Reply-To: "Rai Singh" From: "Rai Singh" Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle References: <8c18d557.0106191539.33cd0671@posting.google.com> Subject: Re: Can the Oracle SQL and PL/Certification get you an entry level Oracle position? Lines: 22 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Message-ID: Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2001 12:31:43 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.252.116.145 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.rdc2.pa.home.com 994509103 24.252.116.145 (Sat, 07 Jul 2001 05:31:43 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2001 05:31:43 PDT Organization: Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband http://home.com/faster If you know VB or PowerBuilder and a relational database like Microsoft Access you can offer some additional skills that can be used for a maintenance and support position in an enterprise application. I came into my current company with about a year of SQL Server and about 7 years of Microsoft Access, but only academic knowledge of Oracle and they offered me the position. Most of the challenge is proving your worth once you join. Don't overlook small short term projects that can give you some leverage when seeking f/t work. They're invaluable. A high percentage of jobs in the market involve supporting existing code(such as PL/SQL Stored procedures, packages, DDL, DML and so on). So keep trying and good luck! Rai Singh "mikes wife" wrote in message news:8c18d557.0106191539.33cd0671@posting.google.com... > Can the Oracle SQL and PL/Certification get you an entry level Oracle > position? I recently graduated with a CS degree and will soon be > getting my first Oracle cert.. will that help me get an entry level > Oracle job? I don't have any real work experience, but have worked > hard to learn Oracle SQL and PL/SQL