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. 206: Every Data Analyst Tool You Need is FREE

    3D AGO

    206: Every Data Analyst Tool You Need is FREE

    Help us become the #1 Data Podcast by leaving a rating & review! We are 67 reviews away! You don't need to spend a dollar to learn data analytics. Here's every tool you need and exactly how to get them free. 💌 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 00:42 – Excel 03:12 – Google Sheets 05:21 – Python 07:00 – R 08:45 – SQL 10:57 – CSV Fiddle 11:33 – Tableau 13:42 – Power BI 16:03 – Claude 17:57 – ChatGPT 18:39 – GitHub 🔗 ALL TOOL LINKS: https://hub.datacareerjumpstart.com/tools 🔗 CONNECT WITH AVERY 🎥 YouTube Channel 🤝 LinkedIn 📸 Instagram 🎵 TikTok 💻 Website Mentioned in this episode: ✨ Find A Data Job 2.0 is Here ✨ Just released a BRAND NEW version of FindADataJob.com. ✅ Skills highlighted on every job — scan a posting in seconds and know if it's a fit ✅ Seniority ranking 1–10 — see how senior a job actually is, no more guessing ✅ Save jobs — bookmark roles to come back to later ✅ Salary reports — see what data jobs are actually paying right now ✅ Skills reports — find out which skills are in demand in today's market ✅ Work arrangement reports — remote vs. hybrid vs. on-site breakdowns ✅ Feedback button — tell us what to build next GO CHECK IT OUT!!! FindADataJob.com

    24 min
  2. 205: This Guy Became a Data Analyst in 6 Months (NO EXPERIENCE)

    APR 7

    205: This Guy Became a Data Analyst in 6 Months (NO EXPERIENCE)

    Help us become the #1 Data Podcast by leaving a rating & review! We are 67 reviews away! Tim scored a 1 on his AP computer science exam. Here's how he still landed a senior data analyst role at one of the biggest marketing agencies in the world. 💌 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 00:48 – Three failed careers 03:21 – Anyone can learn this 05:09 – The rejection phase 06:00 – Start reaching out 08:03 – Portfolio live in interview 10:06 – 100% remote, best pay ever 11:33 – Your turn 🔗 CONNECT WITH TIM 🤝 LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tim-beecher-a5ba74183/ 🔗 CONNECT WITH AVERY 🎥 YouTube Channel 🤝 LinkedIn 📸 Instagram 🎵 TikTok 💻 Website Mentioned in this episode: ✨ Find A Data Job 2.0 is Here ✨ Just released a BRAND NEW version of FindADataJob.com. ✅ Skills highlighted on every job — scan a posting in seconds and know if it's a fit ✅ Seniority ranking 1–10 — see how senior a job actually is, no more guessing ✅ Save jobs — bookmark roles to come back to later ✅ Salary reports — see what data jobs are actually paying right now ✅ Skills reports — find out which skills are in demand in today's market ✅ Work arrangement reports — remote vs. hybrid vs. on-site breakdowns ✅ Feedback button — tell us what to build next GO CHECK IT OUT!!! FindADataJob.com

    16 min
  3. 204: She Became a Data Analyst in 67 Days! (No Prior Experience)

    MAR 31

    204: She Became a Data Analyst in 67 Days! (No Prior Experience)

    Music therapist to Fortune 50 financial analyst in under 60 days. Here's exactly how Erin did it without a traditional background. 💌 Join 10k+ 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 01:20 – From music to Fortune 50 07:18 – What a good boss actually does 12:51 – 60 days from sign up to offer 20:18 – Applying while building skills 20:36 – One resume tweak, three interviews 23:03 – Stop only applying to remote jobs 28:39 – What the interview was like 34:40 – Do this if you're starting over 🔗 CONNECT WITH ERIN SHINA 🤝 LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/erinshina/ 🔗 CONNECT WITH AVERY 🎥 YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/@averysmith 🤝 LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/averyjsmith/ 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/datacareerjumpstart 🎵 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@verydata 💻 Website: https://datacareerjumpstart.com/ Mentioned in this episode: ✨ Find A Data Job 2.0 is Here ✨ Just released a BRAND NEW version of FindADataJob.com. ✅ Skills highlighted on every job — scan a posting in seconds and know if it's a fit ✅ Seniority ranking 1–10 — see how senior a job actually is, no more guessing ✅ Save jobs — bookmark roles to come back to later ✅ Salary reports — see what data jobs are actually paying right now ✅ Skills reports — find out which skills are in demand in today's market ✅ Work arrangement reports — remote vs. hybrid vs. on-site breakdowns ✅ Feedback button — tell us what to build next GO CHECK IT OUT!!! FindADataJob.com

