Oracle PeopleSoft is an integrated software package that provides a wide variety of business applications to assist in the day-to-day execution and operation of business processes. Each individual application, such as Financials, Customer Relationship Management and Human Resources, interacts with others to offer an effective and efficient means of working and reporting in an integrated fashion across the enterprise.

Oracle PeopleSoft offers the following modules:

• Customer Relationship Management
• Financial Management
• Human Capital Management
• Campus Solutions
• Supplier Relationship Management
• Enterprise Performance Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Supply Chain Planning
• Customer Order Management
• Logistics Management
• Manufacturing Supplier Relationship Management
• Asset Lifecycle Management and more...

Oracle PeopleSoft, SAP and Oracle are the biggest ERP Solutions. They are Enterprise Resource Planning software. Siebel is primarily a software company that makes CRM (Customer Relationship Management) software. Microsoft...well, Microsoft are kind in the ERP market with their dynamics software but we are yet to figure out how much market share they plan to grab.

This is an interesting question. Well, one of the reasons is...because it's cool.Oracle PeopleSoft products continue to be very creative and innovative. They also tend to make simpler and more intuitive products. SAP is harder to learn and use while other ERP products are widely considered to be more buggy.Oracle PeopleSoft have really revolutionized ERP software with the introduction of their PIA (Pure Internet Architecture). This enabled their applications to be rolled out with no client footprint at all. The PeopleSoft community is actually a pretty small community where it feels like we all kinda know each other. Bottom line, it's a fun community.

Well, relatively speaking, the demand for Oracle PeopleSoft expertise is substantial and in general, the skill set is highly regarded and sought after. It is a highly specialized skillset. The free market economy kicks in here. The more complicated and specialized the software product is, the less resources have access to that expertise. That creates a supply and demand issue and the skill set becomes worth more. In addition training is an issue. It's more difficult (and expensive) to get trained on PeopleSoft than Microsoft Access or Lotus Notes. Microsoft Access developers or Lotus Notes developers get paid a lower rate than ERP resources because of the perceived complexity of ERP products relative to Notes or Access as well as the difference in the availability of training resources (books, CBT's etc).Hence Oracle PeopleSoft professionals enjoy better salaries than other ERP professionals.

There are two ways to do this:

By experience: Working at different client sites or companies and

By training: Getting trained on a plethora of Oracle PeopleSoft products by Oracle PeopleSoft professionals.

First option is possible for working professionals who get a chance to wotk on PeopleSoft inside the organization. If you are just getting out of college and you'd like to get into PeopleSoft, your best hope is to join authorized PeopleSoft training. If you are an IT professional and would like to get into PeopleSoft, the advice above still applies to you but we would add that in your case (depending on the type and amount of IT experience you have), training and certifications will be helpful.
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