SAP certificate

Why are you wasting your time on SAP... This is what my fresh off the boat Indian cousins who don't have college degrees get to put food on the table. Don't put SAP anywhere on your resume if you want to do Strategy / Management consulting.

Qayin

You people are actually wrong and talking about things you've no idea about. I am at an MBB, and it so happens that right now I'm working on a project where my databases/SQL skills are very useful to the entire team, cause we have to get a shitload of data from the client's SAP. And being able to do numerous complex queries ourselves without having to deal (explain/wait/whatever) with the clients IT saves A LOT of time and effort, which are the most important resources.

Also being proficient with stuff like this (even if its just MS Access with its QBE) is extremely helpful when you have to analyze huge amounts of data, that Excel is just unable to process. Or when the data is from different sources and you just can't work with it until you match it by some attribute. Good luck doing it manually.

I'm at an MBB too, and yes it can be useful once you start working. That could be said about any kind of technical certificates. The question, however, seemed to be geared towards recruiting (at least the way I understood it). And it'd add nothing to your profile for my firm's recruiting team.

Qayin

You people are actually wrong and talking about things you've no idea about. I am at an MBB, and it so happens that right now I'm working on a project where my databases/SQL skills are very useful to the entire team, cause we have to get a shitload of data from the client's SAP. And being able to do numerous complex queries ourselves without having to deal (explain/wait/whatever) with the clients IT saves A LOT of time and effort, which are the most important resources.

Also being proficient with stuff like this (even if its just MS Access with its QBE) is extremely helpful when you have to analyze huge amounts of data, that Excel is just unable to process. Or when the data is from different sources and you just can't work with it until you match it by some attribute. Good luck doing it manually.

I agree that database skills bring value. But he's not talking about using Access or SQL - this is SAP implementation work that has little to no value.

Putting SAP certificate on your resume tells a firm you've devoted your education to learning how to implement SAP which has no value in strategy. It's a turn off.