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

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The Data Career Podcast: helping you break into data analytics, build your data career, and develop a personal brand

  1. 15h ago

    228: AI Ruined The Job Search. Here’s How To Fix It.

    Help us become the #1 Data Podcast by leaving a rating & review! We are 67 reviews away! Former LinkedIn exec explains why mass applying with AI is getting you nowhere. I asked him what works instead. 🧑‍💼 See 60+ recruiters who are hiring data analysts right now 👉 https://findadatajob.com/recruiters 💌 Join 30k+ aspiring data analysts & get my tips in your inbox weekly 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/newsletter 🆘 Feeling stuck in your data journey? Come to my next free "How to Land Your First Data Job" training 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/training 👩‍💻 Want to land a data job in less than 90 days? 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/daa 👔 Ace The Interview with Confidence 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/interviewsimulator ⌚ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 – The AI arms race 04:33 – What are we solving for? 10:57 – Referrals were 10x in 2016 21:12 – Anyone can refer anyone 22:18 – Elevator pitch or questions? 36:36 – Is AI useless in the job search? 42:24 – Quality beats volume 🔗 CONNECT WITH JEREMY 🤝 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/schifeling/ 📚 Check out Jeremy's books 👉 https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B00AB7IEX2 🔗 CONNECT WITH AVERY 🎥 YouTube Channel 🤝 LinkedIn 📸 Instagram 🎵 TikTok 💻 Website Mentioned in this episode: Build Your Data Portfolio We will build your data portfolio site for you for $1. All you need to do is go to MyDataFolio.com/build and enter your LinkedIn URL. Wait 30 seconds. And BOOM! You have a portfolio! Try it. $1 Data Portfolio 📰 Join 18k Other Analysts in My Newsletter Get 1 weekly newsletter helping you take the next steps in your data career! Check it out: https://datacareerjumpstart.com/subscribe 💌 Subscribe To My Newsletter

    228: AI Ruined The Job Search. Here’s How To Fix It.

  2. Sep 8

    227: This Music Teacher Became a Data Analyst in 6 Weeks

    Help us become the #1 Data Podcast by leaving a rating & review! We are 67 reviews away! Mason went from teaching middle school choir to a financial analyst job at Humana in 40 days. I asked him how. 💌 Join 30k+ aspiring data analysts & get my tips in your inbox weekly 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/newsletter 🆘 Feeling stuck in your data journey? Come to my next free "How to Land Your First Data Job" training 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/training 👩‍💻 Want to land a data job in less than 90 days? 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/daa 👔 Ace The Interview with Confidence 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/interviewsimulator ⌚ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 – Choir teacher to Humana 09:03 – Teaching stopped working 12:33 – Go meet people 16:12 – Apply before you feel ready 20:06 – Fake it a little 24:30 – Get a referral 🔗 CONNECT WITH MASON 🤝 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mason-rice-a98559330/ 🎵 Follow his new choir, Voices of Kentuckiana 👉 https://www.instagram.com/voicesky/ 🔗 CONNECT WITH AVERY 🎥 YouTube Channel 🤝 LinkedIn 📸 Instagram 🎵 TikTok 💻 Website Mentioned in this episode: Build Your Data Portfolio We will build your data portfolio site for you for $1. All you need to do is go to MyDataFolio.com/build and enter your LinkedIn URL. Wait 30 seconds. And BOOM! You have a portfolio! Try it. $1 Data Portfolio 📰 Join 18k Other Analysts in My Newsletter Get 1 weekly newsletter helping you take the next steps in your data career! Check it out: https://datacareerjumpstart.com/subscribe 💌 Subscribe To My Newsletter

