Data Career Podcast: Helping You Land a Data Analyst Job FAST

Your dream data job might be closer than you realize. Don't overlook the hidden gem right in front of you: internal positions. Landing an internal job is easier than going through the external route. 🌟 Join the data project club! 📊 Come to my next free “How to Land Your First Data Job” training 🏫 Check out my 10-week data analytics bootcamp Timestamps: (0:00) - The Best Place to Land Your First Job (2:58) - How I Landed My First Data Job (7:11) - Your Company Has a Data Team? (10:22) - Network Inside Your Company (12:54) - Use data at your current position (14:01) - Attend Data Events Connect with Avery: 📺 Subscribe on YouTube 🎙Listen to My Podcast 👔 Connect with me on LinkedIn 📸 Instagram 🎵 TikTok Mentioned in this episode:💙 Thank you for subscribing & leaving a reviewThanks to YOU we recently became the most popular data podcast out there. Thank you so much for listening. If you haven't subscribed yet, hit subscribe. It costs $0. If you enjoy the show, leave us a 5-star rating on Spotify or Apple. It helps people like you find the show AND it helps us land better guests. Thank you so much for your support.📫 Get The Data Career NewsletterGet the best data advice delivered to your inbox every Wednesday. Sign up for free at https://datacareerjumpstart.com/newsletterhttps://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/newsletter

Wanna become a data analyst? Start here. This is the most upvoted post in the r/datanalysis history, full of advice and a roadmap to becoming a data analyst. Join me as I'm going to be diving into what their advice was and if I agree or disagree with it. 🌟 Join the data project club! “25OFF” to get 25% off (first 50 members). 📊 Come to my next free “How to Land Your First Data Job” training 🏫 Check out my 10-week data analytics bootcamp Timestamps: (0:52) - Do I need a degree? (1:34) - Is Google Data Analytics Cert enough? (3:39) - Will my degree help me? (5:54) - What do I need to learn? (8:07) - Do certifications matter? (9:01) - Can I get a job right away? (10:36) - Is having a degree is enough? (11:41) - Build a strong foundation (11:58) - Get hands-on experience (12:21) - Build your network (12:40) - Should You Get a CS Degree? (13:09) - Should I learn Machine Learning (13:54) - Build a portfolio (14:31) - Create a personalized resume (14:51) - Practice every day (14:59) - Have the right attitude (15:20) - Applying for the jobs (16:13) - Be very patient Connect with Avery: 📺 Subscribe on YouTube 🎙Listen to My Podcast 👔 Connect with me on LinkedIn 📸 Instagram 🎵 TikTok Mentioned in this episode:💙 Thank you for subscribing & leaving a reviewThanks to YOU we recently became the most popular data podcast out there. Thank you so much for listening. If you haven't subscribed yet, hit subscribe. It costs $0. If you enjoy the show, leave us a 5-star rating on Spotify or Apple. It helps people like you find the show AND it helps us land better guests. Thank you so much for your support.📫 Get The Data Career NewsletterGet the best data advice delivered to your inbox every Wednesday. Sign up for free at https://datacareerjumpstart.com/newsletterhttps://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/newsletter

My wife and I just had our first baby. Everyone is doing well. So I’m taking the week off to spend time with my amazing family. In the meantime, I would appreciate you leaving a rating for the podcast. The ratings & reviews help me stay motivated, as well as help others find the podcast. If you’re on Apple Podcasts, scroll to the bottom of the Data Career Podcast page and you’ll find the spot to leave a rating a review. If you’re on Spotify, you should see a rating with a star towards the top left of the page (below the podcast art). Click it and leave a rating. I’d love to hit 50 on each platform. Appreciate you listening & have a great week. Mentioned in this episode:📫 Get The Data Career NewsletterGet the best data advice delivered to your inbox every Wednesday. Sign up for free at https://datacareerjumpstart.com/newsletterhttps://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/newsletter💙 Thank you for subscribing & leaving a reviewThanks to YOU we recently became the most popular data podcast out there. Thank you so much for listening. If you haven't subscribed yet, hit subscribe. It costs $0. If you enjoy the show, leave us a 5-star rating on Spotify or Apple. It helps people like you find the show AND it helps us land better guests. Thank you so much for your support.

Stop being left behind by not building data project. It can be intimidating to build a real-world data project alone. But why be alone when you can be with us in the Data Project Club? Come join me talking about cool Data Project Club, that can help you show your skills, build your project and expand your data network. 🌟 Join the data project club! “25OFF” to get 25% off (first 50 members). 📊 Come to my next free “How to Land Your First Data Job” training 🏫 Check out my 10-week data analytics bootcamp Timestamps: (1:00) - Projects Are The Cheat Code (1:55) - Why data project are your career accelerator? (3:37) - Show Your Skills > Tell Your Skills (3:43) - Doing data projects is FUN!!! (4:37) - Come join The Data Project Club (5:51) - Practice. Build Connect. (7:01) - My Bootcamp (7:30) - Data Project Club Perks (10:48) - Data Project Club Tiers Connect with Avery: 📺 Subscribe on YouTube 🎙Listen to My Podcast 👔 Connect with me on LinkedIn 📸 Instagram 🎵 TikTok Mentioned in this episode:💙 Thank you for subscribing & leaving a reviewThanks to YOU we recently became the most popular data podcast out there. Thank you so much for listening. If you haven't subscribed yet, hit subscribe. It costs $0. If you enjoy the show, leave us a 5-star rating on Spotify or Apple. It helps people like you find the show AND it helps us land better guests. Thank you so much for your support.📫 Get The Data Career NewsletterGet the best data advice delivered to your inbox every Wednesday. Sign up for free at https://datacareerjumpstart.com/newsletterhttps://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/newsletter