    42 min
  4. 203: There’s No More Data Analyst Jobs

    MAR 24

    203: There’s No More Data Analyst Jobs

    Help us become the #1 Data Podcast by leaving a rating & review! We are 67 reviews away! Everyone says data analyst jobs are gone. Here's the actual evidence that proves them wrong. 💌 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 00:21 – Who's lying to you 03:32 – 180 million job postings 06:03 – Jobs are actually growing 07:32 – Top jobs of the next 5 years 08:14 – 4th fastest growing career 10:02 – Even software jobs bounced back 11:08 – They said this in 2013 too 14:06 – Don't panic 📚 SOURCES 📊 Bloomberg – I Analyzed 180M Jobs to See What AI Is Actually Replacing (Jan 2023–Oct 2025): https://bloomberry.com/blog/i-analyzed-180m-jobs-to-see-what-jobs-ai-is-actually-replacing-today/#bullet1 📈 Live Data Technologies: https://livedatatechnologies.com 🌍 World Economic Forum – Fastest Growing & Declining Jobs: https://euronews.com/business/2025/02/01/jobs-market-at-a-crossroads-which-are-the-fastest-growing-and-declining-jobs 🏛️ Bureau of Labor Statistics – Data Scientists, 4th Fastest Growing Occupation: https://bls.gov/ooh/math/data-scientists.htm#tab-6 ✍️ Is Data Science Dead in 10 Years? (2021): https://medium.com/data-science/is-data-science-dead-in-10-years-3cde3963552 🔮 Gartner – More Than 40% of Data Science Tasks Will Be Automated by 2020 (2017): https://gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2017-01-16-gartner-says-more-than-40-percent-of-data-science-tasks-will-be-automated-by-2020 💬 Is Data Science Getting Overcrowded? Reddit (2016): https://reddit.com/r/datascience/comments/781wwu/is_data_science_getting_overcrowded/ 🤖 Will Data Scientists Be Automated by 2025? (2015): https://kdnuggets.com/2015/05/data-scientists-automated-2025.html 💥 The Bursting of the Big Data Bubble (2013): https://mathbabe.org/2013/09/20/the-bursting-of-the-big-data-bubble/ 🔗 CONNECT WITH AVERY 🎥 YouTube Channel 🤝 LinkedIn 📸 Instagram 🎵 TikTok 💻 Website Mentioned in this episode: ✨ Find A Data Job 2.0 is Here ✨ Just released a BRAND NEW version of FindADataJob.com. ✅ Skills highlighted on every job — scan a posting in seconds and know if it's a fit ✅ Seniority ranking 1–10 — see how senior a job actually is, no more guessing ✅ Save jobs — bookmark roles to come back to later ✅ Salary reports — see what data jobs are actually paying right now ✅ Skills reports — find out which skills are in demand in today's market ✅ Work arrangement reports — remote vs. hybrid vs. on-site breakdowns ✅ Feedback button — tell us what to build next GO CHECK IT OUT!!! FindADataJob.com

    19 min
  5. 202: I'll Admit: Becoming a Data Analyst Isn't Sustainable Now

    MAR 17

    202: I'll Admit: Becoming a Data Analyst Isn't Sustainable Now

    Help us become the #1 Data Podcast by leaving a rating & review! We are 67 reviews away! The data analyst job market in 2026 is broken. Here are 5 ways to simplify the journey and land a role without burning out. 💌 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 01:02 – Fastest Way to Get Hired 03:00 – Get Paid to Learn Data 05:08 – Tools You Should Learn 06:49 – How to ACTUALLY Land Interviews 08:22 – Other Cheat Codes 🔗 CONNECT WITH AVERY 🎥 YouTube Channel 🤝 LinkedIn 📸 Instagram 🎵 TikTok 💻 Website Mentioned in this episode: ✨ Find A Data Job 2.0 is Here ✨ Just released a BRAND NEW version of FindADataJob.com. ✅ Skills highlighted on every job — scan a posting in seconds and know if it's a fit ✅ Seniority ranking 1–10 — see how senior a job actually is, no more guessing ✅ Save jobs — bookmark roles to come back to later ✅ Salary reports — see what data jobs are actually paying right now ✅ Skills reports — find out which skills are in demand in today's market ✅ Work arrangement reports — remote vs. hybrid vs. on-site breakdowns ✅ Feedback button — tell us what to build next GO CHECK IT OUT!!! FindADataJob.com

