If the database experience requires intimate knowledge of esoteric bits of vendor-specific fluff, then they usually won't give you a look-see. Additionally, if Human Resources is filtering the cv/resume, then they might exclude it before anyone with technical knowledge gets the chance to see that you have the equivalent experience in other database technologies.

The big thing about Sybase is the use of Recordsets, so quick read up on it will help. Another thing you can do is to show the word Sybase in your papers if you have tried to set up ODBC using the sybase libs. That'll at least make it past the censors.

Obtaining a job seems to be no different from dating:

• All in all, you're judged on "appearances" first. You know, your cv/resume, the buzzwords, and the key terms.

• If you can make it past the pickup lines, and the free drinks, it's on to trying to technically "woo" the interviewers.

• Should you make it to "meeting the parents," they'll simply want to know that you're good enough for their child, and whom you've dated in the past.

• Assuming you receive their blessing, you may begin your new relationship in earnest.

Dating? Getting a job? You have to know how to market yourself, and use what God gave you to the best of your ability to attract...a mate.