Re: Moving into Oracle Developer 2000

 The best way to do this is to get a copy of Oracle Developer 2000 and put it on your own PC and learn it!!

Simon Hedges <shedges_at_hhhh.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message news:8c7g0u$5n9$1_at_news5.svr.pol.co.uk...
> > Mark Wallace wrote:
> >
> > > I was wondering what comments or thoughts anyone may have on my
current
> > > situation.
> > >
> > > I am now based in London and would appreciate suggestions on what the
> best
> > > way would be to get into a job where I can gain the experience I need
to
> > > become a proficient Oracle / Developer 2000 programmer.
> > > All the jobs that I look at seem to have a minimum requirement of 2
> years
> > > Oracle experience.
> > > This almost puts me back to the days when I was first looking for a
job,
> in
> > > that you can not get a job because you have not experience but you
can't
> get
> > > experience because you can't get a job.
> > > A typical catch22.
>
> Have you tried writing direct to companies? I used to interview people
for
> EDS
> (I no longer work for them), and we interviewed all sorts of people for
> general
> recruitment rather than only recruiting people for specific vacancies.
>
> Of course, you may not have been offered the same salary as you might
> feel that you are due given your long experience in IT, but you could
> very well have been offerred a job.
>
> There are several large computer companies in the UK: EDS,
> Andersens, CMG, Cap Gemini etc. Try writing to them directly enclosing
> your CV.
>
> You probably have an advantage in already being based in London,
> because no-one in their right mind wants to move their (because of house
> prices).
>
> Simon Hedges
> Gloucester
> UK
>
>
Received on Wed Apr 05 2000 - 06:09:00 CEST