in reply to The need to work and re-train

I have all of this except Sybase, my DB experience started with Postgress(college),MySQL(early web development) and recently the Microsoft family. I'm sure I could do a job like this but with no Sybase specific experience on the cv. I probably won't even get a look in.

If I wanted this job I'd buy a Sybase book and read it. If afterward I'm confident that Sybase won't be a problem I'd put Sybase in the "Skills" section of my resume. I'd make sure the employer doesn't think he's getting a DBA, but if you've worked with a few different SQL engines learning a new one is generally pretty easy.

On the other hand, getting a job with just a resume is a hell of a way to go about it. It's much easier if you can network your way in. Call some friends and if that doesn't work, make some new ones!

-sam

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Re^2: The need to work and re-train
by poqui (Deacon) on Sep 29, 2004 at 16:23 UTC
    Big ++ on this one.
    I know that if I am interviewing someone for a job and they don't have the skill per se but they have the temerity to have gone and looked it up enough to make cogent comparisons to their other skills, I will be at least impressed with their initiative.
    Besides, one *rarely* gets a perfect candidate, so if no other candidate has Sybase experience, I would put the person who prepared ahead of the others.
    Go for it! :-)
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