Blogs

​Last week several members of the Speller International team headed to Sydney for the SAUG Sydney Summit. Having been proud sponsor of the SAUG since 2005, we always find it an excellent event for seeing familiar faces, meeting new people in the SAP community and keeping up to date with the latest technology trends. As new editions to the Speller team Chris Oughton and Matt ...

​Negotiating your new salary or rate can be a stressful scenario for both parties because everyone is invested in a positive outcome and no one wants to compromise too much on what they want, but it doesn’t have to be.There are many positives to salary negotiation, the most obvious of which is if you successfully manage a respectful, strong negotiation, it can set the tone b...

​This month we are celebrating the careers of two of our long term contractors and I would like to personally thank them both for their work over the years and their loyalty to Speller International.Sen SuparmanWe want to congratulate Sen on almost 10 years contracting with Speller International at Orica. Back in 2005, SAP Business Warehousing skills were incredibly scarce s...

​In a previous blog, we looked at the pros and cons of contracting, assuming there was available work in the city you lived in. What we didn’t consider was what happens when opportunities arise in a city other than the one you reside in? With cities along the eastern seaboard busy with new SAP projects, this month we focussed attention on the SAP Canberra market and all the ...

​ It’s no secret that Canberra is the centre for Australian politics but, as our country’s government, Canberra is home to all the trappings of an international city, from world-class restaurants, galleries, universities and museums to offices for a number of international heavyweight businesses. It stands to reason, then, that Canberra is home to a huge SAP presence. Many...

​A few posts ago, we talked about the kinds of questions a candidate should ask in interviews in order to position themselves as a ‘perfect match’ for the role. Well, as we all know, there are two sides to every story (and two sides to every interview table) so this post covers the kinds of questions interviewers should ask in order to ascertain whether the candidate will be...

​It’s always exciting to be on the winning team, even if you’re not on the field, which was why it was so cool to see SAP partnering with the victorious German football team during the World Cup (they won, in case you didn’t see it). The German team’s coaches used a special technology called SAP Match Insights to record and analyse data points showing how to improve both ind...

​Recruiting in the SAP Corporate Services sector is extremely diverse and (in my opinion!) interesting. It offers the opportunity to work across a multitude of disciplines and candidate skillsets, securing our clients SAP users to manage and execute their business-critical operations.During the last 8 years I have worked and successfully recruited, first in the UK and for th...

​This past week we received an email from one of our clients seeking to increase the number of female SAP staff in their organisation. The email was focused around the nature of the wider statistics around women working in SAP and what they could do to make their organisation more attractive to potential female applicants.This got us thinking about the relatively low number ...

​WHY TAKING A BREAK CAN IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH AND MAKE YOU MORE PRODUCTIVEIf you’re getting slammed at work, sometimes a break is the furthest thing from your mind but while it might seem counter-productive to step away from you desk for a few minutes, taking a break is the best thing to do when things are crazy on the job – for you as well as your productivity.Research conduc...