How We Are Different
SAP Focused Staffing –
Just Say No to IT Generalists


Securing contract or direct-hire SAP resources has never been the easiest technology hire.

This is based on the SAP market being a traditionally candidate constrained market.

The success and timing of your SAP related deliverables is greatly enhanced when the identification and acquisition of these resources, is left in the hands of SAP specialty firms.

The chart below highlights the benefits of working with The ERP Group, as compared to either generalist technology staffing providers or professional consulting organizations (deliverables-based Professional Service Organizations or PSO’s):

 
Local Market Staffing Firms

e.g. traditional technology staffing firms such as Comsys, kforce, Tek Systems as well as local companies

Professional Services Organizations (PSO’s)

e.g. SAP Consulting Services, Accenture, CSC, Infosys, TCS and others

Generalists

   

SAP expertise

 

Access to network of harder-to-find SAP resources

 

Quality and Screening/Vetting of SAP resources: Difficulty screening for depth of candidate’s SAP skills, due to generalist nature of business

   

Quality and screening/vetting of SAP resources: “Real” recruiting and not surface level resume shuffling. Ability to vet specific SAP skills (or lack of)

 

Skills validation: “Live” SAP-specific interview, prior to client involvement (conducted by existing resources on vendor staff)


Availability of resources: Reactionary recruiting model. Several days to potentially one month to find qualified candidates.

   

Availability of resources: Fairly immediate. SAP-specific candidate network and reach yields quicker access to qualified SAP resources

 

Price: Moderately priced

 

Price: Excessively priced

   

Retention: Specific retention tools in place for consultants


Retention: Project completion bonuses paid to consultants of 5% to 10% of overall consultant pay, anchoring resources to project

   

Scope of services: Contract, contract-to-hire and direct-hire


Will outline and deliver to specific Service Level Agreements (SLA’s) relating to staff augmentation


Offers deliverables-based services and shares in project risk

   

Perhaps price-justified when providing deliverables-based solutions, but fair to say over-priced when used simply for time and materials services

   
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