Fast guide to finding and keeping an Oracle job

TABLE OF CONTENTS
   Salary & hiring information
   Interview & job hunting resources
   Make smart Oracle career decisions
   Job search sites

Salary & hiring information
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• Becoming an Oracle Certified Professional: This guide is designed to provide you with expert technical advice to getting certified, which may be your key to staying afloat in a tough economy.
  
• Oracle career center: Sign up for a MyDice account and gain access to career information and thousands of job listings.
  
• So you want to be a DBA: How to get started, what you need to know.
  
• How do I become an Oracle DBA?: Just starting college? Here's the path you should take.
  
• How to get an Oracle DBA job: Advice for distinguishing yourself from the other Oracle job hunters.
  
• Breaking into the IT field with little experience: How to get a job if you don't have much real-world experience.
  
• Salary trends: An analysis of what jobs are hot today and what's getting hotter.
  
• How to ask for a raise without getting fired: Common mistakes and how to avoid them.
  
• Identifying the career hot spots: How to find and get a job in emerging IT sectors.
  
  

Interview & job hunting resources
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• DBA tasks and responsibilities: This document includes required skills and typical interview questions.
  
• Acing the DBA job interview: Getting back to basics: DBAs are again in high demand, but this doesn't mean all you have to do is submit your resume and wait for an offer. You have to get back to the basics and earn it.
  
• Interview questions for aspiring apps DBAs: Questions you can expect to hear in the interview and the answers you should be able to provide.
  
• Advanced job interview techniques for IT pros: Tips on how to stand out in the hiring manager's mind.
  
• Pursuing a career in Oracle Financials: Expert Carol Francum provides advice on working with Oracle Financial applications.
  
• How much experience is needed for a developer job?: Expert Azim Fahmi addresses the importance of experience in a tough IT market.
  
• Conducting the Oracle Job Interview: This book serves as an interviewing guide for IT managers.
  
• Turn a job interview into a contract: A career coach, an entrepreneur and a former employee of a Silicon Valley firm explain how to reap financial rewards from a job interview.
  
• Oracle technical interview advice: Questions any DBA should be able to answer.
  
• DBA resumes that make the cut: How to get your resume noticed and avoid the most common pitfalls.
  
• Resume services: Are they worth the money? This article examines the ups and downs of paying a professional to handle your resume.
  
• Resume dos and don'ts for IT pros: More tips to help you catch the eye of IT employers.
  
• Advice for becoming an Oracle application developer: Expert Karen Morton discusses ways to break into the field.

Make smart Oracle career decisions
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• Ten ways to keep that DBA job: Author Robert Freeman offers his top suggestions for succeeding as a DBA.
  
• Are DBAs needed anymore?: As database management systems become more automated, DBAs may face extinction.
  
• How to ask for a raise without getting fired: The right way and the wrong way to approach your boss about a higher salary.
  
• When to make the leap to a new job: Advice for those facing the tough decision of whether or not to change jobs.
  
• When is it time to get out of tech? Stories from IT workers who left the industry.
  
• TDWI keynote speaker reveals secrets of DBA career success: Speaking the language of business is as important as knowing your IT stuff.
  
• The future for Oracle DBAs: Expert Brian Peasland discusses the rewards and challenges of being an Oracle DBA.
  
• How to climb the career ladder: Tips for advancing in a tough IT market.
  
• Is IT enough? Business skills for the IT geek: The right mix of technical, business and interpersonal skills may be your key to staying employed.
  
• The fad-free path to management success: The key skills that make a successful IT manager.
  
• Certifications still important for DBAs: Hands-on experience is valuable, but not always enough.
  
• The most important DBA skill: A DBA discusses the value of listening.
  
• Training and career topics: Browse SearchOracle.com's content related to training, certification and working as a DBA.

Job search sites
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• ERP jobs: Search job postings in enterprise resource planning, supply chain management, business intelligence and more.
  
• ITtalent.com: Resources for IT pros.
  
• JobsOracle.com: Search Oracle's Web site for open positions.
  
• JustOracleJobs.com: Post your resume or perform highly targeted searches.
  
• Oracle job resources: Offers job postings and Oracle news.
  
• OraSearch.com: Dedicated to Oracle careers.