
Data Career Podcast: Helping You Land a Data Analyst Job FAST
The Data Career Podcast: helping you break into data analytics, build your data career, and develop a personal brand
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Mar 8, 2023 • 35min
49: Navigating Your Data Career Journey w/ Jess Ramos
In this episode, Avery & Jess dive deep into the world of data careers and discuss tips and tricks to network effectively, switch jobs, and stay focused on your career goals.
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Timestamps:
(8:01) - Difference between risk analyst & data analyst
(9:56) - Does a math degree help in the data field?
(12:52) - You hate your job. What do you do?
(17:05) - It’s OK to job hop!
(18:07) - The best time to switch job
(20:06) - Not landing job opportunities? Do this!
(22:44) - Learn less. Apply more.
(25:15) - Know your data term to land the job!
Jess Ramos Links:
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessramosmsba/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessramosdata/
Linkedin Course: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/preparing-for-your-analytics-job-interview/data-analytics-from-initial-interest-to-job-interview
Practical Advice for Perfecting the Data Resume: https://gumroad.com/a/51884243/vijuf
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👔 Connect with me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/averyjsmith/
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/datacareerjumpstart/
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Mar 2, 2023 • 20min
48: Your Roadmap To Your First Data Job in 2023
The demand for data professionals continues to rise, and with this roadmap, you can break into the data field and kick-start your career in 2023.
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Timestamps:
(1:07) - Different background, different roadmap
(3:18) - Ultimate roadmap to land your first data job
(4:18) - You need these 3 skills to be marketable in data space
(8:51) - Stop learning. Start applying
(10:52) - Prove your skills by doing portfolio projects
(12:25) - Network is your net worth
(13:38) - This is how you grow your Linkedin network
(16:00) - Do it scared, what’s the worst thing that could happen?
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📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/datacareerjumpstart/
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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

Feb 23, 2023 • 34min
47 How She Tripled Her Income in 18 Months w/ Data Analytics, Data Science, & Data Engineering w/ Kedeisha Bryan
This is the story of how a warehouse worker pivoted into a senior data engineer in just 18 months while tripling her salary. In this episode of The Data Career Podcast, Avery Smith sits down with Kedeisha Bryan on how she landed a data job and tripled her income in only 18 months.
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Kedeisha’s Links:
Connect on LinkedIn
Join Data in Motion Community
Timestamps:
(9:19) - Why you need a sponsor in your life
(11:21) - You need common ground to network genuinely
(27:02) - Tired of sending job applications? Network instead
(30:16) - Know that this is a long game
Connect with Avery:
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👔 Connect with me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/averyjsmith/
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/datacareerjumpstart/
🎵 TikTok: [https://www.tiktok.com/@verydata?](https://www.tiktok.com/@verydata?)
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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

Feb 15, 2023 • 39min
46: Landing a Data Analyst Job in 90 Days w/ Stephen Tran
Stephen shared his incredible journey from tech support to a successful data analyst in only 3 months! Learn the key skills & strategies that helped him make the transition.📊 Come to my next free “How to Land Your First Data Job” training🏫 Check out my 10-week data analytics bootcampTimestamps:(10:16) Your personalized project is critical to landing a data job (11:23) You're missing out if you don't use the filter feature (14:17) Get your mentor and fix your resume! (17:29) It's hard to help you if you don't have a portfolio (23:33) Don't be afraid of the job ads requirement (36:15) Luck favors those who are preparedStephen’s Links: Connect on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephentran96/Connect with Avery:📺 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AverySmithDataCareerJumpstart/videos🎙Listen to My Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/data-career-podcast/id1547386535👔 Connect with me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/averyjsmith/📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/datacareerjumpstart/🎵 TikTok: [https://www.tiktok.com/@verydata?](https://www.tiktok.com/@verydata?)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.

Feb 9, 2023 • 14min
45: 3-Step Guide To Building Your First Data Science Project
You just learned SQL or Python, or Tableau. But you don’t know how to build your data science project? In this episode, Avery shares a 3-step guide to building your first data science project.
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Timestamps:
(1:28) - Art is theft, and so is the data science project
(4:02) - Find ideas on Towards Data Science Medium
(5:32) - Read a few articles to get inspiration
(6:05) - Avery’s strategy is doing 30 projects in 30 days
(9:08) - How academia finds inspiration to write
(11:01) - Take Avery’s project, replicate and do it
Mentioned Links:
Building 30 Data Science Projects in 30 days: https://youtu.be/kKmA9ihIg20
30 Data Science Projects Resources: https://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/30projectsresourcesignup
I Used Data Science to UNCOVER McDonald’s Healthiest Meal: https://youtu.be/3bbFc1225-4
Connect with Avery:
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🎙Listen to My Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/data-career-podcast/id1547386535
👔 Connect with me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/averyjsmith/
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/datacareerjumpstart/
🎵 TikTok: [https://www.tiktok.com/@verydata?]
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

