Re: B.I. Tools

"Daniel Morgan" <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message news:1070953098.211075_at_yasure...
> Peter Morris wrote:
>
> > What are B.I. Tools?
> >
> > I'm aplying for an ORACLE programming job, the recruiter lists the
skills
> > they want including "will idealy have worked with B.I. tools such as
ORACLE
> > Discoverer"
> >
> > Note the word "ideally" i.e.they will consider someone without it.
> >
> > I've got most of the skills on the list, but I've never heard of B.I.
> > tools. They have shown definite interest in my application, and have
> > written
> > to me to ask about my experience with B.I. tools. I might be able to
say
> > "I've never used Discoverer, but I have used...." and cite something
> > similar.
>
> Well were I the employer I'd have serious concerns about your skill set.
> Here's why.
>
> I went to http://www.google.com
>
> I put in as my seach criterion "B.I. Tools" with the quotation marks.
>
> I received hundreds of hits all of which answered the question.

Oh, really? Brecause when I tried google I received hundreds of hits, I looked through dozens giving me information such as:

<<BI tools have evolved from the traditional BI tools and framework offerings that have been part of the business intelligence and data warehousing
 landscape for many years. This group of solutions includes both the oldest and some of the newest tools available to help you build precisely the BI solutions you need for your organization>>

Which doesn't explain what B.I. Tools actually are.

Perhaps you would care to show me the hundreds of links that provide a clear definition of the term.

> My concern about you would be ... why didn't you know how to perform the
> appropriate research immediately.

Consulting other people on a newsgroup is a perfectly valid research method.

> How much hand-holding will you
> require.

Bloody hell, I just asked for the definition of a word. I take it that you don't actually know the answer either.

> Just thought you'd like to know that one essential part of the
> skill set an employer will likely look for is your knowledge of
> approriate search tools. I'd suggest you get very familiar with google,
> tahiti, otn, etc.

And I suggest you get familiar with rules of common politeness.

 > HTH
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> Daniel Morgan
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Received on Tue Dec 09 2003 - 06:31:05 CST