Updating Your Data Resume: Tips from a Former Resume Writer
Examples to help improve your data resume.
Prior to working as a data engineer, I was an academic consultant and reviewed hundreds of resumes for Pearson Education and Arizona State University.
Lately, I’ve received requests to help friends who work in and outside of the tech field with their resumes. The following story is a condensed version of tips I offer, with a particular focus on landing a job in data. I hope you find them helpful.
Your First Job: Getting Your Foot in the Door
Following the Harvard Business Review’s 2012 proclamation that data science is the sexiest job of the 21st century, a niche industry received widespread media attention, soon spawning buzzwords like ‘big data.’ In the past ten years, thousands of early or mid-career professionals saw an opportunity to gain technical skills relatively quickly (thanks to the prevalence of MOOCs), earn a six-figure salary and build cool stuff. Individuals pivoted in droves.
I was one of them, having begun my career in journalism and media.
Even though data science job openings increase significantly each year, the problem is that the competition does too. Nearly 50% of data science candidates have a…
