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Salesforce Success Story: Leslie Kennedy, Salesforce Certified Administrator
K2 University has helped many budding Salesforce consultants and future IT specialists excel in their careers. This blog series focuses on the stories behind some of K2 University’s Salesforce Trailblazers, highlighting a bit about their background; what they were...
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K2 Partners with EU on Internship Scheme to Close the Digital Skill Gap
The digital and technology skills gap is currently a much-discussed topic with more than 40% of business across Europe saying they have difficulty finding the right talent. Companies, governments, and educational institutions are all working to address the issue and...
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Salesforce Launches Integration Cloud
Connecting systems and disparate data sources to build customer experiences remains one of the biggest developer challenges. At TrailheaDX, Salesforce’s third annual developer conference, the company today announced Integration Cloud to tackle this challenge head-on....
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Salesforce Success Story: April Rust, Salesforce Certified Administrator
K2 University has helped many budding Salesforce Admins and Developers excel in their Salesforce careers. This blog series focuses on the stories behind some of K2 University’s Salesforce Trailblazers, highlighting a bit about their background; what they were doing...
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Why Being a Certified Freelance IT Consultant is Important
I often speak to IT consultants who are not certified and truly believe that they don’t need to be. I’d say that it’s mostly because they don’t feel motivated, or are lazy, maybe even scared of preparing and sitting an official exam. As we continue to see a huge...
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How to Stay Relevant on the Market as a SuccessFactors Consultant
What is a Delta certificate? Which certification should I choose? Will it make a difference to my career? These are some of the questions I often hear when speaking with SAP SuccessFactors consultants. To my knowledge of the market, there is huge demand for SAP...
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K2 University to Offer SAP Training to Singapore Workforce
K2 University is launching a new education program in Singapore to provide workers with high-demand SAP skills. The course, Become a Certified SAP Functional Consultant, has won accreditation from Critical Infocomm Technology Resource Programme Plus (CITREP+). CITREP+...
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Day in the Life: Tiffany Chu, Operations Associate
In this blog series, we place the spotlight on K2 employees across the company from management and recruiters to the back office support teams. This week we talked to Tiffany Chu, Operations Associate at K2’s San Francisco office. Can you tell us a little bit about...
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Missed the SuccessFactors Delta Exam Deadline?
Have you missed the Delta exam deadline? Don’t worry if your SuccessFactors certification has expired, you can retake certification through the Certification Hub - you may even have exam attempts left! Once you are “re-certified”, you will need to use SAP Learning Hub...
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Mathieu Lajoinie is K2’s Consultant of the Month for March!
Each month we recognise a K2 consultant who has received outstanding client feedback on their recent project. This month the K2 Consultant of the Month is Mathieu Lajoinie, SAP consultant from Japan. Read our interview with Mathieu below. Can you tell us a little...
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How to Show off Your Trailhead Activity on Your LinkedIn Profile
So you're blazing your way up the Trailhead ranks, from Hiker to Adventurer and beyond, and you want your LinkedIn connections, recruiters, and Mr. Benioff himself to know that you're actively learning! Whether you're brand new to Salesforce or have a certification...
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K2 Bets on Portuguese Talent to Train Students in Salesforce
K2 University, part of K2 Partnering Solutions, a British multinational technology recruitment firm, bets on the talent of the Portuguese students in Aveiro. K2 Partnering Solutions has partnered with UNAVE - Association for Professional Training and Research at the...
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What to Expect When Starting a Career With K2
At the beginning, it is hard to grasp what staffing is REALLY all about no matter how much you try to get it. But once you are in the business, at some point it just hits you that it is as exciting and rewarding as it is demanding and challenging. In this industry...
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Work-Life Balance For IT Consultants: Make the Most of Your Productive Times
How do you maintain a good work-life balance? Do you feel you spend a healthy amount of time across the most important areas of your life? In this blog series, K2 IT Recruiter, Sorin Petrov looks at the key areas IT consultants can focus on to help improve their...
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Raymond Wu is K2’s Consultant of the Month for February!
Each month we recognise a K2 consultant who has received outstanding client feedback on their recent project. This month the K2 Consultant of the Month is Raymond Wu, an IT Architect from Japan. Read our interview with Raymond below. Can you tell us a little bit...
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Why Salesforce Professionals Need to Keep up to Date With Their Certifications
You’re now a certified Salesforce professional, well done!!! Maybe you have one certification or ten, either way - it doesn’t stop there! You always need to keep learning in Salesforce. Why, you might wonder? Well, Salesforce isn’t the No.1 implemented CRM system for...
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What to Expect with the new SAP SuccessFactors Hybrid Certifications
As we know it, SuccessFactors is the leading company in cloud-based human capital management (HCM) software solutions, using the Software as a service (SaaS) model. At the moment SFSF has released 13 certifications, each of them related to a certain submodule; each...
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Boosting Enterprise Digital Skills on the Job
K2 University is launching a new scheme to help students and recent graduates get hands-on experience in some of the digital fields demanded by the market. The is in partnership with the European Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition and the Erasmus group of European...
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SAP Unveil New SuccessFactors Hub to Help Businesses Accelerate Digital Transformation
SAP have unveiled a new way for customers to simplify and speed up the use of cloud-based people and organizational data across their businesses with the SAP SuccessFactors People Central Hub solution. The need for people and organizational data across the...