If you find yourself in a situation where you don't have a college degree, I want you to know it is possible to land a data job. In this episode, Teshawn Black shares his experience landing data contracts at Google & LinkedIn despite having no certifications. 🌟 Join the data project club! “25OFF” to get 25% off (first 50 members). 📊 Come to my next free “How to Land Your First Data Job” training 🏫 Check out my 10-week data analytics bootcamp Teshawn’s Links: https://www.tiktok.com/@the6figureanalyst https://app.mediakits.com/the6figureanalyst Timestamps: (6:29) - Providing value is KEY! (10:49) - We don’t have tomorrow, so live today (13:43) - Understand what company looks for (17:05) - Learn to communicate effectively (19:14) - Working contract jobs is a blessing (20:17) - Always market yourself (22:33) - Ask the budget first (25:07) - Is job security really SECURE? (27:35) - We are all expendable (29:32) - Focus on data cleaning & data manipulation (30:42) - Don’t skip Excel! Connect with Avery: 📺 Subscribe on YouTube 🎙Listen to My Podcast 👔 Connect with me on LinkedIn 📸 Instagram 🎵 TikTok Mentioned in this episode:💙 Thank you for subscribing & leaving a reviewThanks to YOU we recently became the most popular data podcast out there. Thank you so much for listening. If you haven't subscribed yet, hit subscribe. It costs $0. If you enjoy the show, leave us a 5-star rating on Spotify or Apple. It helps people like you find the show AND it helps us land better guests. Thank you so much for your support.📫 Get The Data Career NewsletterGet the best data advice delivered to your inbox every Wednesday. Sign up for free at https://datacareerjumpstart.com/newsletterhttps://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/newsletter

Building data analytics projects is the key to landing your first data job. Here’s a 6-step guide to doing your first project. 🌟 Join the data project club! “25OFF” to get 25% off (first 50 members). 📊 Come to my next free “How to Land Your First Data Job” training 🏫 Check out my 10-week data analytics bootcamp Timestamps: (1:43) - Step 1: Deciding What Project To Do (4:00) - Step 2: Finding a Good Data Set (5:30) - Step 3: Defining the Project (6:32) - Step 4: Exploratory Data Analysis (9:16) - Step 5: Real Analysis (11:04) - Step 6: Publish the project Connect with Avery: 📺 Subscribe on YouTube 🎙Listen to My Podcast 👔 Connect with me on LinkedIn 📸 Instagram 🎵 TikTok Mentioned in this episode:📫 Get The Data Career NewsletterGet the best data advice delivered to your inbox every Wednesday. Sign up for free at https://datacareerjumpstart.com/newsletterhttps://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/newsletter💙 Thank you for subscribing & leaving a reviewThanks to YOU we recently became the most popular data podcast out there. Thank you so much for listening. If you haven't subscribed yet, hit subscribe. It costs $0. If you enjoy the show, leave us a 5-star rating on Spotify or Apple. It helps people like you find the show AND it helps us land better guests. Thank you so much for your support.

If you want to learn data visualization, here are the best 5 books you should read. Get the books via links down below. 🌟 Join the data project club! “25OFF” to get 25% off (first 50 members). 📊 Come to my next free “How to Land Your First Data Job” training 🏫 Check out my 10-week data analytics bootcamp Timestamps: (0:34) - Book 1: Storytelling with Data (1:50) - Book 2: The Big Book of Dashboards (2:51) - Book 3: Envisioning Information (4:12) - Book 4: How Charts Lie (5:14) - Book 5: Show Me The Numbers Mentioned Links: 📚 Storytelling with Data: https://amzn.to/3n2rDwJ 📚 The Big Book of Dashboards: https://amzn.to/42nBmO4 📚 Envisioning Information: https://amzn.to/3yN8a5z 📚 How Charts Lie: https://amzn.to/3luqQ77 📚 Show Me The Numbers: https://amzn.to/3FxgeuW Connect with Avery: 📺 Subscribe on YouTube 🎙Listen to My Podcast 👔 Connect with me on LinkedIn 📸 Instagram 🎵 TikTok Mentioned in this episode:💙 Thank you for subscribing & leaving a reviewThanks to YOU we recently became the most popular data podcast out there. Thank you so much for listening. If you haven't subscribed yet, hit subscribe. It costs $0. If you enjoy the show, leave us a 5-star rating on Spotify or Apple. It helps people like you find the show AND it helps us land better guests. Thank you so much for your support.📫 Get The Data Career NewsletterGet the best data advice delivered to your inbox every Wednesday. Sign up for free at https://datacareerjumpstart.com/newsletterhttps://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/newsletter