    227: This Music Teacher Became a Data Analyst in 6 Weeks

  3. Sep 1

    226: 10 Things I Wish I Knew When Starting as a Data Analyst

    Help us become the #1 Data Podcast by leaving a rating & review! We are 67 reviews away! These are the 10 things I wish I knew when I was starting out in data analytics.💌 Join 30k+ aspiring data analysts & get my tips in your inbox weekly 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/newsletter 🆘 Feeling stuck in your data journey? Come to my next free "How to Land Your First Data Job" training 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/training 👩‍💻 Want to land a data job in less than 90 days? 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/daa 👔 Ace The Interview with Confidence 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/interviewsimulator ⌚ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 – The title trap 01:00 – Lowest hanging fruit 02:09 – Domain is your superpower 03:15 – Stakeholders come first 04:18 – Why SQL wins 05:27 – Build it before you need it 07:06 – Getting paid to learn 08:24 – Nobody analyzes alone 09:33 – The remote reality check 12:18 – Imposter syndrome is normal 🔗 CONNECT WITH AVERY 🎥 YouTube Channel 🤝 LinkedIn 📸 Instagram 🎵 TikTok 💻 Website Mentioned in this episode: 📰 Join 18k Other Analysts in My Newsletter Get 1 weekly newsletter helping you take the next steps in your data career! Check it out: https://datacareerjumpstart.com/subscribe 💌 Subscribe To My Newsletter Build Your Data Portfolio We will build your data portfolio site for you for $1. All you need to do is go to MyDataFolio.com/build and enter your LinkedIn URL. Wait 30 seconds. And BOOM! You have a portfolio! Try it. $1 Data Portfolio

    226: 10 Things I Wish I Knew When Starting as a Data Analyst

  4. Aug 25

    225: Why This Data Analyst Got 0 Interviews (According to a Recruiter)

    Help us become the #1 Data Podcast by leaving a rating & review! We are 67 reviews away! Real recruiter spends 20 seconds on this resume and finds nothing worth keeping. I show you why. 📄 Grab my free resume template 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/resume 💌 Join 30k+ aspiring data analysts & get my tips in your inbox weekly 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/newsletter 🆘 Feeling stuck in your data journey? Come to my next free "How to Land Your First Data Job" training 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/training 👩‍💻 Want to land a data job in less than 90 days? 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/daa 👔 Ace The Interview with Confidence 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/interviewsimulator 📺 Original resume review by Headless Headhunter 👉 https://youtu.be/iLjHV8VPzK8 🎥 His Youtube Channel 👉 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPrukg_kzZHzVpvxc424S6A ⌚ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 – Eight months, zero interviews 08:45 – Make it scannable 09:45 – The formatting problem 12:09 – Your resume has two jobs 16:12 – How fast they give up 20:18 – Hiring managers aren't clueless 🔗 CONNECT WITH AVERY 🎥 YouTube Channel 🤝 LinkedIn 📸 Instagram 🎵 TikTok 💻 Website Mentioned in this episode: 📰 Join 18k Other Analysts in My Newsletter Get 1 weekly newsletter helping you take the next steps in your data career! Check it out: https://datacareerjumpstart.com/subscribe 💌 Subscribe To My Newsletter Build Your Data Portfolio We will build your data portfolio site for you for $1. All you need to do is go to MyDataFolio.com/build and enter your LinkedIn URL. Wait 30 seconds. And BOOM! You have a portfolio! Try it. $1 Data Portfolio

    225: Why This Data Analyst Got 0 Interviews (According to a Recruiter)

  5. Aug 18

    224: This Recruiter Became a Data Analyst DESPITE No Experience

    Help us become the #1 Data Podcast by leaving a rating & review! We are 67 reviews away! 🎓 Want the FREE training Jorge watched before joining? 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/training Jorge was getting 12 rejections a day. I found out what he changed to turn it around. 💌 Join 30k+ aspiring data analysts & get my tips in your inbox weekly 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/newsletter 🆘 Feeling stuck in your data journey? Come to my next free "How to Land Your First Data Job" training 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/training 👩‍💻 Want to land a data job in less than 90 days? 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/daa 👔 Ace The Interview with Confidence 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/interviewsimulator ⌚ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 – Call centers to AI team 05:36 – Why he quit the Google cert 12:39 – The internal pivot 15:45 – 12 rejections a day 20:51 – Applied for a different job 25:30 – Networking on LinkedIn 🔗 CONNECT WITH JORGE 🤝 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jorge-lopezvelarde/ 🔗 CONNECT WITH AVERY 🎥 YouTube Channel 🤝 LinkedIn 📸 Instagram 🎵 TikTok 💻 Website Mentioned in this episode: Build Your Data Portfolio We will build your data portfolio site for you for $1. All you need to do is go to MyDataFolio.com/build and enter your LinkedIn URL. Wait 30 seconds. And BOOM! You have a portfolio! Try it. $1 Data Portfolio 📰 Join 18k Other Analysts in My Newsletter Get 1 weekly newsletter helping you take the next steps in your data career! Check it out: https://datacareerjumpstart.com/subscribe 💌 Subscribe To My Newsletter

    224: This Recruiter Became a Data Analyst DESPITE No Experience

  6. Aug 11

    223: The Data Analyst Role is Changing. Here’s My Advice To Beginners.