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Why you Should Transition Into Salesforce
Salesforce is the #1 implemented CRM system and is one of the leading Cloud solutions on the market today. 3.3 million new jobs are expected to be added in the Salesforce space by 2022, meaning a huge increase of exciting clients, projects and daily rates. Join us on...
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Work-Life Balance For IT Consultants: Why Continuous Learning is Important
How do you maintain a good work-life balance? Do you feel you spend a healthy amount of time across the most important areas of your life? In this blog series, K2 IT Recruiter, Sorin Petrov looks at the key areas IT consultants can focus on to help improve their...
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Day in the Life: Santigie Kanu, Manager
In this blog series, we place the spotlight on K2 employees across the company from management and recruiters to the back office support teams. This week we talked to Santigie Kanu, Manager of K2’s London HQ Can you tell us a little bit about yourself? I...
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The Top 4 Hiring Trends To Look out for in 2018
As we enter a new year of recruiting, let’s have a look at some potential hiring trends for 2018 and how they could impact our customers and IT consultant network in the year ahead. 1. The freelance economy will continue to impact how work gets done Eventually...
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Poorna Uppala is K2’s Consultant of the Month for January!
Each month we recognise a K2 consultant who has received outstanding client feedback on their recent project. This month the K2 Consultant of the Month is Poorna Uppala, an SAP Architect from the USA. Read our interview with Poorna below. Can you tell us a little...
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Gartner’s Top Technology Trends to Watch out for in 2018
Technology changes fast, 2017 saw further developments and more widespread adoption of latest technologies such as big data mining, AI bots in customer service roles and the increasing value of cryptocurrency. But what does the year ahead have in store? Technology...
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When Automation is Said and Done, Who Will be Left Working?
In the future we are all being replaced by robots, some say. No, in the future, only really boring jobs are being automated. No, in the future, all non-productive jobs are being automated. With the current hype surrounding automation, robotic process automation and...
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The State of Digital Skills in Europe
In this infographic, we examine Eurostat IT job statistics that illustrate the digital skills gap in Europe. Despite an increase in the number of IT specialists in the market, half of all businesses in Europe have difficulties recruiting tech talent. ...
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Microsoft and SAP Join Forces to Help Businesses Drive Digital Transformation in the Cloud
SAP and Microsoft have announced plans to integrate their services to help enterprise customers drive more business innovation in the cloud. In a bold show of commitment, the two companies also announced they will be deploying each other’s cloud solutions internally....
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Day in the Life: Christopher Neudl, Recruiter
In this blog series, we place the spotlight on K2 employees across the company from management and recruiters to the back office support teams. This week we talked to Christopher Neudl, a Recruiter and Team Lead at K2’s office in São Paulo. Can you tell us a little...
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From Madrid to San Francisco With K2
I recently had the opportunity to work out of K2’s San Francisco office for one week as part of my winning an internal competition for the most cross-region candidate placements. Having initially started out at K2’s Madrid office as a Junior Recruiter, I had very...
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Aleh Pratasenia is K2’s Consultant of the Month for December!
Each month we recognise a K2 consultant who has received outstanding client feedback on their recent project. This month the K2 Consultant of the Month is Aleh Pratasenia, an SAP ABAP consultant from Belarus. Read our interview with Aleh below. Can you tell us a...
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K2’s Roundup of Dreamforce 2017
Each year, K2 attends Salesforce’s annual event, Dreamforce, a fantastic opportunity to speak to Salesforce consultants and customers we work with as well as networking and meeting new customers looking to implement Salesforce for their business. The event, one of the...
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Work-Life Balance For IT Consultants: Learn How To Get The Most Out Of Your Time
How do you maintain a good work-life balance? Do you feel you spend a healthy amount of time across the most important areas of your life? In this blog series, K2 IT Recruiter, Sorin Petrov looks at the key areas IT consultants can focus on to help improve their...
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Are you new to Salesforce? Here are 3 Tips on how to Kick-Start Your Career
With 150,000 customers, Salesforce is the #1 globally implemented Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system. With its current growth in Sales, it is expected to create almost 2 million new jobs by 2020 - meaning a high demand for certified consultants and great...
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K2 Salesforce Training Program to be Showcased at Dreamforce 2017
K2 University’s Salesforce training program will be presented at Dreamforce 2017 next week. The presentation, ‘Trailhead for Students: K2 University on Salesforce-skilled Talent Development’ will be given by Viv Gergian, Managing Partner and Global Lead for K2...
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Tiziana Anelli is K2’s Consultant of the Month for November!
Each month we recognise a K2 consultant who has received outstanding client feedback on their recent project. This month the K2 Consultant of the Month is Tiziana Anelli, a digital consultant from Spain. Read our interview with Tiziana below. Can you tell us a...
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K2 Celebrates 20 Years at the top of Technology Staffing
This year, K2 celebrates its 20th birthday, and what a 20 years it’s been. Founded in 1997 by James McHugh, from humble beginnings in a small office in London to a truly multinational business with 19 locations on 5 continents, K2 has come a long way. Let’s take a...
