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Web Analyst Jobs

Do You Want A Web Analytics Job?


With the ever-increasing focus on setting up an online presence or the increasing competitiveness of online businesses, there is a need for web data analysts who can help web-based business succeed or thrive online.

A web data analyst researches the activities of users as they interact with a website, identifies the measures critical to the survival of the web business and recommends actions in the form of web analytics reports for web managers, online marketing teams or business owners.

In this new global, digital, web-based economy, organizations of all types including non-profits, small businesses or Fortune 500 corporations are increasingly turning to the web for new opportunities, leads, prospects, customers, clients, sales, growth, income or profit.

This drive to put businesses on the web, is one of the most significant business trends of the past ten to fifteen years.

Since putting a business successfully on the web is a competitive, knowledge-based, skill intensive, high-visibility effort, a diverse team of web professionals including web designers, web business analysts, web developers, project managers and web data analysts is critical for success.

So, in this post, I will discuss the skills, qualifications, training and job opportunities of web data analysts in the context of an online or internet-based business.

Who Is A Web Data Analyst?

The web data analyst career is a relatively new profession and the job outlook of web data analysts is for all practical purposes tied to that of the web development or web marketing industry.

In other words, whenever organizations spend more advertising or marketing revenue on their websites or invest in more web development projects, you end up needing more web analysts.

There are three (3) primary qualifications for becoming a web data analyst:

  1. Knowledge of Web Data Analysis Principles

    You need to have a strong understanding of how web user activity data is generated.

    Anytime a user visits a website, detailed information about that user’s interaction with the pages on that website is generated by the web servers hosting the website.

    Web user activity data which is also known as weblogs or clickstream data, can be recorded, analyzed or measured using a number of web analytics tools or techniques.

  2. Handson Web Traffic Tool Experience

    A large quantity of user activity or clickstream data is generated whenever users browse the pages on a website.

    For larger, highly-trafficked websites, the amount of clickstream data generated can quickly become staggering.

    There are two (2) primary tools or techniques for analyzing the data generated by a users interactions with websites:

    1. Web analytics tools may be used to import and analyze the text files generated from users activities on the website.
    2. Web-based javascript files embedded on a web page can be used to transmit users activity data over to third-party services.

    The tools commonly used for analyzing web traffic data include Google Analytics, Omniture, Web Trends and Relational SQL Databases!

    Some organizations prefer to import web traffic data logs into a relational database like SQL Server so that they can write custom Sql Queries against the imported web traffic data.

    One of the reasons why some organizations may prefer to import their web user activity data into a database and analyze it using SQL, is that they want total flexibility or control over which reports are generated or how the reports are calculated.

    Organizations like this, don’t want to be confined to the set of canned reports typically presented by 3rd. party web analytics vendors.

  3. Basic Statistical Knowledge

    If you have basic statistical skills and you are strong at data analysis, you can help marketing managers find out why they are not getting enough sales on their websites based on your own data analysis.

    This type of information is worth a lot of money to internet retailers because if they act on your advice or recommendation and increase their conversion rates or reduce their bounce rates, they can increase sales and make their shareholders or upper management team really happy :-)

    In addition, web analytics reports in most tools are calculated using basic arithmetical measures or statistical calculations.

    For example, the Daily Visitor Report tells web or marketing managers; how many unique human visitors visited their website.

    So, a solid understanding of how each web analytics report is calculated or generated can help your usage of that report in any specific tool (Sql Server, Google Analytics, etc.)

Some of the more frequently used web analytics reports include:

  • Unique Visitors Report – shows the number of new visitors or returning visitors. It also measures the amount of web traffic to a website.
  • Conversion Rate / Bounce Rate Reports – how successful web pages are at selling products/service or leaking the traffic to a website.
  • Bandwidth Utilization Reports – helpful for keeping within web hosting guidelines for bandwidth usage
  • Internal Referrers or External Referrers – top internal or external links referring visitors to the website
  • TOP Visited Pages – pages generating e.g., 80% of the site visits
  • Http Error Codes – for checking the health of your website.

    • Like I mentioned before, what matters is that you understand the purpose of a report and how or why a report is generated.

    Based on this understanding, you can generate the right report for your web development team (who may want to checkup on the health of the website) or the marketing team (who may want to identify the pages that are leaking visitors to the website).

    How Do You Become A Web Data Analyst?

    Regardless of how you generate web analytics reports, the underlying principles are fairly straightforward.

    Once you really understand how web traffic reports are generated, you can generate them either using a custom Sql query or a 3rd. party web analytics tools and still answer fundamental questions about the numbers presented on the report!

    Here a few important web data analysis principles::

    • Most web analytics tools either use the web visitors IP address or a browser-based cookie or both to track the user’s clickstream activity.
    • Web user activity is measured in sessions. A session is an arbitrary number that determines the length or duration of a user’s visit in minutes.
    • Before you generate any web traffic report, you have to remove or filter out activities from spiders, bots or other non-humans. These activities may be segregated into another set of reports.
    • Before you generate any web traffic report, you also have to remove or filter out data generated by objects like pictures, javascript objects, flash or media files on the web page.

