DBAsupport.com Forums - Powered by vBulletin
Page 1 of 7 123 ... LastLast
Results 1 to 10 of 70

Thread: Overqualified???

  1. #1
    Join Date
    Dec 2001
    Location
    UK
    Posts
    1,684
    I've just applied for a 3 month contract as a DBA/developer and I've been told I'm overqualified. What is that all about? You would have thought they'd want the best person they could find for their money. I was well within their price range.

    I'm lost for words!

    I suppose I better drop OCP off my CV and lie about my level of experience.

    [Edited by TimHall on 08-14-2002 at 11:32 AM]
    Tim...
    OCP DBA 7.3, 8, 8i, 9i, 10g, 11g
    OCA PL/SQL Developer
    Oracle ACE Director
    My website: oracle-base.com
    My blog: oracle-base.com/blog

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Jan 2002
    Location
    Netherlands
    Posts
    1,587
    It's unbeleivable!
    I mean the ball is in their court , don't take it so hard tim.
    It's really unbeleivable what you get to hear lately.
    Tarry Singh
    I'm a JOLE(JavaOracleLinuxEnthusiast)
    TarryBlogging
    --- Everything was meant to be---

  3. #3
    Join Date
    Jun 2000
    Location
    Madrid, Spain
    Posts
    7,447
    hmmmm

    I am still underqualified though, may be I can cut the parts you dont want in your CV and paste them to mine?

  4. #4
    Join Date
    Jan 2001
    Posts
    3,134

    Talking

    WOW! Education can really work against you, where the heck is Julian now. This could be a whole new debate about "Degrees" education and lack therof.

    Tell em to hire me for a week Tim, then they'll be begging you to come work for them!!

    Con mucho gusto, MH
    I remember when this place was cool.

  5. #5
    Join Date
    Nov 2000
    Location
    greenwich.ct.us
    Posts
    9,092
    Originally posted by TimHall
    I've just applied for a 3 month contract as a DBA/developer and I've been told I'm overqualified. What is that all about? You would have thought they'd want the best person they could find for their money. I was well within their price range.

    I'm lost for words!

    I suppose I better drop OCP off my CV and lie about my level of experience.

    [Edited by TimHall on 08-14-2002 at 11:32 AM]
    You're either too expensive, or the "lead" DBA felt you knew more then he did.
    Jeff Hunter

  6. #6
    Join Date
    Dec 2001
    Location
    UK
    Posts
    1,684
    marist89: Who knows, but it sucks
    Tim...
    OCP DBA 7.3, 8, 8i, 9i, 10g, 11g
    OCA PL/SQL Developer
    Oracle ACE Director
    My website: oracle-base.com
    My blog: oracle-base.com/blog

  7. #7
    Join Date
    Aug 2002
    Posts
    55
    :hey guy's!
    now should i stop dreaming to be an OCP? : since 2 yrs i have been studying on oracle. and i am jobless now! i think without certification i will not get job! but now.............! wht i 'v to....!!!!!!!!!

    [Edited by Alauddin on 08-14-2002 at 01:49 PM]

  8. #8
    Join Date
    Jan 2001
    Posts
    3,134

    Question

    Isn't this about the time that Yoda shows up with something prolific and uplifting?

    MH
    I remember when this place was cool.

  9. #9
    Join Date
    May 2002
    Posts
    219
    "What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal."
    -- Albert Pike (1809-91)
    yodaDBA@hotmail.com

  10. #10
    Join Date
    Jul 2000
    Location
    Amsterdam
    Posts
    234

    Talking

    Tim,

    The same happened to me a few years ago.

    But now the company with the job offer is bankrupt.

    (Just bad HR management.)

    So there is justice after all.

    Tycho

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  


Click Here to Expand Forum to Full Width