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4 Tips for Surviving Dreamforce
Dreamforce is an enormous event and in order to get the most out of your time there, follow these tips. 1. Take a comfortable pair of shoes for the event, there is a lot to see and do during the day, and it is often spread out across the city. You're going to walk a...
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K2 Singapore Event to Welcome in the Fourth Quarter
It has been an amazing 3rd quarter at K2 Singapore this year and, as per our tradition, we hosted our quarterly K2 Event to welcome in the 4th quarter. In an effort to switch things up this time round, we tested out a new venue; Lowercase, with a larger event space...
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The Top Enterprise AI Offerings Compared [Infographic]
This year, business spend on AI and cognitive computing technologies leapt 60% to $12.5 billion, according to market intelligence firm, IDC. In this infographic, we take a look at three of the highly publicised enterprise offerings: Salesforce Einstein, SAP Leonardo,...
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Work-Life Balance For IT Consultants: First set out Your Core Principles
How do you maintain a good work-life balance? Do you feel you spend a healthy amount of time across the most important areas of your life? In this blog series, K2 IT Recruiter, Sorin Petrov looks at the key areas IT consultants can focus on to help improve their...
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Tito Martinho is K2’s Consultant of the Month for October!
Each month we recognise a K2 consultant who has received outstanding client feedback on their recent project. This month the K2 Consultant of the Month is Tito Martinho, SAP Retail/FMS MD consultant from Lisbon. Read our interview with Tito below. Can you tell us a...
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10 Tips to Help Pass Your Salesforce Certification
Passing your Salesforce certification exam is a challenge and the failure rate can be as high as 60%. Here are some tips that will improve your chance s of earning that all-important Salesforce certification first...
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4 Reasons to Attend Dreamforce 2017
Thinking of attending Dreamforce, the flagship Salesforce event, this year? Here are 4 reasons why you should attend the world’s biggest software conference. Get the latest product news from Salesforce and its partners - Get the scoop on the latest big announcements...
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When to use Record Types Vs Page Layouts?
When I first started out in Salesforce revising for my ADM201, questions like these were the bane of my life. Record Types Vs Page Layouts, Lookups Vs Master-detail, Workflow Rules Vs Apex Triggers, and the list goes on. But after conquering half a dozen exams and...
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How to set up a Dynamic Group in SAP IDM 8.0
I have seen several threads related to Dynamic Group Creation and resolving issues so thought to jot down the steps here to Create and Resolve Dynamic Group in SAP IDM 8.0 Loading only New Roles from SAP systems to SAP IDM automatically on the regular interval (daily...
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Kazem Pourgholami is K2’s Consultant of the Month for September!
Each month we recognise a K2 consultant who has received outstanding client feedback on their recent project. This month the K2 Consultant of the Month is Kazem Pourgholami, Senior ERP /BI consultant from Germany. Read our interview with Kazem below. Can you tell us...
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K2 Positioned to Close the Digital Skills Gap in Europe
As a member of the EU Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition, K2 has pledged to help close the digital skills gap in Europe. The Coalition brings together member states, companies, social partners, non-profit organisations and education providers, who take action to...
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Why SAP has Never Been Easier to Learn
As a specialist helping SAP freelancers on improving their skills through training on the K2 SAP Learning Hub, I often hear concerns about spending money on training. I personally look at training as a true investment... You and your skills are one of few things that...
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K2 is Cycling from Waves to Wine to Support MS Research
K2 will be taking part in the 2017 Bike MS Waves to Wine charity cycle event in San Francisco in aid of Multiple Sclerosis research on 23rd and 24th September. Sponsoring the event for the 4th year running, K2 will be joining team Salesforce & Friends on a route which...
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Day in the Life: Marc Burgess, Recruiter
In this blog series, we place the spotlight on K2 employees across the company from management and recruiters to the back office support teams. This week we talked to Marc Burgess, SAP Recruiter at K2’s Head office in London. Can you tell us about yourself? I work...
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Ace Your Next Interview With The Correct Body Language
I’ve been to dozens of interviews. Some have failed, some were successful, but after each one I learned some do’s and don’ts that helped me make my latest interview a score. A huge part of communication is nonverbal. Question is, how do we ace nonverbal communication...
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Salesforce Einstein Delivers 752% ROI for Shazam
In just six weeks, music identification app Shazam experienced a 752% return on investment (ROI) with its Salesforce Einstein Analytics deployment. According to a study by Nucleus Research, the deployment provides an average annual benefit of $246,896 due to increased...
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Wilson Mantovani is K2’s Consultant of the Month for July!
Each month we recognise a K2 consultant who has received outstanding client feedback on their recent project. This month the K2 Consultant of the Month is Wilson Mantovani, SAP/MM Consultant in Brasil. Read our interview with Wilson below. Can you tell us a little...
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Robotic Process Automation Implementation: Waterfall or Agile?
Being involved in a Robotic process automation project for an international client is an intense experience. Early mornings, late nights, emails 24/7. And coffee. Lots of coffee. When starting this particular project, the project team debated which methodology to use....
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Day in the Life: Nivetha Devi, Senior Sales Associate
In this blog series, we place the spotlight on K2 employees across the company from management and recruiters to the back office support teams. This week we talked to Nivetha Devi, Senior Sales Associate at K2’s office in Singapore. Can you tell us a bit...
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Sharma Gummuluri is K2’s Consultant of the Month for June!