Feb 1, 2023 • 31min
44: From a Teacher to a Data Analyst w/ Chris French
Do you need to be active on Linkedin to land a data job? What should you post or even do on the platform?
In this episode, Avery sits down with teacher turned Data Analyst Chris French to discuss how he landed his first data job leveraging Linkedin.
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Chris’s Links:
Connect on LinkedIn
Timestamps:
(9:07) - How Chris grow Linkedin from 20 followers to 20,000 followers
(13:19) - His content types that gain attention
(18:02) - What Chris would do differently to do the job search
(23:29) - Technical skills vs soft skills
(26:53) - Before land data job, analyze your process first
Connect with Avery:
📺 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AverySmithDataCareerJumpstart/videos
🎙Listen to My Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/data-career-podcast/id1547386535
👔 Connect with me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/averyjsmith/
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/datacareerjumpstart/
🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@verydata?
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

Jan 26, 2023 • 10min
43: Should You Accept The Data Analytics Job Offer?
You just got the data job offer. Should you accept it or not? In this episode, Avery discusses what pros and cons are there and deciding on accepting the job offer.
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Timestamps:
Timestamps:
(0:58) - Jay got a data job offer but was in a dilemma
(2:22) - Your past experience is ALWAYS relevant in the data world
(2:59) - Job offer pros to look out
(4:03) - Job offer cons to be aware of
(5:57) - Avery takes on deciding job offer
(7:53) - Job offer is beyond salary but perks & benefits
Connect with Avery:
📺 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AverySmithDataCareerJumpstart/videos
🎙Listen to My Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/data-career-podcast/id1547386535
👔 Connect with me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/averyjsmith/
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/datacareerjumpstart/
🎵 TikTok: [https://www.tiktok.com/@verydata?](https://www.tiktok.com/@verydata?)
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

Jan 18, 2023 • 33min
42: How Cold Messaging Helped Me Land His First Data Analytics Job w/ Asa Howard
Can cold messaging really land you your first data job? Even without experience? In this episode, Avery sits down with logistics Data Analyst Asa Howard to discuss how he landed his first data job with a simple cold messaging strategy.
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Asa’s Links:
Connect on LinkedIn
Waitlist for Google Sheets course
Timestamps:
(3:22) - Asa realizes he needs a career pivot
(5:21) - What a Solutions Engineer does (Logistics Analyst)
(10:21) - System he used to land his job
(14:24) - Cold message template you can steal
(18:01) - What tools he uses on day to day
(24:37) - Google Sheets vs Excel
Connect with Avery:
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🎙Listen to My Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/data-career-podcast/id1547386535
👔 Connect with me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/averyjsmith/
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/datacareerjumpstart/
🎵 TikTok: [https://www.tiktok.com/@verydata?](https://www.tiktok.com/@verydata?)
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

Feb 22, 2022 • 50min
41: What I Wish I Knew...
Welcome to the show notes! 🎉 I always put interesting things in the show notes, so make sure you check them every episode!
In today's podcast episode, I'll be sharing a recording of a seminar I gave this week to about 50 undergraduate students, specifically in the chemical engineering program at the University of Utah.
I'll be talking about: 1) what I wish I knew while I was in college and trying to break into data science 2) how data science can be applied in industrial systems and engineering
Although this was given to a live audience, I do think a lot of the advice you might find applicable to you and your situation.
Want to come to my project analyzing Ken Jee's YouTube data? Register here: https://www.linkedin.com/video/event/urn:li:ugcPost:6899114723149705216/
If you want a free way to kickstart your analytics career, check out my free 33-page PDF giving you an introduction to everything you need to know: https://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/roadmap
If you’re just starting out, you can check out my 21 Day To Data Challenge: https://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/challenge
Want to learn data science while building your portfolio? Check out Data Career Jumpstart: https://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/data-career-jumpstart-course
MORE DATA ANALYTICS CONTENT HERE:
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👾Join My Discord: https://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/discord
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Feb 14, 2022 • 11min
40: Best Project For Data Science
In this episode, I’ll explain what THE best project you can do for data science and how you can accomplish it.
I’ll give you my 5 step recipe for making a great data science project so you can find a data analytics job.
If you need to find datasets, check out Kaggle.com and Google Dataset Search Engine
Want to build more projects for your portfolio? Check out my course, Data Career Jumpstart: https://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/data-career-jumpstart-course
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If you want a free way to kickstart your analytics career, check out my free 33-page PDF giving you an introduction to everything you need to know: https://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/roadmap
If you’re just starting out, you can check out my 21 Day To Data Challenge: https://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/challenge
MORE DATA ANALYTICS CONTENT HERE:
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🎙Listen to My Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/data-career-podcast/id1547386535
👔 Connect with me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/averyjsmith/
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👾Join My Discord: https://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/discord
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