Where to Find a DBA

A former student of mine wrote me today asking where they might be able to find a qualified DBA for their startup. I wanted to pass along my response.

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Hey Bill – good to hear from you!

I have a couple of recommendations:

1. Craigslist. DBA’s and other tech professions stay plugged in to the job openings here. Best news is this site is free, and, all tech professionals I know have this on feed (we receive these broadcasts to our desktop).

2. A couple of other job sites that would be frequented by technical talent that you may want to consider advertising with:

http://dbajobs.com/
http://www.computerwork.com/
http://information-technology.careerbuilder.com
http://www.dice.com/
http://www.jobs4it.com/

3. Monster.com has communities of interests for direct marketing to, like this SearchOracle function that helps you find Oracle-specific talent. I think almost all of the major employment sites have functions like this:

http://searchoracle.techtarget.com/careers/0,289753,sid41,00.html

4. Try a contractor for a while – temp to hire, recruiters will weed the resumes and work with you to secure the talent you’re looking for. You pay a premium for their services but you do get guarantees on talent and a means to turn away talent that are incompatable with your needs. Personally, I’ve had tremendous success with RHI (Robert Half).

http://www.roberthalftechnology.com/portal/site/rht-us
http://www.teksystems.com/
http://www.accenture.com/

5. One more venue would be the website of your DBMS package – be it Oracle, SAP, Sybase, etc. Usually these folks have tools on their website to channel users of their product (like yourself) to a qualified expert.

Good luck, sir!
R
www.micklerandassociates.com

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