Each month we recognise a K2 consultant who has received outstanding client feedback on their recent project. This month the K2 Consultant of the Month is Sharma Gummuluri, an SAP Solution Architect and Delivery Lead based in the US. Read our interview with Sharma...
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Helping IT Talent Meet the Changing Needs of the Market
The enterprise technology market is changing fast, marketing intelligence firm, IDC reports that cloud spend by companies is expected to grow at six times the rate of overall IT spending between 2015 and 2020. In addition, global demand for the cybersecurity...
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Day in the Life: Kimberly Chism, Senior Delivery Lead & Sales Associate
In this blog series, we place the spotlight on K2 employees across the company from management and recruiters to the back office support teams. This week we talked to Kimberly Chism, Senior Delivery Lead & Sales Associate at K2’s office in San Francisco. ...
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My 4 Technology Trends That Could Dominate 2017
Technology changes fast, 2016 saw the introduction of new ideas and more widespread adoption of some existing technologies. But what does the year ahead have in store? Here are my top technology trends that could dominate 2017. Augmented Reality & Virtual Reality...
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Protect Yourself from Ransomware With These 5 Tips
Ransomware has grown substantially over recent years and is currently a real business. Attackers can easily purchase ransomware-as-a-service as no technical skills are required to use this service. What is Ransomware ? Ransomware is a malicious software or malware...
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6 Interesting Stats on the Internet of Things
How will the Internet of Things (IoT) affect companies and their customers in the coming years? From coffee machines to security cameras, more and more of the objects we come into contact with are now networked. As connected devices become ever more common, here are...
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Why Transitioning to Salesforce is a Great Move Right Now
I have been writing a series of tips for IT professionals on how they can boost their careers by adjusting their skill-sets based on market trends. This week I examine why there has never been a better time to move into Salesforce consulting. Through working with many...
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SAP Learning Hub Users Exceed Half a Million
SAP Learning Hub has grown to more than 500,000 subscribers worldwide, with over 5 million learning assignments accessed by the end of the first quarter of 2017. SAP Learning Hub is a comprehensive enablement program that offers a wide range of collaborative tools and...
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K2 Joins Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition
K2 this week became a member of the EU’s Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition. The Coalition brings together Member States, companies, social partners, non-profit organisations and education providers who take action to tackle the lack of digital skills in Europe. There...
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Kasey Hughes is K2’s Consultant of the Month for April!
Each month we recognise a K2 consultant who has received outstanding client feedback on their recent project. This month the K2 Consultant of the Month is Kasey Hughes, an SAP Consultant based in the US. Read our interview with Kasey below. Can you tell us a little...
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Day in the Life: Clement Crubleau, Operations Manager
In this blog series, we place the spotlight on K2 employees across the company from management and recruiters to the back office support teams. This week we talked to Clement Crubleau, Operations Manager at K2's Head office in London. Can you tell us a bit...
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5 Tips to Help You Become a Successful Freelancer
Want to leave that 9-5 job? Then you should build your professional network, engage with recruiters and start your own blog. Here are my top tips on how to kick-start a successful freelancer career. 1. Network and ask for help Put effort into building your...
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Mobile Apps Key to Internet of Things Success
As the Internet of Things (IoT) market grows, mobile applications will be a key determinant of success. This is according to Ross Tuffee, CEO of DOGFI.SH Mobile, who states that application development needs to be one of the main starting points for organisations...
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Day in the Life: Jonatha Pires, Principal Associate and Team Manager
In this blog series, we place the spotlight on K2 employees across the company from management and recruiters to the back office support teams. This week we talked to Jonatha Pires, Principal Associate and Team Manager at K2's Brasil office in São Paulo. Can...
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3 Ways Blockchain Could Change the World
We’re hearing more and more about how Blockchain technology is moving from its cryptocurrency roots into other areas of business but where are we likely to see the biggest impact? Here we take a look at 3 ways the decentralized ledger of digital asset ownership could...
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Salesforce Leads in Mobile low-code Development
The Salesforce App Cloud has been named a leader in mobile low-code development platforms by Forrester Research. The Forrester Wave report evaluated 11 vendors based on 24 criteria, including current offering, strategy and market presence. Salesforce received the...
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Nathan Shinn is K2’s Consultant of the Month for March!
Each month we recognise a K2 consultant who has received outstanding client feedback on their recent project. This month the K2 Consultant of the Month is Nathan Shinn, a part-time SFDC Developer based in the US for his project with a Health and Nutrition retailer...
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Vietnam Competition Winners Finally Announced!
K2 is delighted to announce the 3 elite software consultants that will be coming to Vietnam on our annual incentive trip. Andre Wahjudi, based in Singapore, Raffaello Damgaard, based in Brasil and Akil Koemuer, based in Japan, each won a place on the trip for...
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Day in the Life: Momo Yamada, K2 Konnect Project Manager
In this blog series, we'll be placing the spotlight on various K2 employees across the company from management and recruiters to the back office support teams globally. This week we talked to Momo Yamada, one of the Project Managers in the K2 Konnect team in London....
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3 Reasons why Cloud Product Certifications are Important
“Certification is not important because I already have 20 years of experience in my field”... Sure, this used to be true for a consultant working in the on-premise space. But as the technology landscape and market changes, the importance of certification has also...
