Tips for entering into a data focused job.
The majority of job descriptions that you read these days
will have “Highly analytical” or “Strong analytical skills” or “ability to
think analytically” under the required skill set section. You may be thinking “but this is a sales role?”
or “but this is an entry level role?”
Most jobs now require some degree of analytical ability. What does that mean exactly? It means they want to be able to at the very
least, throw a spreadsheet at you and you pull meaning from the numbers to put
into a presentation for their clients.
It can be much more complicated than that, as well, but can be as simple
as that.
There are a few easy, and free, ways that you can get your
resume to show your analytical ability. First, you can get take googles free course
and get certified in Google Analytics. Oh,
you don’t want to be in marketing you say?
That’s OK, having some sort of proof that you’re able to deal with data,
in some sort of context, such as being Google Analytics Certified, will help
you stand out from other candidates. Another way is by making sure you know how to
use Microsoft Excel, there are loads of YouTube videos for this if you don’t. Now I don’t mean simple spreadsheets, I mean
being able to do Pivot Tables, vlookups etc. And then also, spelling that out
on your resume. Example: Experienced in Microsoft Excel (including Pivot
tables, vlookups). Every resume I have
ever seen says that they are experienced with Microsoft Office and list Excel,
but very few actually put the advanced features they can do.
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