Hmmm...I'm suprised at the recruiter's responses! I would assume that they would present your resume along with a few others and discuss them all with the prospective employer...and have an opportunity to go to bat for you and say, "what he may lack in DBA-specific experience, he makes up for with....etc..."

I'm in the Cleveland area and I worked with TEKSystems -- they were great! I just looked at their website and they have a South Philly location. If you're interested in contacting them, I could certainly give my recruiter a heads-up so they could contact the Philly office to keep an eye out for you.

http://www.teksystems.com/Locations/United-States/Pennsylvania/Philadelphia-South.aspx

Are you looking towards SQL Development or Database Administration or Data Warehouseing/BI?...?