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3 Reasons Why You Should Become a SAP Ariba Consultant
Are you an on-premise IT consultant considering upskilling to the Cloud? When I started as an IT recruiter 20 months ago the talk was very much about “cloud being the future”. Now looking at the trends in the market I can see having cloud skills is very much in the...
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Death by Gantt Chart
It sounds so simple. A small group of highly educated IT professionals sit together and plan a project as if they have a degree in fortune telling. With the available budget at hand, wishful thinking results in defining a specific deployment date. Then this fictitious...
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Rogerio Silva Fernandes Borges is K2’s Consultant of the Month for February!
Each month we recognise a K2 consultant who has received outstanding client feedback on their recent project. This month the K2 Consultant of the Month is Rogerio Silva Fernandes Borges, an SAP Consultant based in Brasil for his project with Rimini Street. Read our...
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K2 Signs Agreement with SAP to Boost Training and Skills in Japan
K2 Partnering has signed a Value Added Reseller agreement with SAP in Japan. The agreement signed in February 2017 aims to help boost SAP skills and training in the Japanese region. Find out more about SAP skills training and get in touch to get started. ...
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The Four Phases of an RPA Implementation
So, your organisation has decided to implement an RPA robot. After careful consideration, it has been decided to automate a process that contains a high level of predictive, repetitive activity with structured data that traditionally has been handled by an employee or...
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From Stuttgart to San Francisco with K2
I used to lead the recruiting side in both K2’s German offices. First for two years in Stuttgart and then around 7 - 8 months in Frankfurt. Now I am based in K2’s San Francisco office. I prefer to focus more on the recruiting and mentoring side as I am a firm believer...
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3 Ways to Secure Your Next SAP Project
There are various reasons why people choose to freelance instead of working as a permanent employee. Some choose to freelance because it can offer higher pay and others prefer it because of the variety of experiences it can provide. Some of the freelance consultants...
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SAP Announce Next Generation Software Leonardo to Harness IoT
SAP have introduced SAP Leonardo, it’s latest product offering aimed at enabling customers more detailed vision of their end-to-end business processes in a world of connected and intelligent devices. Named after the 15th century visionary, Leonardo Da Vinci,...
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Nikita Prokopev is K2’s Consultant of the Month for January!
Each month we recognise a K2 consultant who has received outstanding client feedback on their recent project. This month the K2 Consultant of the Month is Nikita Prokopyev an SFDC Consultant based in the US for his recent project. Read our interview with Nikita below....
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K2 Singapore Sees in the New Year
K2 Singapore wrapped up another fantastic night on the 12th of January in the heart of Boat Quay. This year, K2’s New Year celebration brought our top technology consultants, or business associates as we prefer to call them, together to celebrate the new year and to...
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Surviving in the Age of Data and Analytics
The fields of data and analytics have made significant advances in recent years: the volume of data has grown exponentially, algorithms are getting ever more sophisticated and computational power continues to improve. But a new report from the McKinsey Global...
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The 2017 Cybersecurity Landscape
2017 promises to be a critical year for information security. Take a look at this infographic to see some of the key threats expected to shape the market. If you’re a cybersecurity professional looking for your next opportunity contact us. If you’re an organisation...
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Java Remains the Most Popular Programming Language
Java has maintained its position as the most popular programming language through 2016 according to the Popularity of Programming Language (PYPL) Index. The index is created by analysing how often language tutorials are searched on Google. Java also remains the most...
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Anand M is K2’s Consultant of the Month for December!
Each month we recognise a K2 consultant who has received outstanding client feedback on their recent project. This month the K2 Consultant of the Month is Anand M, a Salesforce Consultant based in the US for his project at Camping World. Read our interview with Anand...
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The Secret to IT Freelancer Success Lesson 10: Put Into Action
In the final instalment of a ten part blog series, SAP ERP Consultant and Author Isard Haasakker guides us through his tips on how to have a successful career as a freelance IT consultant. Do you want to learn a very effective strategy to expand your SAP knowledge...
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Partnering to Meet the Cybersecurity Threat
K2 Partnering Solutions has signed a strategic alliance with Singapore-based Responsible Cyber to offer our customers the comprehensive and consultative solutions they need to meet the growing threats to information security. Cybersecurity incidents are rarely out of...
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The Secret to IT Freelancer Success Lesson 9: Think Big, Act Small
In the ninth instalment of a ten part blog series, SAP ERP Consultant and Author Isard Haasakker guides us through his tips on how to have a successful career as a freelance IT consultant. Do you want to learn a very effective strategy to expand your SAP knowledge...
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The Secret to IT Freelancer Success Lesson 8: Remember to Smile
In the eighth instalment of a ten part blog series, SAP ERP Consultant and Author Isard Haasakker guides us through his tips on how to have a successful career as a freelance IT consultant. Do you want to learn a very effective strategy to expand your SAP knowledge...
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Robotic Process Automation and the Future of Work
According to Deloitte 35% of the workforce in London is at risk from automation within the next 20 years[1] due to the increase of Robotic Process Automation (RPA). Hailed as the first step towards artificial intelligence, RPA - or bots as they are otherwise known -...
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Andy Hoo is K2’s Consultant of the Month for November!
