3 Reasons You Need a Data Analyst Portfolio NOW
If you want to land a data analyst job, you must build a portfolio.
Why, you ask?
Let’s step back and answer this question with 3 reasons a portfolio will make you a better analyst and help you land a job.
To show your skills to recruiters and hiring managers
This is the most obvious answer but is still worth noting.
Especially when you’re trying to land your first data analyst job and don’t have any experience, a data analyst portfolio helps show hirers that you have the skills they are looking for.
Within your portfolio, you can not only show your technical skills, but also your communication, decision making, and creative skills.
To learn faster and more effectively
When you first start learning data analytics, you can’t get around watching tutorials.
You can’t do something until you’ve been taught it.
But you cannot become an impressive analyst just by watching videos.
You need hands-on experience!
For this reason, don’t wait to start building portfolio projects when you’re already great at each tool.
Build projects while you are learning!
Building more projects will also help you build better projects when you do start building your portfolio.
To become a better interviewer and communicator
A good data analyst project isn’t just linking to a code repository or dashboard with no explanation.
A good project explains the purpose of the project, the tools and processes used to accomplish that process, why you chose those tools and processes, the results of your project, and the impact of those results.
Building projects in this manner will make you better at answering many common interview questions and show you can think like an analyst.
So if you’re in the process of becoming a data analyst, build projects!
A great way to get started with building projects is with guided projects.
And if you want to start with some guided projects, check out the data analytics courses available on Analyst Builder.
Within the courses on the site, you can build over a dozen projects to give you the experience and skills you need.
Check it out below!