Breaking into Data Analytics

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Hey guys! So I graduated with my masters in Health Informatics last year and I have been heavily investing my time in finding data analyst positions but havent had any luck. I have 17+ years clinical health experience, very computer/software literate, intermediate SQL knowlegde, intermediate Excel, and Tableau/Power BI exprirence. If anyone out there has any pointers on landing these jobs for a first timer I would appreciate it!&nbsp;

Aus · Accepted Answer

I would limit your health experience if your not going for health care specific roles. People take 30 seconds to glance at a resume. Having 17 years of clinical health experience probably makes you look like a clinical health person.

Also realize that hiring is winding down in a lot of tech due to interest rate hikes

marjubilee · Answer

Wow, that sounds like an impressive resume. I'm surprised you haven't landed anything. Any feedback from the people you've interviewed with yet?

xflighter · Answer

Are you restricting to a specific geographical area or willing to relocate ? If the latter, I think it  opens a lot of options

qddd · Answer

Become a sql expert, especially the nuances of distributed sql. A bit of Python (or Java, or C#, whatever really) wouldn't hurt either. Learn about map reduce, and basic data pipeline architecture, and maybe a bit of ML, at a conceptual level only (tech always changes). The best data is at companies that expect a balance of domain, data, and technical expertise.

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