Each month we recognise a K2 consultant who has received outstanding client feedback on their recent project. This month the K2 Consultant of the Month is Andy Hoo, a SAP FICO Consultant based in China for his project at OSRAM. Read our interview with Andy below. ...
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The Secret to IT Freelancer Success Lesson 7: Learn to Listen
In the seventh instalment of a ten part blog series, SAP ERP Consultant and Author Isard Haasakker guides us through his tips on how to have a successful career as a freelance IT consultant. Do you want to learn a very effective strategy to expand your SAP knowledge...
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SAP Announce Next Generation HANA 2
SAP have announced HANA 2 their latest ERP solution. The next generation platform aims to build on the technology from SAP’s current in-memory computing platform and provide a new foundation to enable the digital transformation of their customers. New key features and...
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The Secret to IT Freelancer Success Lesson 6: Invest in Tools
In the sixth instalment of a ten part blog series, SAP ERP Consultant and Author Isard Haasakker guides us through his tips on how to have a successful career as a freelance IT consultant. Do you want to learn a very effective strategy to expand your SAP knowledge...
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Epicor Tops List of ERP Solutions for 2017
Epicor tops the ranking of ERP systems for 2017 according to a new study by Panorama Consulting. Epicor was singled out for being the top performer in the midmarket range and for the multitude of deployment options it offers. Infor and SAP followed Epicor in second...
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3 Reasons Why Transitioning to SuccessFactors Consulting is a Great Move
Recently I wrote an article about How to Become a Certified Cloud Consultant. After my post, I received many inquiries, especially from SAP HR/HCM consultants, who were asking whether they should move into this area or not. So in this post, I will talk about why I...
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Como K2 está Apoiando Salesforce Wave no Brasil
K2 completou recentemente o primeiro de uma série de cursos de treinamento no Brasil para ajudar a aumentar o número de talentos em Salesforce com as últimas habilidades. A formação focada em soluções Wave Analytics da Salesforce, que K2 tem vindo a utilizar para as...
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How K2 is Supporting Salesforce Wave in Brazil
K2 recently completed the first in a series of training courses in Brazil to help grow the local Salesforce talent pool and equip consultants with the latest skills. The training focused on Salesforce’s Wave Analytics solution which K2 has been using for its internal...
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Juan Carlos Gonzalez Zepeda is K2’s Consultant of the Month for October!
Every month we recognise a K2 consultant who has received outstanding client feedback on their recent project. This month the K2 Consultant of the Month is Juan Carlos Gonzalez Zepeda, a Senior SAP ABAP Consultant based in Mexico for his project for SAP Mexico....
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IT Dominates Most in Demand Skills for 2017
IT dominates the most in demand skills for 2016 and remain in high demand through 2017, according to new research from LinkedIn. Cloud and Distributed Computing, tops the list followed by Statistical Analysis and Data Mining and Web Architecture and Development...
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The Secret to IT Freelancer Success Lesson 5: Make an Impression
In the fifth instalment of a ten part blog series, SAP ERP Consultant and Author Isard Haasakker guides us through his tips on how to have a successful career as a freelance IT consultant. Do you want to learn a very effective strategy to expand your SAP knowledge...
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4 Tips for Becoming a SAP Cloud Certified Consultant
We all know a lot of companies have started to or are already looking into adopting cloud solutions. And over the past three years I have been speaking with many SAP consultants around the world, working first as a recruiter and now as a consultative career adviser....
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The Value of SAP Learning Hub – K2 Gets It!
SAP's Jan Meyer talks about his recent visit to K2's London HQ. Last week, K2 Partnering hosted Jens Kahsnitz, Senior Education Customer Service Manager and myself in their offices in London. K2 is a private version customer of the SAP Learning Hub and they are also...
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K2 Gets Social Recruitment
So K2 has been ranked as the 7th most socially engaged global recruitment firm in LinkedIn’s annual awards. This is an outstanding achievement for many reasons, but two immediately stand out to me. Firstly, K2’s rise in the rankings from 9th position in 2015 to 7th...
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The Secret to IT Freelancer Success Lesson 4: Expand Your Skillset
In the fourth instalment of a ten part blog series, SAP ERP Consultant and Author Isard Haasakker guides us through his tips on how to have a successful career as a freelance IT consultant. Do you want to learn a very effective strategy to expand your SAP knowledge...
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From Mexico to London With K2
I recently celebrated my 3 year anniversary with K2. When I started at the company I was a Level 2 Associate Resourcer at the Mexico office now I am a K2 Konnect Project Manager in London. During my time in Mexico I gained a wide range of skills from salary...
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I’m a Certified SuccessFactors Consultant! I Don’t Need SAP Learning Hub
I get told this from time to time. To become certified, you went through a lot of learning – either classroom, or on projects, or a combination of both. Your certification was an investment in time, and money. You can wear your certification proudly; employers or...
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Jerzy Duszkiewicz is K2’s Consultant of the Month for September!
Every month we recognise a K2 consultant who has received outstanding client feedback on their recent project. This month the K2 Consultant of the Month is Jerzy Duszkiewicz, a SAP PI/PO Senior Consultant based in Poland. Congratulations Jerzy! Read our interview with...
