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SQL Server 2005 DBCC Optimization Tips (Part 1)
In this article, you can find some helpful SQL Server 2005 DBCC performance tuning and optimization tips.
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Getting SQL Server Work
Please keep the feedback coming from yesterday’s question about how to find SQL Server work without looking overqualified – it’s a great question and the feedback so far has been excellent. I’ll be posting a few of them starting in the next editorials.
One thing that was brought up that I have also started helping people with, is a topic- or experience-based resume, rather than a work-history-based resume. There’s a HUGE difference in how your work is perceived, how you are presented and what the potential employer or client is able to get from your resume. An experience-based resume explains what you know, what you’ve done and how you’ve applied your skills with SQL Server. It shows what an employer or client would get in terms of experience, in working with you.
This is a significantly different, and often better, way of presenting your credentials. It gives a more helpful view of your experience without shouting about your titles, your position, etc. This is, in my opinion, a great thing. I don’t hire a DBA because they’ve had the title "DBA" before. I hire for their know-how. Given that only 15-20 seconds is spent reviewing a resume (on a GOOD day) initially, making it clear, obvious and concise what you’ve done with SQL Server, without my having to work to squeeze it out of your position history is a good thing.
Consider carefully building a resume that reads more like a summary of your talents, rather than a summary of your positions.
If you ever need someone to take a look, drop me a copy of it, I’ll do my best to take a look and provide some basic feedback. If things get nuts with resumes, I’ll cry uncle, but I’ll do my best – send it over (I won’t publish it – I’ll email you back directly). Please do give me a few days to review. Email it to swynk@sswug.org of course, and please put "Resume Review Request" in the subject line.
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