This an embarrassing experience which I got from NIIT, Saket when I visited there to inquire about SAP-HR course. but I will share with everybody to spread correct awareness among people who are planning to make a career in SAP.
In NIIT, I asked for a references (name and mobile nos.) of alumni of the
institute who were successfully placed in the field of ERP. They gave a
reference with name and no. Tina Oberoi (9811942982) told me she was
working for KPMG. I checked my sources (as I am from the HR background and had sources in various companies). I found out that the number actually
belonged to a lady called Sonam Ahuja, who is an employee of NIIT itself. I
came to know that the NIIT people have understanding with-in them and when asked for a references, they give references of their own employees under fake names and companies.
In Siemens, I asked for references of alumni from the on-line mode, who had
cleared the certification and successfully placed, they told me that they
would revert back with-in two days. Now it has been more than two months,
they are yet to revert back. Afterwards, they pestered me to go for the ILT
mode rather than the on-line mode. ILT mode is costlier than the
on-line (OLT) mode. I initially wanted to do the OLT mode as I already had
some basic knowledge of the HR module of SAP. I then asked for references of alumni from the ILT mode (as they wanted me to join the ILT mode). Then also they are unable to provide. Now it been been a month as I am waiting from reply with regards to references from the ILT mode. Whenever I call them for references, they pretend they are busy and do not revert back.
The bottom-line is that even all the genuinely SAP certified institutes, whether NIIT, Siemens, JKT or Gennovate, don't guarantee any placement. Please think twice before putting your hard earned money which runs into lakhs of rupees into such institutes unless you are sponsored by your employer. The only positive aspect of these institutes is that they provide good theoretical training, which is imparted by SAP certified trainers themselves. This training may be good for passing the certification exam, but is less of practical importance, as to get a good job one needs practical exposure in a company. Most the people I knew, although they had passed the SAP certification exam are yet to get placed and they are unemployed for more than a year.
As far as small-time SAP institutes like Applied Labs, Perronet Systems etc.are concerned, the situation is more worse. They don't even provide proper training, not to talk about placements as I knew from many of my acquaintances who had undergone training from such institutes.
My advice to all people who are freshers in SAP is not to put their hard-
earned money (which runs into minimum to two lakh rupees including course fees and exam fees) into SAP certifications. One must get some experience (at least 1-2 years) before going for certification. That too one should ask his/her employer to sponsor his entire certification amount
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