What to highlight
- The data you worked with and where it came from
- Tools: SQL, Excel, Python, Power BI or Tableau
- Reports and dashboards you built and who used them
- Data cleaning and quality checks
- Decisions or changes your analysis supported
Example bullets
Copy one, then change the numbers and details so it is true for you.
- Built a Power BI dashboard that the sales team used in weekly meetings to track regional sales.
- Wrote SQL queries to combine order and customer data for monthly reports.
- Cleaned and merged spreadsheets from three branches into one consistent dataset.
- Analyzed customer complaints by category and found the top cause of repeat calls.
Skills
Words employers look for
Our score checks for these terms in Software & Technology job posts. Use the ones that are true for you.
Tips
- List the stack per project or job, not only in a skills block.
- Link your GitHub or portfolio.
Questions
I have no analyst job yet. What can I show?
A project using public data, such as PSA or open government datasets. Link the notebook or dashboard and say what question it answered.
Should I list Excel as a skill?
Yes, and be specific: pivot tables, lookups and charts say more than Excel alone.