Become a Data Analyst in 2025 | 4-STAGE STRATEGY

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ABOUT THIS VIDEO
Throughout 2024 I met lots of aspiring data analysts and noticed the same struggles pop up: collecting certifications that don’t lead to interviews, endless job applications with no results, and uncertainty about what hiring managers actually want.

So I was thinking - what’s the most straightforward advice I’d give to someone trying to land a data analyst job in 2025? That’s what this video is about. Here’s to making 2025 the year you land that data job :)

ABOUT ME
If we haven’t met yet - hi! I’m Christine, a former data director and hiring manager helping ambitious career transitioners and recent grads land their first job as a data analyst. I'll be sharing the insights and strategies that empowered over 70% of job-hunting students in the first cohort of my mentorship program landed their first data job within 6 months, in today's super-competitive job market.

If you want to become a standout data analyst through applied business skills, soft skills, and strategies for every part of the job hunt process - so that you can have confidence, professional leverage, and bring real impact to work - connect below for more insights and future workshops!

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Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
0:41 - Step 1: Get Your Hands Dirty
4:21 - Step 2: Translate Your Experience Using Data Lingo
6:25 - Step 3: Focus on Strategic Networking
8:06 - Step 4: Job Hunt Using the 60/40 Rule

[Choichachacha]

After months of subscribing to this channel, I still haven’t found a single video on data analytics that is as helpful and practical as Christine’s. Thank you for another great content!

[craigdataanalyst]

The amount of impact you pack into a short video is amazing Christine, more than others do in longer vids :)
Thank you!

[kevintrueblood]

Hi Christine,
I had found myself frustrated on the journey to pivot into a tech focused career until I found your videos. I appreciate the real world insight and lack of b.s. I can't tell you how helpful it is to have someone explain in a straightforward way what the expectations are for the person on the other side of the "apply" button.
Just wanted to express my appreciation.

[rhazalhur]

Thank you for the clear and concise points Christine. Data analysis is something I've been interested in, but have been unable to launch myself into after graduating a year and a half ago (I majored in mathematics and minored in computer science). It felt like everyone had similar yet different points about launching into data analysis, but I find your videos very helpful and make me feel like there's room for improvement on my resume. I hope 2025 is the year I get a chance. Thanks again Christine!

[kkkanaman]

Thanks for these informative videos, Christine definitely was the one that contributed for me getting my new BI analyst role, kudos to her. Ps. I never even joined any cohort, by watching her videos.

[JohannesVinter]

Thank you Christine!
This video was tailor-made for where im at atm 🤝

[thewinterwithout]

Thanks Christine. I started volunteering at Catchafire this year and almost immediately got a cool project to work on for a nonprofit!

[khoulahziyad]

Hey Christine your videos have been great guidance than rest of the videos on the topic. I would love to know some tips on applying in internships. Like How to make my CV and cover letter. Any videos or comment would be helpful.

[Einaressence]

Make a video how to apply for jobs and which jobs we shouldn't apply for and also the websites which can help you get overseas jobs

[tenzinchoepheldev]

Thanks for the advice and appreciate. the website you mentioned at last one is not a really good to look for volunteer. i checked. anyhow i like your part of getting messy with data. On another hand, the size of dataset is really dont matter as long as we know what are doing and what we are writing.

[arobsousa_ps]

I am a Mechanical Engineer transitioning into Data Analytics and I am applying almost all of your steps in order to get my first Data Analyst job. I just haven't searched for one degree bellow jobs from a Data Analyst (such as Production Analyst for example). Any idea of what kind of Analyst job would be a perfect fit for a Mechanical Engineer to enter the world of Data Analytics? And thank you so much for your videos. Very insightful 😊

[huynhduong]

Hi, I am currently working on a dashboard project. Though I am fairly comfortable with Tableau features, I have no idea about how to arrange different components in a dashboard. Hope you can release video about dashboard design, many thanks 😊😊

[ifyluv]

Thanks for the insights. What if your current job has little to no opportunity to work with data. How do we work around that to gain data experience on the job?

[wbmcdaniel]

"Thank you for these amazing videos! Your perspective on entering the field of data analytics is refreshing compared to the repetitive advice from many others online. I'm currently enrolled in the Google Data Analytics course on Coursera, but I’ve been wondering if it’s worth my time or if I should focus on individual technical courses instead. What are your thoughts?"

[Child_of_the_most_High_God]

Hi Christine, it quite overwhelming sometimes. I have my data analytics certificate but also getting a BS. In Data Analytics. What do you suggest I do first.

[shafialanower]

what are your thoughts on unpaid data analytics experience? Obviously having a lot of metrics in a 3 months internship will be hard but I’m assuming it’s better than personal projects.

Thank you for your advice!

[kashfiaehsan]

I'm not trying to become a data analyst but can I watch this anyways??

[Einaressence]

Most of the jobs are ghost jobs and they aren't actually hiring as you see them reposting that job again and again every week