How to get an Oracle DBA Job

In just 48 hours, 120 resumes from Oracle DBAs landed on the desk of Debbie Reames, a senior technical recruiter for os An!eles"based staffin! com#an$ %ommercial &ro!rammin! '$stems( 'o Reames did )hat a lot of recruiters do( 'he )i#ed out half the #ile in a three"ste# #rocess( *eed an +"1B ,isa- .one( *eed to relocate- *ot for this job( Onl$ )orked at small com#anies- /his job mi!ht be too bi! for $ou( Des#ite the stee#est do)nturn in the histor$ of I/, there are jobs to be had b$ Oracle certified #rofessionals and DBAs, accordin! to man$ sur,e$s( Of course, there are also lon!er lists of 0ualified candidates( 1hen it comes to searchin! for a job in this market, e,en the most e2#erienced I/ #ros need to remember some of the rules the$ learned lon! a!o and a##l$ some ne) strate!ies as )ell( In man$ )a$s, the DBA market can be di,ided into t)o !rou#s 3 juniors and seniors( /he junior DBAs, those )ith less than three $ears of e2#erience, are the ones facin! la$offs and a meaner job market, accordin! to Don Burleson, o)ner of 4ittrell, *(%("based B% Oracle %onsultin!( Burleson is the author of 15 books related to Oracle technolo!$ and careers, includin! Conducting the Oracle Job Interview, a !uide for I/ mana!ers )ho ha,e to assess Oracle job candidates( 67an$ com#anies )ill not hire be!inners, #eriod,6 Burleson said( +o)e,er, Burleson said, there is ho#e for junior DBAs( %om#anies that are not )illin! to s#end 8120,000 annuall$ for a seasoned #rofessional )ill sometimes take rookies and train them( Burleson su!!ested the health care industr$ and uni,ersities as t)o #laces that ne) DBAs should look for that critical first job( Government security clearance key for veterans /hen there are the ,eterans( DBAs )ho ha,e more than 10 $ears of e2#erience, )ho hold ad,anced de!rees and )ho ha,e s#eciali9ed skills are still in stron! demand( 4no)led!e of Oracle financials, 'A&, &eo#le'oft, :i RA%, :iA' and ;ni2 are 0ualities that carr$ )ei!ht, Burleson said( Also, !o,ernment securit$ clearance is somethin! that !ets man$ Oracle DBAs #ast the first round of resume cuts( In addition, de,elo#ment skills such as <a,a, 1indo)s, <2== and #ortals lend candidates a com#etiti,e ad,anta!e( 7ore im#ortant, Reames said, a candidate>s skill set has to match a com#an$>s needs( 6/he$ reall$ need to ha,e e,er$ skill,6 Reames said( 6If the job calls for someone )ith data modelin!,6 she said, 6and I don>t see an$ s#ecific data modelin! e2#erience, I>ll discount it(6 In addition to s#ecific technical skills, Burleson sa$s, man$ com#anies are lookin! at educational back!rounds, #referrin! to hire candidates )ho ha,e !raduate de!rees or 7BAs( %om#anies ,alue DBAs )ho ha,e an understandin! of finance or accountin!, the business #rocesses that DBAs su##ort( Follow-up calls, first-roun interviews ?or both !rou#s, there are some basic !round rules to !ettin! throu!h the critical first round of inter,ie)s( 'im#l$ !ettin! the resume in as earl$ as #ossible can hel#( 1ith 120 to read, Reames mi!ht not see each of them before she finds enou!h 0ualified candidates to inter,ie)(

%andidates should call recruiters too see )hether their resume )as recei,ed, she said( 6Don>t be afraid to call to follo) u#,6 Reames said( 6It ma$ !i,e $ou an ad,anta!e, and )e ma$ not ha,e looked at the resume other)ise(6 A##licants )ho make the first cut are usuall$ inter,ie)ed on the tele#hone( It>s im#ortant to remember that the #erson conductin! the inter,ie) ma$ not ha,e a technical back!round, Burleson said( At this #oint, candidates are bein! jud!ed on their non"technical 0ualities( %ommunication skills are crucial here, e2#erts sa$( Because communication skills are so critical on the job, Burleson recommended that candidates #ro,ide #otential em#lo$ers )ith )ritin! sam#les, #referabl$ ones that ha,e been #ublished( 'e,eral online sites, includin! this one, acce#t submissions of technical ti#s, he #ointed out( !eal tec"ie talk /he handful of a##licants )ho sur,i,e the tele#hone inter,ie) can e2#ect an inter,ie) at the job site and )hat Burleson calls the 6techin!6 of the candidate( +e ad,ises inter,ie)ers to ask s#ecific 0uestions, such as 61hat is the default #ass)ord for the s$s user in Oracle-6 /here>s no fakin! ans)ers to those 0uestions, and an inter,ie)er can easil$ jud!e the technical skills of the candidates( 6Onl$ a #racticin! DBA kno)s the ans)er is >chan!e@on@install,>6 Burleson said( 6A seasoned DBA can s#ot a faker instantl$(6 /hen comes the last sta!e, on"site meetin!s )ith a com#an$>s I/ staff( /hese meetin!s t$#icall$ last about half a da$, and this is )here the #otential hires )ill reall$ be tested( 'ometimes there are o#en"ended 0uestions, such as 61hat )ould be the first thin! $ou )ould do if an end user com#lains that #erformance is #oor-6 /he ans)ers to these 0uestions can be ,er$ re,ealin!, Burleson said, because the$ don>t ha,e one ri!ht ans)er, and the$ sho) ho) candidates can think on their feet, or ho) inno,ati,e a DBA is( &erha#s more im#ortant, this final interaction is )here the intan!ibles, like inter#ersonal skills, are jud!ed( +a,in! a DBA )ho is a team #la$er is a #riorit$ for most, if not all, com#anies( In man$ cases, the intan!ibles make the difference( 6I>,e seen com#anies reject the most technicall$ 0ualified candidate( It ha##ens all the time,6 Burleson #oints out( 6DBAs ha,e to be able to #la$ )ell )ith others(6 ?inall$, Burleson said, for!et casual ?rida$s( 6It>s the kiss of death to underdress for an inter,ie),6 he said( 6A##earance does count(6

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