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The Secret to IT Freelancer Success Lesson 3: Learn to Juggle
In the third instalment of a new ten part blog series, SAP ERP Consultant and Author Isard Haasakker guides us through his tips on how to have a successful career as a freelance IT consultant. Do you want to learn a very effective strategy to expand your SAP...
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What’s The Big Fuss About Simple Logistics?
Over the past few quarters, the market has seen huge increases in the number of S/4HANA implementations globally, whether they are for the S/4HANA general suite, or more specifically Simple Finance/S/4HANA Finance. But what’s going on with S/4HANA Enterprise...
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The Secret to IT Freelancer Success Lesson 2: Manage Your Time
In the second instalment of a new ten part blog series, SAP ERP Consultant and Author Isard Haasakker guides us through his tips on how to have a successful career as a freelance IT consultant. Do you want to learn a very effective strategy to expand your SAP...
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Lightning Bolt to Accelerate Salesforce Communities and Customer Websites
Salesforce has introduced a new framework in its Platform with the aim of accelerating any company’s ability to deploy personalised customer experiences. The Salesforce Lightning Bolt framework helps companies jumpstart the creation of a new community, next-generation...
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From Shanghai to San Francisco With K2
Last week, I celebrated my 3 year anniversary with K2. I started my career with K2 in Shanghai. Over 2 years in K2 Shanghai was not a super long journey, but I have helped K2 Shanghai to set up the SMAC practice in China, and ready for the next chapter. I was lucky...
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The Secret to IT Freelancer Success Lesson 1: Boost Your Value
In the first instalment of a new ten part blog series, SAP ERP Consultant and Author Isard Haasakker guides us through his tips on how to have a successful career as a freelance IT consultant. Do you want to learn a very effective strategy to expand your SAP...
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Katina Dam is K2’s Consultant of the Month for August!
Every month we recognise a K2 consultant who has received outstanding client feedback on their recent project. This month the K2 Consultant of the Month is Katina Dam, a Salesforce Senior Business Analyst based in the USA. Congratulations Katina! Read our interview...
read moreVodafone Barometer Report Shows State of IoT Projects
The 2016 IoT Barometer report from Vodafone reveals that interest in IoT is higher than ever with 28% of businesses already having live projects and a further 35% less than a year away from launch. Respondents were selected from across multiple regions, industries,...
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K2 Sharks to Swim the Messina Strait for Charity
On Saturday the 30th of July our very own K2 Sharks: Clement, Maurizio and Marco will swim the Sicilian Channel (Stretto di Messina) in aid of the charity Cavernoma Alliance UK, who do encouraging research into Cavernomas. Please help support the team with this...
read moreCase Study: Delivering SAP Business ByDesign Success in Just 12 Weeks
Duong Tran, a SAP ByDesign Consultant based in Sydney, Australia, discusses a recent SAP Business ByDesign project he worked on. Project Outline: The project aim was to provide an ‘at the back of the box’ solution using an ‘out of the box’ product from SAP in a...
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Learn SAP While You Earn
As the global leader in consultative technology staffing, K2 knows there is more to providing the right talent than simply recruiting. This is particularly true in the complex and fast evolving world of technology, where companies frequently rely on the flexibility...
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K2 Does PegaWorld Las Vegas 2016
K2 Boston’s Beth Skowyra, Jamie Wood and Adam Blakemore were at this year's PegaWorld conference in Las Vegas to get the lowdown on the latest news from the world of fast growing CRM vendor Pega Systems. Jamie Wood reports. “The Paradox of Technology” The opening...
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Carolina Cordero is K2’s Consultant of the Month for June!
Every month we recognise a K2 consultant who has received outstanding client feedback on their recent project. This month the K2 Consultant of the Month is Carolina Cordaro, a SAP FI/CO specialist based in Mexico City, Mexico. Congratulations Carolina! Read our...
read moreYou’ve Implemented SuccessFactors, but what now? Start your journey of HCM Innovation!
It sometimes seems the SuccessFactors community is only talking about implementing new modules. Is there really nothing customers need once SuccessFactors Recruiting, Employee Central, Goals and Performance or other modules are up and running? Many policies and...
read more20 Interview Questions for Business Analysts
The increasing demand for Business Analysts and similarly titled roles was recently underlined by US Bureau of Labor Statistics showing that American employers will need 876,000 business analysis related professionals by 2020. We continue our blog series highlighting...
read moreK2 Goes the Extra Mile
What started as a one man mission turned into a fantastic collaboration between many K2 employees in raising a substantial amount of money for Bloodwise, the blood cancer charity. Back in September 2015 Marc Burgess, one of the Senior Associates at K2’s London HQ and...
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Top 10 Things We Learnt from SAPPHIRE NOW 2016
Here’s 10 of the things we learnt from this year’s Sapphire Now conference: 1. SAP S/4 HANA is the fastest selling SAP solution ever! 3200 licences sold since its launch early 2015. 2. SAP now has close to 30 million users in the cloud. 3. There is still some...
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Ricardo Nishimoto is K2’s Consultant of the Month for May!
