Career
The field is hiring. Nobody explains where the door is.
"ERP consultant" is an umbrella over six roles that differ in skill, pay and career path. Apply without knowing which one the advert means and you are assessed on skills you never claimed. This page puts it in order: choose the role, get in, then stay.
The path, in order
Read them in this sequence. Each page assumes the one before it, and the last is no use to anyone who has not been through the five ahead of it.
- 1ERP implementation rolesSix roles under one job title, diverging in skill and path — and which is your way in.
- 2Your first job with no experienceFour real routes into the market, a portfolio you build alone, and what a CV is read for.
- 3Accountant to finance consultantYou already own the half nobody teaches. Exactly four things are missing, in this order.
- 4The skills nobody teachesHandling an angry client, saying no with a price, writing the minutes, escalating on time.
- 5What moves your paySix factors that decide the number, and three ways to derive your own market range.
- 6Freelancing on implementationsWhen you are ready to go independent, how to price, and which projects to refuse.
If the job is in the UAE
Four pages from the other side of the hiring table: what someone hiring in Dubai actually reads, in the order a candidate meets it. They grow out often things I look for when hiring in the UAE (video, in Arabic).
- 1A CV for the UAEProjects before years: one line per project with its five elements, and a check before you send.
- 2Hiring stages and reply speedFour stages that can take a week each, and why a strong candidate drops out by replying on day three.
- 3An internal referral via LinkedInReaching the team you want, what the first message says, and what to do when you find nobody.
- 4Before an ERP interviewThe partner tier, its industries, competitors and alternatives, in a one-hour preparation plan.
Before any of it: the domain itself
No career in this field starts from a job title. It starts from the cycles — because what an interview actually asks is not which system you know, but what happens in the ledger when an item is received. In this order:
The market buys go-lives, not years
Four go-lives in three years is worth more than six years supporting a stable system. If you want a straight opinion on your next step, half an hour on a call costs nothing.
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