SAP HR Career Path

Dears ,
Please i want to ask you regarding the career path of a sap hr consultant , is it a good choice to work on vendors all the time or to move some period to a customer side ,, and what's the career path for this job ?
Moved from SAP HCM to Career Center
Edited by: Sikindar on Sep 23, 2011 2:27 PM

thnx skindiar for your help
but what's a bout the business part which will be much more in the customer side ?
also what a consultant career path would be ? i mean after being a consultant for 3 years as example , what's next

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