This is the story of how a math teacher transitioned to become a lead analytics consultant at Wells Fargo In this episode of The Data Career Podcast, Avery Smith sits down with Courtney Ballard, one of the bootcamp alumna on how she landed data job from teaching. If you are a Transitioning Teacher looking to explore data, I have a LIVE training to help you on your journey: https://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/teachers 🌟 Join the data project club! “25OFF” to get 25% off (first 50 members). 📊 Come to my next free “How to Land Your First Data Job” training 🏫 Check out my 10-week data analytics bootcamp Timestamps: (1:53) - Why Courtney transitioned to data analytics (9:54) - Why it's okay to pivot your career (13:22) - Teachers make great data analysts (17:44) - How Courtney landed her job (23:30) - Why data careers are great for teachers Courtney’s Links: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/courtneylballard/ Connect with Avery: 📺 Subscribe on YouTube 🎙Listen to My Podcast 👔 Connect with me on LinkedIn 📸 Instagram 🎵 TikTok Mentioned in this episode:💙 Thank you for subscribing & leaving a reviewThanks to YOU we recently became the most popular data podcast out there. Thank you so much for listening. If you haven't subscribed yet, hit subscribe. It costs $0. If you enjoy the show, leave us a 5-star rating on Spotify or Apple. It helps people like you find the show AND it helps us land better guests. Thank you so much for your support.📫 Get The Data Career NewsletterGet the best data advice delivered to your inbox every Wednesday. Sign up for free at https://datacareerjumpstart.com/newsletterhttps://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/newsletter

Let's face it; data analytics can sometimes be a real pain in the spreadsheet. You spend hours analysing data, writing code, and crafting reports, only to have one mystery bug stop your work from progressing. I'll show you my 10-step guide for solving ANY data problem. 🌟 Join the data project club! “25OFF” to get 25% off (first 50 members). 📊 Come to my next free “How to Land Your First Data Job” training 🏫 Check out my 10-week data analytics bootcamp Timestamps: (2:19) - Step 1: Copy your error message (3:29) - Step 2: Use Google, Stack Overflow & ChatGPT (5:28) - Step 3: Double check everything! (6:58) - Step 4: Rubber Duck it! (7:58) - Step 5: Read manual & documentation (9:45) - Step 6: Walk away, just walk. (14:19) - Step 7: Turn it off! (12:52) - Step 8: Screenshot & screenrecord it (15:18) -Step 10: Say thank you! Connect with Avery: 📺 Subscribe on YouTube 🎙Listen to My Podcast 👔 Connect with me on LinkedIn 📸 Instagram 🎵 TikTok Mentioned in this episode:💙 Thank you for subscribing & leaving a reviewThanks to YOU we recently became the most popular data podcast out there. Thank you so much for listening. If you haven't subscribed yet, hit subscribe. It costs $0. If you enjoy the show, leave us a 5-star rating on Spotify or Apple. It helps people like you find the show AND it helps us land better guests. Thank you so much for your support.📫 Get The Data Career NewsletterGet the best data advice delivered to your inbox every Wednesday. Sign up for free at https://datacareerjumpstart.com/newsletterhttps://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/newsletter

📤 In this episode, Avery’s going to walk you through how you can teach yourself SQL for FREE with this awesome 5-step course. 🌟 Join the data project club! “25OFF” to get 25% off (first 50 members). 📊 Come to my next free “How to Land Your First Data Job” training🏫 Check out my 10-week data analytics bootcamp Timestamps: (0:24) - What is SQL? (1:08) - Step 1: Download Datasets (2:03) - What is CSV files? (2:44) - Step 2: Setup SQL environment with the dataset (3:37) - Step 3: Learn SQL for free with W3Schools (4:50) - Step 4: Come up w/ probing questions for your data (6:09) - Step 5: Write up your findings (7:00) - Project Write-up Platform Mentioned Links: Kaggle: https://www.kaggle.com/datasets bit.io: https://bit.io/ W3Schools: https://www.w3schools.com/sql/ Connect with Avery: 📺 Subscribe on YouTube 🎙Listen to My Podcast 👔 Connect with me on LinkedIn 📸 Instagram 🎵 TikTok Mentioned in this episode:💙 Thank you for subscribing & leaving a reviewThanks to YOU we recently became the most popular data podcast out there. Thank you so much for listening. If you haven't subscribed yet, hit subscribe. It costs $0. If you enjoy the show, leave us a 5-star rating on Spotify or Apple. It helps people like you find the show AND it helps us land better guests. Thank you so much for your support.📫 Get The Data Career NewsletterGet the best data advice delivered to your inbox every Wednesday. Sign up for free at https://datacareerjumpstart.com/newsletterhttps://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/newsletter