    Help us become the #1 Data Podcast by leaving a rating & review! We are 67 reviews away! There's a lot of advice online on breaking into data. Here's what I'd tell a beginner.💌 Join 30k+ aspiring data analysts & get my tips in your inbox weekly 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/newsletter 🆘 Feeling stuck in your data journey? Come to my next free "How to Land Your First Data Job" training 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/training 👩‍💻 Want to land a data job in less than 90 days? 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/daa 👔 Ace The Interview with Confidence 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/interviewsimulator ⌚ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 – The Reddit post 01:09 – Companies interested in you 04:12 – Analysis is about money 07:00 – Bad tool advice 09:42 – My advice 🔗 CONNECT WITH AVERY 🎥 YouTube Channel 🤝 LinkedIn 📸 Instagram 🎵 TikTok 💻 Website Mentioned in this episode: Build Your Data Portfolio We will build your data portfolio site for you for $1. All you need to do is go to MyDataFolio.com/build and enter your LinkedIn URL. Wait 30 seconds. And BOOM! You have a portfolio! Try it. $1 Data Portfolio 📰 Join 18k Other Analysts in My Newsletter Get 1 weekly newsletter helping you take the next steps in your data career! Check it out: https://datacareerjumpstart.com/subscribe 💌 Subscribe To My Newsletter

    223: The Data Analyst Role is Changing. Here’s My Advice To Beginners.

  7. Aug 4

    222: Why Getting Data Certifications Is An AWFUL Idea

    Help us become the #1 Data Podcast by leaving a rating & review! We are 67 reviews away! I looked at 11,000 data job postings to see how many required a certificate. Zero.💌 Join 30k+ aspiring data analysts & get my tips in your inbox weekly 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/newsletter 🆘 Feeling stuck in your data journey? Come to my next free "How to Land Your First Data Job" training 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/training 👩‍💻 Want to land a data job in less than 90 days? 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/daa 👔 Ace The Interview with Confidence 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/interviewsimulator ⌚ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 – They don't matter in industry 02:51 – Instructions, not problems 04:48 – A fake finish line 06:21 – The opportunity cost 07:54 – When a cert is worth it 08:21 – The SPN method 🔗 CONNECT WITH AVERY 🎥 YouTube Channel 🤝 LinkedIn 📸 Instagram 🎵 TikTok 💻 Website Mentioned in this episode: 📰 Join 18k Other Analysts in My Newsletter Get 1 weekly newsletter helping you take the next steps in your data career! Check it out: https://datacareerjumpstart.com/subscribe 💌 Subscribe To My Newsletter Build Your Data Portfolio We will build your data portfolio site for you for $1. All you need to do is go to MyDataFolio.com/build and enter your LinkedIn URL. Wait 30 seconds. And BOOM! You have a portfolio! Try it. $1 Data Portfolio

    222: Why Getting Data Certifications Is An AWFUL Idea

  8. Jul 28

    221: This Architect Became a Data Analyst AFTER 13 Years

    Help us become the #1 Data Podcast by leaving a rating & review! We are 67 reviews away! David spent 13 years in architecture before switching to data. He landed his first data job in about 90 days. 💌 Join 30k+ aspiring data analysts & get my tips in your inbox weekly 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/newsletter 🆘 Feeling stuck in your data journey? Come to my next free "How to Land Your First Data Job" training 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/training 👩‍💻 Want to land a data job in less than 90 days? 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/daa 👔 Ace The Interview with Confidence 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/interviewsimulator ⌚ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 – 13 years in architecture 06:00 – The internship 08:39 – Study on your own time 14:24 – Networking pays off 21:24 – Advice if you're on the fence 🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVID 🤝 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidnkovacs/ 🔗 CONNECT WITH AVERY 🎥 YouTube Channel 🤝 LinkedIn 📸 Instagram 🎵 TikTok 💻 Website Mentioned in this episode: Build Your Data Portfolio We will build your data portfolio site for you for $1. All you need to do is go to MyDataFolio.com/build and enter your LinkedIn URL. Wait 30 seconds. And BOOM! You have a portfolio! Try it. $1 Data Portfolio 📰 Join 18k Other Analysts in My Newsletter Get 1 weekly newsletter helping you take the next steps in your data career! Check it out: https://datacareerjumpstart.com/subscribe 💌 Subscribe To My Newsletter

    221: This Architect Became a Data Analyst AFTER 13 Years
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