Starting this month we will be celebrating the K2 Business Associate who has received the most outstanding client ratings and feedback for their recent K2 project. We are delighted to announce that Ricardo Nishimoto is K2’s first Consultant of the Month! Below...
read moreSAP and Microsoft to Deliver “Hyper-Scale” Cloud
Hot out of the SAPPHIRE NOW conference this week is the joint announcement from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and SAP CEO Bill McDermott that SAP and Microsoft will deliver broad support for the SAP HANA platform deployed on Microsoft Azure. The stated goal is to...
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From San Francisco to Mexico with K2
I recently had the opportunity to work out of K2 Mexico's office for one week thanks to three deals/placements I made in Mexico. I started working at K2 San Francisco as a recruiter with very limited IT knowledge around 6 months ago. With K2’s support I was able to...
read moreMapa Educacional SAP com o K2 Learning Hub
Como o portfólio de produtos da SAP fica cada vez maior com soluções em nuvem (Cloud) torna-se cada vez mais popular e desafiador ser consultor SAP e é necessário cada vez mais se atualizar e garantir que você tem as habilidades certas para permanecer relevante no...
read more3 Elements to Building a Personal Trusted Brand
Many consider the book by Fyodor Dostoyevsky “The Brothers Karamazov” a masterpiece because it contains so many lessons about human behavior. For example, the competition between the father, Fyodor and his eldest son Dmitri for the love of Grushenka, a beautiful 22...
read moreSmart Companies Embrace a Liquid Workforce
Smart companies that fully leverage a highly skilled “liquid” workforce and create custom-built platforms will win in today’s digital economy, according to the Technology Vision 2016 Report from Accenture. In the report, Accenture identifies five technology trends:...
read moreMassive Growth In Mobile Health To Drive Tech Skills Demand
The mobile health market is about to explode, Momo Yamada investigates. Technology start-up’s and small businesses are gearing up for the next big business revolution according to market research company, MarketsandMarkets. The report predicts that the mobile...
read more20 Interview Questions For Data Scientists
We recently wrote a post about a report which revealed some of the most in-demand skills in jobs at the moment. As well as hot skills, there were some key tech roles on the rise: cyber security engineers, mobile application developers and network architects to name a...
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Navigating the SAP Skills Map with Learning Hub
As SAP’s product portfolio gets ever bigger and cloud-based solutions become increasingly popular it’s more challenging than ever to navigate the SAP skills map and to make sure you have the right skills to stay relevant. From SAP HCM to SuccessFactors and from FI to...
read moreWhere’s my SAP HR? SuccessFactors and the Cloud HR Roadmap
Today, I venture out and try a succinct answer on questions like “Is SuccessFactors meant to replace SAP HR? Completely? And if so: where do I find the SuccessFactors equivalent of rule TE20 of the SAP standard time management schema?“. (The very short and simplified...
read moreIBM and SAP Collaborate to Accelerate Clients Into The Digital Economy
IBM and SAP have announced a plan to co-innovate solutions that increase customer value through cognitive extensions, enhanced customer and user experiences, and industry-specific functionality — all enabled with SAP Business Suite 4 SAP HANA (SAP S/4HANA). The...
read moreUnparalleled SuccessFactors Staffing Capabilities
Take a look at the infographic below for an insight into K2’s unparalleled global capabilities in staffing the most challenging SuccessFactors projects. Not only has K2 built a superb network of certified SuccessFactors consultants around the world but we are also...
read moreHow to Create Custom Fields in Salesforce
With custom fields in Salesforce, you can capture all of your important business data and sort based on your preferences. Custom fields allow you to store and organize data that may not match the standard fields available in your Salesforce CRM. This helps you manage...
read moreRelationships fit for the Digital Age
In September 2015 at the Dreamforce conference in San Francisco, K2 announced the launch of K2 Konnect, the online engagement platform for our consultant community. Six months later I am happy to say that we have all of our working freelancers on the platform and...
read more20 Interview Questions For Salesforce Developers
With the demand for highly skilled IT professionals only increasing, we continue our series highlighting interview questions for key technology roles. This week we take a look at some of the questions Salesforce developers should be able to answer at an interview: ...
read moreThe Top 25 Jobs in America 2016
Data Scientist, Mobile Developer and Software Engineer are the top tech jobs in the USA according Glassdoor’s list of the 25 Best Jobs in America in 2016. Three factors were considered to determine which jobs made the list: number of job openings, salary and career...
read moreMeeting the Challenges of Hybris Staffing
Our strength at K2 has always been that we are able to help our clients in niche areas, providing consultants that most other firms can’t. One of the toughest areas in which to find consultants is Hybris. The immature nature of the consultant market means we must...
read moreMeeting The Needs Of Technology Staffing For 2016
It’s the beginning of another year, and as always, this prompts a lot of speculation about what will be at the top of C-Suite shopping lists. Whilst there are disagreements over the relative importance of Predictive Analytics and IoT, or even differences of opinion...
read moreNew UK Initiative Could Boost Demand For IoT Skills
A new IoT Research Hub has been announced in the UK which could boost demand for IoT specialists in Britain. Part of IoT UK, the project is an integrated £40 million, three-year, Government programme which seeks to drive forward research in the IoT and advance the...
read moreBusinesses Should Customise Their Software To Stay Competititve
Businesses should develop custom systems and applications to drive innovation and differentiate themselves from competitors according to a report by Forrester Consulting. The report, Drive Innovation Using The Right Skills: The Value Of Custom Software Development,...
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