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Data Career Roadmap - Finding Your Path

This course by Maven Analytics aims to help individuals launch or advance their data careers through practical frameworks and tips for job searching, resume optimization, networking, and interview preparation. It covers various data roles, including Business Intelligence Analyst, Data Engineer, Data Visualization Specialist, and Data Scientist, providing guidance on finding the right fit. Participants are encouraged to take a Pathfinder Survey to identify their ideal data role based on their skills and interests.

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Data Career Roadmap - Finding Your Path

This course by Maven Analytics aims to help individuals launch or advance their data careers through practical frameworks and tips for job searching, resume optimization, networking, and interview preparation. It covers various data roles, including Business Intelligence Analyst, Data Engineer, Data Visualization Specialist, and Data Scientist, providing guidance on finding the right fit. Participants are encouraged to take a Pathfinder Survey to identify their ideal data role based on their skills and interests.

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FINDING YOUR

PATH IN DATA

*Copyright Maven Analytics, LLC


SETTING EXPECTATIONS

This course is designed to help launch or accelerate your data career


• We’ll share helpful tips and proven frameworks to help you land a job in data, from finding your path to
optimizing your resume, growing your network, building your portfolio, and acing the interview

This is a non-technical, tool-agnostic course


• We recommend taking this course after you’ve built a solid foundational skill set (if not, make sure to
check out our “Thinking Like an Analyst” course and tool-specific learning paths!)

These frameworks can be applied to any data-focused role


• No matter which “flavor” of analytics you are interested in (business intelligence, data engineering, data
science, etc.), the topics covered in this course will help you land the job, guaranteed

Remember that we’re here to help


• We’ve guided thousands of students along their career journeys and know exactly what it takes to launch a
successful career in data; stick with us, and we’ll help you get there!

*Copyright Maven Analytics, LLC


FINDING YOUR PATH

IT WON’T BE EASY, BUT IT WILL BE WORTH IT


Launching a successful data career takes thoughtful planning and consistent effort, but if
you follow this framework you WILL succeed, and the effort WILL pay off

We’ll help guide you every step of the way:


✔ Tools to help you find your perfect career path

✔ Templates for building a bulletproof resume & profile

✔ Tips for designing eye-catching project portfolios

✔ Mock interviews to help you prep for the real deal

✔ Checklists to help you create your career launch plan

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FLAVORS OF ANALYTICS

THIS IS DATA ANALYTICS


USING DATA TO MAKE SMART DECISIONS
COMMON DATA ROLES

BI ANALYST DATA ENGINEER

A Business Intelligence or Data Analyst A Data Engineer or Database Admin (DBA)


role may be a good fit if you: role may be a good fit if you:

• Love analyzing data for insights and • Enjoy building data infrastructure and
convincing stakeholders to act engineering database systems

• Enjoy solving a wide variety of business • Prefer concrete technical tasks over open-
cases and open-ended tasks ended business cases

• Want to build a deep skillset, from data • Would rather build and design databases
engineering to analysis and visualization than perform visual or exploratory analysis

DATA VIZ SPECIALIST DATA SCIENTIST


A Data Visualization Specialist role may A Data Science or Machine Learning role
be a good fit if you: may be a good fit if you:

• Love designing visuals to tell stories and • Love to program and write code
bring data to life
• Enjoy math and statistics
• Want to flex both your creative and
critical thinking skills • Can distill complex topics and
communicate them clearly
• Prefer working with prepared data and
under specific project guidelines • Prefer one-off projects over dashboard
design or performance reporting

*Copyright Maven Analytics, LLC


ASSIGNMENT: FIND YOUR PATH

If you aren’t sure which path is the right fit for you, take our 20-question Pathfinder Survey*
to match you with the perfect data role based on your interests and skills

*www.mavenanalytics.io/find-your-path *Copyright Maven Analytics, LLC


Finding Your Path in Data
Explore common data roles and find your perfect career path

Optimizing Your Resume


Write a winning resume that stands out from the crowd

Building Your Personal Brand


Build a personal brand and market your skills on LinkedIn

Building a World-Class Portfolio


Showcase your work with an eye-catching project portfolio

Networking & Applying for Jobs


Grow your network and open the door to new opportunities

Acing the Analyst Interview


Learn proven frameworks to crack the toughest data interviews

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