Karen,
Does your college or university have a formal internship program?
If they do, a short-term internship might be the way to go. That would
be some experience under your belt. Once you got into a company,
you'd make good contacts there to try to extend your employment
once the formal internship is finished.
You might try doing some volunteer work. Some newspapers have
regular columns that list volunteer opportunities - I've seen some
technical ones. You could contact a local volunteer coordination
organization and ask them if they have any appropriate opportunities.
You could also create your own volunteer opportunity by asking
at your college or university, religious organization, kid's school,
etc. if they have any work that they need to have done. If you have
a pc, I think that you can still download personal Oracle for free and
put it on your pc. You could look for any opportunity to organize some
records for a newsletter, a grading system, etc.
Have you tried contacting recruiting companies? Sometimes I think
it's easier to go through them then to apply directly to companies
yourself. They might have better knowledge of which places would
be receptive to someone without pertinent experience.
I would think smaller companies would be more open to someone
without direct experience. Don't look only at really big places.
Ask around to people that you know. Do they know of any openings?
Do they have any contacts. It's always easier to get your foot in the door
with someone that you know.
Try Oracle user's groups. Minneapolis has the Twin Cities Oracle Users
group that meets quarterly. You can search for their web site with Google.
You can introduce yourself to people at the meetings and network there.
Mention that you are looking for work.
Hope these suggestions help,
Cherie Machler
Oracle DBA
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This is kind of a different Oracle question. Does anyone have any
suggestions
how a person can land an entry level job. I do not work in the Technology
field but would very much like to. I have been going to school at night for
about two and a half years
and have the first two OCP developers tests behind me and am working on the
third now. I have a 3.9 GPA and can't even get an interview. How do you get
experience if no one will hire you? I have even offered to work for free in
the evenings or on my days off. I live in Minneapolis and would really
appreciate any suggestions that anyone might have. Thanks,
Karen
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