    14 min
  6. 201: What I ACTUALLY Do as a Data Analyst

    MAR 10

    201: What I ACTUALLY Do as a Data Analyst

    Help us become the #1 Data Podcast by leaving a rating & review! We are 67 reviews away! I'm a senior data analyst with 10+ years of experience and I'm breaking down exactly what I did, what tools I used, and what problems I solved across very different industries. 💌 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 – What nobody tells you about data analyst work 01:00 – Predicting refinery outcomes with math models 04:05 – When data analytics meets machine learning 07:00 – Finding needles in millions of log files 09:23 – How one analysis ended up driving marketing & sales 🔗 CONNECT WITH AVERY 🎥 YouTube Channel 🤝 LinkedIn 📸 Instagram 🎵 TikTok 💻 Website Mentioned in this episode: ✨ Find A Data Job 2.0 is Here ✨ Just released a BRAND NEW version of FindADataJob.com. ✅ Skills highlighted on every job — scan a posting in seconds and know if it's a fit ✅ Seniority ranking 1–10 — see how senior a job actually is, no more guessing ✅ Save jobs — bookmark roles to come back to later ✅ Salary reports — see what data jobs are actually paying right now ✅ Skills reports — find out which skills are in demand in today's market ✅ Work arrangement reports — remote vs. hybrid vs. on-site breakdowns ✅ Feedback button — tell us what to build next GO CHECK IT OUT!!! FindADataJob.com

    14 min
  7. 200: I Owe You An Honest Update

    MAR 3

    200: I Owe You An Honest Update

    Help us become the #1 Data Podcast by leaving a rating & review! We are 67 reviews away! I wanted to give you a real update. I talk openly about the struggles, lessons, and decisions happening behind the scenes and where I want to take the podcast next. If you have been listening for a while, this one is for you. 💌 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 01:39 - Moving to Spain and recording challenges 04:11 - Being a dad and my ADHD diagnosis 07:39 - Hiring disasters and production struggles 14:18 - The thumbnail problem: negativity gets more views 20:21 - What's next for the podcast and YouTube 🔗 CONNECT WITH AVERY 🎥 YouTube Channel 🤝 LinkedIn 📸 Instagram 🎵 TikTok 💻 Website Mentioned in this episode: ✨ Find A Data Job 2.0 is Here ✨ Just released a BRAND NEW version of FindADataJob.com. ✅ Skills highlighted on every job — scan a posting in seconds and know if it's a fit ✅ Seniority ranking 1–10 — see how senior a job actually is, no more guessing ✅ Save jobs — bookmark roles to come back to later ✅ Salary reports — see what data jobs are actually paying right now ✅ Skills reports — find out which skills are in demand in today's market ✅ Work arrangement reports — remote vs. hybrid vs. on-site breakdowns ✅ Feedback button — tell us what to build next GO CHECK IT OUT!!! FindADataJob.com

    28 min
  8. 199: The Data Job Scams Are Out of Control

    FEB 24

    199: The Data Job Scams Are Out of Control

    Help us become the #1 Data Podcast by leaving a rating & review! We are 67 reviews away! There’s a massive data job scam happening right now, and most applicants don’t realize they’re being targeted. I break down how these scams work, what scammers want, and the biggest red flags so you don’t waste time or lose money. 🚀 Premium Data Jobs 👉 https://www.premiumdatajobs.com/ 📊 Data Career Jumpstart Bootcamp 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/daa Data Fairy: 💌 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 0:00 - Data job scams are everywhere right now 01:00 - Fake recruiter emails exposed 06:00 - LinkedIn scams and identity theft 12:55 - Real story: the fake check trap 17:00 - Red flags you need to know 🔗 CONNECT WITH AVERY 🎥 YouTube Channel 🤝 LinkedIn 📸 Instagram 🎵 TikTok 💻 Website Mentioned in this episode: ✨ Find A Data Job 2.0 is Here ✨ Just released a BRAND NEW version of FindADataJob.com. ✅ Skills highlighted on every job — scan a posting in seconds and know if it's a fit ✅ Seniority ranking 1–10 — see how senior a job actually is, no more guessing ✅ Save jobs — bookmark roles to come back to later ✅ Salary reports — see what data jobs are actually paying right now ✅ Skills reports — find out which skills are in demand in today's market ✅ Work arrangement reports — remote vs. hybrid vs. on-site breakdowns ✅ Feedback button — tell us what to build next GO CHECK IT OUT!!! FindADataJob.com

    24 min
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