Becoming an Oracle Consultant
Many people stick to the same job for years and years. They can recall the days before computerised stock control when everything, and I mean everything was recorded by hand using a paper and pen and pure diligence. They also recall clearly the transitional period as computers began worming their way into stock control and management, eventually making the tried and trusted pen and paper method obsolete. This transitional period was a bitter pill to swallow for many, but for some, they took to these new databases like a duck to water.
One such database is called Oracle which emerged in the late 1970′s and has become one of the world’s premier database systems. People who have been using Oracle for many years are in the perfect position to become Oracle consultants as through the course of their job, they have learnt all the ins and outs and limitations of this invaluable piece of software. Oracle jobs are highly specialised and therefore offer a very attractive salary.
What is still hard to believe is just how many people who’ve been working with Oracle don’t realise just how sought after their skills are. Oracle consultants specialise in helping companies make the transition from one database system to the Oracle system without any loss of data. It is their role to ensure this runs as smoothly as possible, so those who have many years experience in this field are in a perfect position to fill any Oracle jobs which become available.
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I’ll ask them if their job involved using a database of any kind and often the answer is yes. With a little more investigating it turns out that such people have not only used a database on a regular basis, but have developed in depth skills with one of the popular databases which are used by numerous companies all over the world. If a person has only used Sage, Oracle or SAP in their last job, they tend to assume that such software is ‘in house’ and therefore not as ubiquitous as it actually is.
Having real working experience with popular database software is invaluable, especially in IT recruitment. The SAP careers market offers excellent rates of pay, as does Oracle careers and Sage as it’s not something many people can pick up quickly by learning on the job. Having experience in SAP and Oracle will certainly make a CV stand out from the crowd and makes my job in IT recruitment far easier.
With a little confidence boosting we can steer an individuals career path from a series of admin roles which are often temporary and low paid in the more lucrative direction of SAP careers, or even Oracle careers if that is where their experience is. One needn’t be an expert either, even having basic day to day knowledge of adding and updating such databases can be enough to put them above all other candidates for an employment opportunity. Using the same software for another company will further increase their experience and as a result, their standing as a specialist in Oracle or SAP careers will make them more employable and put them in a position to pick and choose employment opportunities rather than taking what’s offered.
By Barry Summers
