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Just take a look at many of the enterprise IT workers today, and more importantly, how they got there. Most of the enterprise IT workers I have come across didn't start out this way. Many of them were accountants, clerical workers, data analysts, support techs, etc. Most people don't get out of college saying "I want to work on SAP!". Heck, most college grads I meet don't even really know what SAP or PeopleSoft are about. Many enterprise IT workers have come from other parts of the business looking for a new challenge, better pay, or because they have been using a particular enterprise application for so long, that their interest in the 'behind-the-scenes' work has been peaked. With this in mind, I don't think companies using enterprise applications should be too worried. As for a lack of IT experience with these workers, I don't think this is much of an issue either; many enterprise applications are highly configured for the company and require a lot of training even if you've worked with the particular application in the past. Having little IT experience, some business experience and a proven passion for learning would almost be preferred since you would have a blank slate with which to train your enterprise IT workers the way you want without preconceptions getting in the way, while at the same time having enough general business experience to really help them along (let?s face it, figuring out an SAP BOM or PeopleSoft SQR isn?t really leveraging in-depth technical knowledge, you could gain solid footing on these with a weekend session at a Marriot). As long as the actual application adds value to their company, they will always find people willing to do the work.
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