your credentials by taking advantage of the newly enhanced SAP® certification program – and enjoy the many benefits of your status as an SAP-certified expert. The new SAP program now offers three levels of certification: associate, professional, and master-level certification. This new certification program allows you to access an exclusive

In today’s highly 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. Today’s 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 that has the talent and experience required to optimize SAP software.

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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. SAP Certification: Join an Exclusive Community

When you are SAP certified, you join a distinguished community of experts recognized throughout the business world. SAP has been certifying individuals for over a decade. Today more than 140,000 consultants and users worldwide are part of this community. SAP certification is the ideal way for organizations to assess and verify their consultants’ or employees’ expertise and ensure that they have the skills required to effectively implement and operate SAP solutions.

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Based on recent feedback from SAP’s business community, SAP has decided to significantly enhance and expand the global certification program. This feedback clearly indicates that the SAPcertified community is demanding even more opportunities for continuous learning and career-advancing certification tracks. SAP is responding by developing a multitiered certification offering. You can now be certified at any one of three levels, as follows: • 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 • Master-level certification – Requires demonstrated expertise regarding specific aspects of SAP software functionality and technology, as well as the ability to drive innovation and solution optimization that meet an organization’s technical and business requirements Validate Your Expertise

SAP certification is the ideal way to assess and verify your SAP solution skills. By obtaining certification or enhancing your existing certification, you demonstrate conclusively that you are qualified and proficient at optimizing SAP software to improve an organization’s business performance. Whether you are an employee of an enterprise running SAP applications, working for an SAP partner company, or employed as an independent consultant selling, implementing, and maintaining SAP software – you will find SAP certification an essential tool in today’s competitive marketplace.

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Enjoy the Benefits of Leading-Edge Certification

In addition to validating your skill set, participation in the SAP certification program delivers a wide range of extra benefits including: • Access to a personalized Web site that allows you to track your current certification status, relate your certification to career opportunities, and determine the latest course offerings and certification options • Membership 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 • Exclusive discounts on products and services • Easy online access to your SAP certificates and logos that you can use to demonstrate your qualifications to potential customers or employers Find Out More

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