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Skills and Projects You Need to Get a Data/Business Analyst Position 2021
Part 2 of a New Graduate’s Guide to Becoming a Data/Business Analyst
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Projects
You’ve probably heard a lot about the importance of projects.
Projects are particularly crucial for a recent graduate applying to be a data analyst or a business analyst because they demonstrate proficiency in skills that you probably didn’t use outside of a classroom context.
As much as I might want to list my Data Structures class as experience because I used Java during it, please for the love of god, do not put any computer science labs or classes on your resume. Not only is putting labs on the internet likely directly against your school’s honor code, but it also looks amateur. The exception to this is that you can list classes under a Course Highlights section on your resume that is located beneath your degree.
What makes a good project?
- Cool, uncommon dataset
- Clear, answerable question
- Visualization and statistical techniques used to answer the question
