hi

i am manu krishnan from chennai, India. my canadian immigration is being processed and hopefully to get by 2009 mid. i plan to do a course on sap sales and distribution. i want to know how good the chances of getting a job in this field being a fresher and is it worthwhile doing this course.

i am presently woking in the field of event management for the past 5 years

thanks and regards

Manu krishnan

Your best bet is to stay in India.

Hi Manu,

I am sorry, if my words pour water on yr ambitions. But the fact is that SAP job market is very bad and there were very few jobs in SAP field in Canada. But due to global meltdown SAP job market further shrieked and people last their jobs in Canada. So getting an entry to fresher like you, no chance, I can say.

if you are ready to do odd jobs like working in call centers, Grocery stores or supermarkets, then you are welcome. you can earn around CAD. 10 per hour.

So make your decision accordingly.

One more important think that if you are coming to Canada through XXXXX( I bogus consultancy firm for Canadian immigration, then be ready to find your job on yr own and yr accommodation too) XXXXX loots you, if you book yr accommodation through them


best wishes,

Before making decision, Please keep you updated with SAP

Below is the article from SAP published recently

Software maker SAP AG said Tuesday its third-quarter profit fell 5 percent on costs relkated to an acquisition. The company cited the shaky global economy in cutting its forecast for an important measure of profitability for the full year and for abandoning a key revenue forecast.
The world's largest producer of business-software applications said its profit fell to 388 million euros ($485 million) for the July-September period from 408 million euros a year earlier. Operating profit rose by only 1 percent to 614 million euros ($768 million) from last year's 606 million euros.
SAP said its earnings were impacted by one-time costs related to the $6.8 billion acquisition of Business Objects SA, a Paris-based software company.

Total revenues rose 14 percent to 2.8 billion euros ($3.5 billion) from 2.4 billion euros. Software and software-related service revenues rose 15 percent to 1.99 billion euros ($2.5 billion) from 1.74 billion a year ago.

SAP said in a statement that it would reduce its full-year outlook for operating margin -- a measure of a business's profitability -- because of the "uncertain economic situation."

The margin edged up to 26 percent in the third quarter from last year's 25.8 percent.

SAP said in July that it expected its full-year operating margin to hit the upper end of a 28.5-29 percent range. However, it said it now expects a margin of 28 percent -- and only if it can increase software and software-related service revenues.

SAP abandoned its July forecast that growth in those revenues would hit the upper end of a 24-27 percent range.

"In light of the uncertainties surrounding the current economic and business environment, the company decided to no longer provide a specific outlook for software and software-related service revenues for the full-year 2008," it said.

Shares of SAP fell 3 percent to end at 23.70 euros ($29.67) in Frankfurt, where the DAX index was up strongly overall.

Walldorf-based SAP makes programs that help companies do back-office work such as payroll, inventory management and accounting.

Co-Chief Executive Henning Kagermann said that "we are assessing business activity continuously, and we are balancing the need for greater efficiencies with steady advancements in our products, customer services and technologies, while addressing customers' most critical business issues."

"This approach has worked well for customers and SAP throughout the up and down economic cycles of the past," Kagermann said. "We've been through uncertainty before, and have always emerged as a better, stronger and more efficient company."

http://www.sap.com


http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081028/eu_germany_earns_sap.html?.v=1

Second part, it is becoming difficult to get even an odd job in Canada due to worsening economy.

Bankruptcies are rising in Alberta and likely to spread to other part of Canada in near future.

Alberta bankruptcies on the rise as oilsands downturn cools economy.

http://ca.news.finance.yahoo.com/s/07122008/2/biz-finance-alberta-bankruptcies-rise-oilsands-downturn-cools-economy.html


More job losses expected in battered manufacturing sector - Canadian press

http://ca.news.finance.yahoo.com/s/07122008/2/biz-finance-job-losses-expected-battered-manufacturing-sector.html


Keep well,

Cheers!

thans a lot for your replys' will not go for sap. hope the economic situation improves in canada soon.

regards
manu