Sage Line 50 Accounts

DollyDee_2

Hi

I've been out of work since April and I am having trouble finding any jobs to apply for. I worked in Accounts for 18 years doing Sales Ledger and Credit Control using Pegasus Opera software.

Can anyone tell me how different Sage Line 50 is to Pegasus Opera?

Thanks

Firefox1975

if you have used Pegasus you will be easily at home with Sage.

if you understand accountancy package processess you will have no problem at all.

i have used maybe 6 or 7 different packages in the last 18 years and haven't really struggled with any. (only tricky one was sage DOS, which was quite intimidating as it wasn;t windows based!)

heretolearn_2

True. However it won't be great in an interview to have to say 'no I haven't used Sage' if it's their package. Is there any way you can have a few sessions using it - do you know anyone with a business who would let you go and have a careful look/play? Seems ott to go and do a course, you'll pick it up ok, but it'll put you at a disadvantage against candidates that already have experience in it.

MissSarah1972

Yes Sage is different to Pegasus but having said that once you know how to use one system you can pick up another. I have used 9 different systems in my time and they have all been different but in principle the same idea if you know what you are doing.

Just put you are happy to use a new system and find it easy to pick up new things.

Notmyrealname

You can try ALL of Sage's products online and for free. That'll give you a good idea what to expect although be aware these are the latest versions so you may find the look of the one at the employer different.

https://shop.sage.co.uk/testdrive.aspx?utm_source=sagecouk&utm_medium=sagecouk&utm_campaign=sagecouk_home&utm_content=TestDrive

Evilm

Sage line 50 is a nice package for the front end user (I hear not so nice for the rear end structure for IT to deal with but that shouldn't be an issue for you).

Pegasus was relatively similar from the one time I used it on a temp site.

Similar to what someone above said I worked out I've used about 12 accounting packages over the years and not had much problem with any of them. Sage is one of the easier to use.

brightonman123

I did a City & Guilds course for Sage, though not used it since!

DollyDee_2

Thanks everyone for your replies & help.

I will try the test drive suggested by Notmyrealname & I might buy the interactive training cd from ebay mentioned on a different thread.

Trouble is if you haven't got Sage experience you don't even get to the interview stage & all the jobs in my area are for Purchase Ledger & Payroll. Don't know what's happened to the sales invoicing/ledger.

denla

Don't bother with Sage 50. Learn Navision instead.

MissSarah1972

denla wrote: »

Don't bother with Sage 50. Learn Navision instead.

Navision was bought in at my last job hence me loosing mine haha. Does a lot on it that you can't do on lots of other systems. I hear from my old boss its going very well and he thinks it's the best thing he has used.

At the end of the day there are loads of systems out there and we can't know them all so doing a course in one compared to the other wont get you a job when you have learnt Sage but the job you apply for used Oracle or JD Edwards say.

Evilm

denla wrote: »

Don't bother with Sage 50. Learn Navision instead.

Most people picking up Navision will probably be relatively happy to say "never seen it? never mind, we will train you". For Sage a lot of companies that use it will expect you to be familiar with it. Some may also be smallish businesses who don't have the on hand experience to teach it to someone from scratch - especially if the prior person doing the role has left. That is part of the reasons why you see people asking for it in the job advert in the first place.

Out of the dozen systems I've used I've never used Navision and I've used Sage 50 in about 6-8 roles (both temp, work experience and full time roles).

I certainly wouldn't say ignore Sage over Navision - if there is a way to do a bit on both to list on your CV "Expert on Pegasus, familiar with the layout of Sage, Navision.." or something then I'd do that.