Getting that first contract

[Fleetwood]

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[Spacecadet]

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[Fleetwood]

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[threaded]

Shell, quick or bubble?

[vetran]

any certifications?

Any certs MSDE etc? - remember everyone says they are sh*t hot, Agents & HR can understand certifications.

CV tuned for results not duties? What did you achieve for your employer not what did you do? e.g. I increased website responsiveness by 130% using my skills in SQL tuning and database normalisation.

not sounding too desperate? Agents & employers smell fear like sharks.

Offering all your contacts a good nosh up / night on the lash at your companies expense if they get you a job?

Company set up and ready to go?

Are you a full branded package? i.e. website etc?

Note I had similar problems 3 years ago, it wasn't until I sorted myself out and started to sell myself properly that the interviews started coming in.

[Fleetwood]

at your company's expense

[EternalOptimist]

there is one skill you need that will never appear on a cv or job advert, you may not have even realised you needed it, but now you are beginning to

balls of steel

[expat]

commission

[expat]

SQL server DBA, plus lots of SQL Server development and Oracle PL/SQL Development. My SQL is actually s*** hot, nothing I can't do I even ended up having to mentor the reporting contractors at my last job. Also got plenty of windows server admin experience, some .NET, IIS and systems and network architecture.

Seriously, may I presume to translate that into how I think it will be seen by an agent? I'm not taking the piss:

SQL server DBA
SQL Server DBA. Do I have a contract requirement for exactly that?

lots of SQL Server development
SQL coder

Oracle PL/SQL Development
SQL coder

My SQL is actually s*** hot, nothing I can't do I even ended up having to mentor the reporting contractors at my last job.
zzzzz

Also got plenty of windows server admin experience, some .NET, IIS and systems and network architecture
some .NET, not enough to sell.


I have the same problem: where on my CV do I put that I'm good?

[Spacecadet]

Seriously, may I presume to translate that into how I think it will be seen by an agent? I'm not taking the piss:

I'm not taking the piss either but why on earth would an agent ever see that? Unless they look at this board and then link my username to me. My CVs are worded a bit differently to say the least