Hi,

I recently left a 13 year job as a jack of all trades but master of none with a very small company (20 people).  For the entire 13 years I was the accountant and for the last 7 years I was also the IT manager.  The company was/is on shaky ground and I knew staying would not develop more skills, so I left the job (and the city) without a job lined up.  I'm not changing careers per se since I have some experience (I'm trying to focus my IT career on DB administration with long term goals to advance to business intelligence development.)

I've got a ton of education (MBA, MCSA, MCDBA) but I'm finding that my experience in the basics of DBA/development is not enough for the positions I find.  I don't have a network of colleagues or friends who have any contacts or information to help. 

This is a alteration of the new-to-job market "can't get a job without experience but can't get experience without a job".  I get quite a bit of interest based on my resume but once they find out the size company I worked for and the basic tasks performed, then I am rejected for not having enough technical experience.

Other than ranting, my question is for other career changers who face the same dilemma of a long work experience but not as developed as others with the same number of years.  I'm willing to take a step back to get into the field.  (I've also got a certain amount of "golden handcuffs")

What do I do to overcome the over-qualified resume/under-qualified experience dilemma?  Do I have to back to entry level? 

Thanks