do you want to come across as educated to your fellow co-workers … if yes, then getting a degree would be your primary objective

do you want to get a business analyst job … if yes, then learning business analysis and getting hands-on business analyst experience would be your primary objective

Assuming that you have more than just an education in the financial industry and that you have been working in one capacity or the other in the Banking / Finance / Mutual Funds industry, you can look toward trading in some of that domain knowledge for a BA position in your industry.

Don’t forget to start the job search from your present employer if you are currently employed

Some of these skills are hard skills like UML or Use Cases and others are soft skills like written or oral communication skills.

Get some more information here

The personality of a business analyst lends to good communication (presentation, oral, written) communication skills.

Do you have these?

Then trade in both in your education and business analysis skills for a BA job in the Marketing, Sales or Customer Relationship (CRM) industry.

This way, you will get some credit for your past working experience and then trade it in for a business analyst job.

There are a number of core skills required for a business analyst job. These skills include UML, Use Cases, Requirements Management and you need to learn taht.

Unlike Computer Programming or Database Development, there is no software package that you learn or certify-in and then become recognized as a business analyst.

So, I recommend that you clear you mind of the assumptions of what it takes to be a business analyst.

Click here to get more information on what it means to be a business analyst

Till date i have been working as an executive in operation and in credit analysis in the financial sectors,

Now i decide to change my career.

Whether i can able to find a job in IT field as business analyst.

So i kindly advice me what are the skills in aspect of software prg language etc required for me

I have been contemplating the Business Analyst field for a few weeks now. I am currently a Helpdesk Team Lead and would like to know if that new field could be a match for me. I understand there are some courses that I would need to take but before I jump in and spend money I would like to have someone else’s point of view

Thanks

At this point I’d say I only have about 5 years credible work experience that could translate into a BA field, mostly in data base management.

What would you sugest as the quickest path to get into an entry level BA position?

If you want to become a business analyst, you need to follow these recommendations:

1. Learn Business Analysis – Start by learning business analysis just as you are learning your MBA. Don’t hope to transfer your MBA Education automatically to your business analysis career, just the same way you won’t expect to convert a business analyst edcation into an MBA Degree.

2. Prepare to Ace Business Analyst Job Interviews – Become the Best Business Analyst you can be by taking a lot of practice quizzes. Business Aanlysis Quizzes such as that built-in to the Business Analyst Boot Camp improve your memory, retention and recall which is needed for your business analyst job interview.

3. Get Hands-On Business Analysis Experience – The IT Industry requires some sort of hands-on experience or real-world learning for most jobs. Hands-on Experience requirements are neeed even for entry level positions. The business analyst boot camp also includes several hands-on projects and training to help prepare the business analysts for the real world.

4. Update your Resume – Some people focus their quest for a new job on resume re-writing. The danger of this assumption is that if you don’t have the required business analysis skills or hands-on business analysis experience, you will fail at the job interview. So, we recommend re-wriitng your resume as jst one of the steps that you need to take and not the first or the only important step.

5. Include Personal Branding with your Job Search – Take the time to identify and develop a personal brand or identity and then let that show through your resume and in your discussions at the job interview. Your personal brand is not your experience or your resume. Your personal brand is what makes you stand out compared to others. Developing a personal barnd is important because employers what to know why you and not someone else and your personal brand them tells them that story.

Kathyayani, all these items that I mention are relevant and important to your quest.

Include them, work hard on them and you will see yourself fulfilling your career aspirations.

REFERENCES:

There are tons of reference materials on this website on how to become a business analyst.

Please read the series of reference articles on this pages:

1. http://www.it-career-coach.net/series/careers-or-domains-for-business-analysts/

2. http://www.it-career-coach.net/series/the-business-analyst-job-description/

Help me out

Thanks

I replied your question in this post titled – “Tailor your Resume for Each Job“:
http://www.it-career-coach.net/2009/11/11/tailor-your-resume-for-each-job/

Do my profile is eligible to become a BA.

IF No, how come I shape up my profile in order to become a BA.

Does my above profile suits to become a BA, Please advise me what more skill sets I need to develop, any software course which I can join.

I have a finance/accounting background. Do you think by getting a degree like certified business analyst I will have any scope in future. I have used tools like Microsoft Office, Oracle, Business Objects, GL Wand at work. Please let me know your thoughts on this.

Thanks!
Shraddha

Thanks I got the industrial enginnering curriculum / syllabus that you sent. I will review it and give you my thoughts … very soon.

Regards

I would be glad to answer your questions.

Just to make sure that I am on the right path, could you copy your course /degree syllabus into a word document and e-mail it to us?

The reason is that every university or college makes changes to their industrial engineering curriculum and I would like to compare the requirements for BA Jobs to let’s say Industrial Engineering in South Africa.

Thanks