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Would like some feedback on contractors as employers

  • June 13, 2014 at 6:20 am

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    Thank you, Lynn and Craig.

    Rod

  • June 13, 2014 at 11:12 am

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    Alan.B (6/11/2014)

    I am going to make a wild guess and say that you are in Albuquerque, NM or somewhere nearby? I don't know much about that market but know that there is a desperate shortage of DBAs and good SQL developers right now pretty much everywhere in the US.

    I worked for Robert Half for a year as a BI Consultant in 2011-2012 and think that they were okay -- there were some good pros and a few cons - my attitude about them is neutral. I think Tek Systems is better if you have the opportunity to work with them. I have worked with Tek System's people here and there for the past 15 years and they seem to take good care of their people. I also worked with them as a candidate and think they are good to work with.

    There are endless opportunities all over the country and employers are getting desperate enough to allow for Remote Candidates. My current employer, for example, allows for remote workers. My Previous 3 employers did so as well now that I think about it.

    Two two best sites IMHO for tech job seekers are: Dice.com and indeed.com.

    You nailed it, Alan B, I am in the Albuquerque job market. I seldom see any positions open in my local market.

    I've now got to ask you, what company is it you work for that they're willing to consider remote employees?

    I'm on Dice.com. Haven't heard of indeed.com, so will check them out. Thanks!

    Being on Dice is good. I mentioned Dice and Indeed because it seams that the best jobs are posted in those two places. You are in a small market for sure. Regarding the companies that offer remote access I'll shoot you a private note about that (I don't know how much company policy I want to discuss here). What I will say now is you can do a search for remote positions on Dice (e.g. search for "sql remote" or "remote dba" and leave the location blank.)

    "I cant stress enough the importance of switching from a sequential files mindset to set-based thinking. After you make the switch, you can spend your time tuning and optimizing your queries instead of maintaining lengthy, poor-performing code."

    -- Itzik Ben-Gan 2001

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