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CREATE YOUR DATA ANALYSIS PORTFOLIO, EFFORTLESSLY – IGCK DATA ACADEMY Land that Job, WITH EASE Ifunanya Gabriel Lead Instructor Create Your Data Analysis Portfolio, EFFORTLESSLY – IGCK Data Academy HOW TO BUILD A DATA ANALYSIS PORTFOLIO As a data analyst, it is essential to have a solid portfolio to highlight your qualifications to prospective employers. A strong portfolio can help you stand out from the competition and show that you can handle challenging data problems. The following will assist you in creating a strong portfolio as a data analyst: 1. Choose Projects That Are Related By now, I believe you have a full understanding of what you want and the kind of organization you seek to apply to; hence, choose projects that you know, WOULD IMPRESS the recruiters or employers. Pick projects that showcase your knowledge and show off a variety of your skills. The kind of tasks you would like to perform in your capacity as a data analyst should be represented in these projects. 2. Work on Individual Projects Start with personal projects if you don't have any professional experience. You can even make your own data projects or study publicly available datasets. (Rewatch the video on how to get data from different data sites). For Making Your Own Projects, locate a friend that has a business, understudy the business, convince them to look at their numbers and 1 Create Your Data Analysis Portfolio, EFFORTLESSLY – IGCK Data Academy help analyze/make meaning out of their numbers), proceed to give them solutions to their business problems (Actionable steps). PS: Ensure you are showcasing exactly what would attract an employer to want YOU. Document all steps and processes and add it as part of your portfolio. 3. Having completed some online courses/trainings, you can also use the projects as part of your portfolio. 4. Ensure you clean and organize your data Add projects that demonstrate your proficiency with preprocessing and data cleaning. Companies/Interviewers Companies frequently seek out applicants who can provide important insights from data and its visible from how well you cleaned and organize/arrange your data. 5. Visualization of Data Make informative and aesthetically pleasing data visualizations. To showcase your ability to effectively express findings and communicate actionable steps, use programs like Power BI or Tableau. 6. Select projects experiences/problems. that tackle/capture real-life Depending on your interests and professional objectives, you might examine social concerns, consumer behavior, or economic trends. 2 Create Your Data Analysis Portfolio, EFFORTLESSLY – IGCK Data Academy 7. Telling Data Stories Always Tell a story with your data instead than merely presenting facts. Describe the situation, your approach, the problem you were trying to solve, the insights you got, the solution and the actionable steps. Make your words/data precise and CLEAR. 8. Create Interactive Dashboards Provide instances of your work using tools such as Tableau, Power BI, and interactive online dashboards in your portfolio. It would make your analysis to be more engaging and beautiful to explore. You can create a Personal Website to host your projects, showcase your work and provide additional context. Check out Platforms like Github, disha.page. mailchimp. Alternatively, you can use PowerPoint to prepare your dashboard, reports and analysis, create a folder on google drive, titled “Portfolio” and keep uploading your work to the folder. Note: Any work, whether arranged on PowerPoint or done in Power BI, Excel etc. Afterwards, copy the link and share as evidence of your work. Note also that dashboard creation is a necessity; have dashboards as part of your portfolio. 3 Create Your Data Analysis Portfolio, EFFORTLESSLY – IGCK Data Academy 9. Pay strict attention to your work. Ensure that your portfolio is error-free, well arranged, and visually appealing. Be mindful of the presentation as a whole, grammar, and format. 10. Get Feedback Ask classmates, mentors, or even online communities for their opinions. You can enhance your projects and presentations with the aid of constructive feedback. Note: The group is available to you, to get feedbacks from your fellow counterpart and myself; you can drop your portfolio link when done to get our feedback. 11. Remain Current Your expertise should be dynamically shown in your portfolio. Update your portfolio to represent your development as you finish new tasks and pick up new skills. 12. Make sure your portfolio is measurable Quantify the impact of your work whenever you can. Mention if the analysis resulted in a specific percentage gain in sales or decrease in expenses. Note: You make your accomplishments seem more real by using numbers. 4 Create Your Data Analysis Portfolio, EFFORTLESSLY – IGCK Data Academy 13. Express Your Passion Choose projects that excite you. Your work should demonstrate your enthusiasm for the subject. 14. Showcase Your learning Path If you have honed your skills and gained knowledge from previous projects, don't be afraid to share your progress and experience. Note that your data analyst portfolio is a living, breathing example of your development and ability. As you advance in your career and acquire more work experience, your portfolio will be a vital resource for landing interviews and proving your expertise in the field. TASK TO-DO Get a dataset, analyze the data and use the data to create at least one dashboard, and build a portfolio with it. Have at the back of your mind when analyzing the data that its for stakeholders to behold and ascertain whether you can fit into their organization. Show with your data, relevant things, communicate with your data and create a story with your dashboard. When done, upload to google drive or any platform of choice and send in the link for our feedback. Note: Let this be one out of your many portfolios 5