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Archive for: February, 2009

How To Get An IT Business Analyst Job

How To Get An IT Business Analyst Job

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On of my readers needs help with finding a business analyst job. I posted the information I provided to him below. If you have any question about this or about your business analyst career, post it as comment at the end of the post and I would answer it for you.

Here is the business analyst career question posted by my reader:

Hi – my greatest challenge is the fact that I’ve never held an IT Business Analyst position. I’m convinced I can do the job based on my experience, but I have not had any interviews outside of my current employer. I had a few interviews in my current company but was being sabotaged by my former boss so I never got the job.

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Advice On How To Become A Contract Business Analyst

Advice On How To Become A Contract Business Analyst

How To Achieve In Your Career

How To Achieve In Your Career

I am dedicating this article to answering a question posted by a business analyst. If you have a question or challenge about your business analyst career, post it as comment at the end of this article and I will answer it for you:

Having recently started in my first permanent position as a Business Analyst, I find the toughest challenge for me currently, is getting up to speed with the systems I have to analyse and develop (Risk Management and Finance Systems).

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How To Plan For Career Success

How To Plan For Career Success

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On of my readers needs help with putting together his career advancement plan. I posted the information I provided to him below. If you have any question about this or about your career, post it as comment at the end of the post and I would answer it for you.

  1. Set a SMART Goal

    Begin by creating a comprehensive end to end career roadmap or plan.

    Your career roadmap needs to include a SMART goal (specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and timely goal) That means that you need to define an end objective (for example, mastering business analysis or learning computer programming or improving your software testing skills) and a timeline for achieving it.

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SQL – Third Most In-Demand Skill

SQL –  Third Most In-Demand Skill

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There is an article on Elance that says that SQL skills are currently the third, most in-demand skill on the Elance job network

Elance for those of you who’ve never heard of it, is one of the top job sites for freelancers or remote workers or offsite consultants

You may not have heard of Elance because you’ve always worked a full-time job and you don’t know much about the freelancing or moonlighting world or perhaps you have worked freelance jobs, but for some reason, have never heard of Elance.

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Valentine’s Day Special Discount Begins Now

Valentine’s Day Special Discount Begins Now

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How To Get A Compelling ASP.NET Programmer Resume Or Hands On Experience

How To Get A Compelling ASP.NET Programmer Resume Or Hands On Experience

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The article you are just about to read is based on a question posted by one of my subscribers who wants to know “how to put together a compelling ASP.NET programmer resume from watching ASP.NET software developer videos

Let me begin by saying that you cannot put together a compelling resume just by watching ASP.NET Videos … you will have to get some hands on programming experience.

The key thing that hiring managers are looking for on your resume is not your programming certifications or your degrees or computer science education but your hands on programming experience. After that then they may consider the other things (training, certification, degrees, education, qualifications, etc.)

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Jonathan Babcock on Use Cases or User Stories

Jonathan Babcock on Use Cases or User Stories

Jonathan Babcock has an interesting article highlighting the differences between Use Cases and User Stories.

  • Scott Sehlhorst on how to capture User Stories and Use Cases
  • Martin Fowler on the difference between use cases and XP stories
  • Mike Cohn on the advantages of using user stories for requirements
  • Use case guru Alistair Cockburn’s comparison of use cases and user stories

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How To Slam Dunk Job Interviews

How To Slam Dunk Job Interviews
How To Slam Dunk Your Next Job Interview

How To Slam Dunk Your Next Job Interview

This post is an answer to a question asked by Chris who is attending his tenth (10) job interview. You may click here to read the original question or add your own question or comment to the discussion.

The original post is a No Holds Barred Discussion on challenges, problems or issues facing my readers. If you have a Burning Question or Challenge you need help with, be sure to add your question to that page and i will answer it fully just as I am answering Tom’s question below!

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How To Land A Good Tech Job

How To Land A Good Tech Job

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This post is an answer to a question asked by Tom Moore about how To Get A Good IT Job. You may click here to read the original question or add your own question or comment to the discussion.

The original post is a No Holds Barred Discussion on challenges, problems or issues facing my readers. If you have a Burning Question or Challenge you need help with, be sure to add your question to that page and i will answer it fully just as I am answering Tom’s question below!

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What Is The Toughest Challenge Facing Your Career Right Now?

What Is The Toughest Challenge Facing Your Career Right Now?

Hello,

What is the “Toughest Challenge Facing Your Career Right Now”?

Your challenges may be about how to get a job or how to improve your skills or how to get promoted on the job

Perhaps your challenges are about how to transition out of or into a business analyst or computer programming or database developer career. Whatever they are, go ahead and post your comment and we will deal with them for you.

Post your challenging issues as a comment on this post and I would be glad to answer it for you. I may answer it by writing a new article that addresses your concern or by posting a comprehensive reply to your comment

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