I need some career/resume advice! I posted this in the database forum, but it was suggested I post here as well. I have a strong background in database admin (6 years). I don?t have experience with Oracle, Sybase, etc, but have setup and maintained tables in databases using specialized software. I set up a help desk database in Lotus Notes, designed developed administrative and financial reports using Crystal Reports and SQL Server, maintained that particular database, and am currently setting up a database in a SIS (Student Information System) for a school district. I am working on integrating grading software and SIS so that teachers can electronically send grades to the school office, and the secretary can run a report, and there are the report cards! (Of which I use the ?code? to design the report card. I have now idea what they ?code? is, just something I?ve learned through looking at some of the other reports.)
I am trying to put together a resume for a database admin position. I am also this school district?s tech teacher, so I have my plate full! I am currently taking CBT on Oracle and Sybase, but I don?t know how much weight that will hold with prospective employers. I don?t know how to list these skills on my resume so that I would be considered for an Oracle or Sybase DBA job. These are the two db I see most often in job postings in my area.
I pick up these new software packages pretty well. Most of these projects are, ?Here?s the software we have. Learn it and then do this with it, in x amount of time.? I want to get more into dba since I enjoy it, am good at it, and I feel like I have a larger skill set than teaching 5-year-olds how to double click a mouse. Thanks for your thought!