    Which Web Analytics Tool Is The Best?

    Questions like which web analytics tool is the best is often asked by tool-minded professionals.

    Why knowledge of a tool is good, what is highly desirable, preferred or best is a strong understanding of the concepts or principles behind the usage of the tool … in other words, understanding the science or art of web analytics is much more important.

    With a solution-oriented mindset, you can learn any tool presented by an employer or sell yourself confidently at a job interview even when you don’t have a required tool listed on your resume!

    A web analysis career offers opportunities to business analysts or data analysts interested in a full-time job or a consulting position within a web development or web marketing group.

    A web analyst with strong business analysis skills can also help customers or employers identify the key metrics that will be useful to the management or marketing team, document and validate these reports or improve the quality of their web traffic analysis efforts.

    At the Data Analyst Boot Camp, you can also learn more about how to analyze Web Traffic Data or write Web Analytics Reports using custom SQL Server queries.

    The Data Analyst Boot Camp as part of our overall career development strategy can help you hit the ground running with practical, relevant, real-world knowledge, skills and experience.

    Take advantage of our relevant career-focused training today and take your career to the next level using our unique learning management system.

    Click here to learn more about how the online, web-based, hands-on data analyst training assignments or practical skill-based data analysis tests will help you keep the edge on your career.


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    Data Analysis: Profiting From Numbers

    Data Analysis: Profiting From Numbers

    Data Analysts have the opportunity to work in several different domains or sectors, for example as banking data analysts, retail data analysts, telecommunications data analysts and as marketing data analysts.

    The marketing data analyst role is one of the more common ones and a marketing analyst may be found analyzing databases of prospects, leads and customers for the marketing department.

    In this post, we will take a peak into the day of a marketing data analyst…

    First – Collect and Store Data

    Your first challenge may be to collect and store your data so that you can analyze it. However, if you are lucky, your Information Technology (IT) Department will collect the data for you in a database.

    If that is not the case, you may be able to get them to build you a data entry form otherwise, you will have to enter the data yourself or perhaps build a desktop client for collecting data using Microsoft Access or a web-based database data-entry form using a software development environment like ASP.NET and SQL Server

    Second – Analyze Data

    Perhaps your marketing department just finished a campaign where they advertised on three different channels (Billboards, Direct Mail, Radio and Internet Blogs). You may be tasked with finding out how each of your segments responded.

    To accomplish this, you may use a relational database like SQL Server or a spreadsheet like Excel to find the top performing marketing groups, for example, your best customers may have been referred from blogs that are based in Western Europe.

    Third – Report Data

    You typically have to present your findings to your manager or marketing department in a form that they can digest easily.

    This will usually be in the form of a report but bear in mind that your reports must be customized for the target audience and that there is no one-size fits all solution.

    For example, your marketing department may prefer tracking statistics in the form of ratios or as pie charts / bar charts or they may prefer that you compare one group to another or one time period to another.

    Regardless of their preferences, go over your results and make sure that they are accurate. Ensure that you understand what is causing the results or trends and make sure that your recommendations are as actionable as possible.

    Last – Execute or Take Action

    Finally, you may summarize your analysis and make clear recommendations or calls for action. Granted that not all your findings are actionable but after a while, if no-one is taking action then something may be wrong.

    Either your organization is paying for insight which they are unwilling or incapable of executing or no-one believes you or your calls for action are not clear enough.

    However, if you are detail oriented, you like to working with numbers and you have logical /critical thinking skills required, it may not be long before you have the ears of management and a good ride to the top!


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    Entry Level Data Analyst Jobs

    Which Skills Are Required For Entry Level Data Analyst Jobs?

    Are there any required skills for entry-level data analyst job postings knowing that hiring managers are quite creative with their help wanted ads?

    Keeping in mind that there is no “one size fits all” job requirement for data analysts or any information technology (IT) job, here are some of the more common skill requirements:

    • Number crunching, analytical or numerical skills & background

    • Reporting experience using Excel, Microsoft Access, Crystal Reports / Business Objects, SQL Server Reporting Services or any Graphing tool
    • Relational Database Design & Development with tools like MySQL, SQL Server, Microsoft Access or Oracle
    • A passion, interest, aptitude or background in number crunching or analytics

    Many data analysts started out using Microsoft Access because it is a popular and versatile data analysis tool.

    Microsoft Access provides a one-stop relational database, sql querying and reporting environment and it also provides data analysts with the ability to build a powerful graphical user interface (UI) for collecting data.

    Which Data Analysis Tool Is The Best?

    What matters is not the the knowledge of a specific data analysis tool but the what, when, why or how of data analysis!

    In other words, tools will come and go, but the principles or fundamental techniques will stay.

    So focus your efforts on learning data analysis and use the tools as a means to an end.

    Which Data Analysis Tool Is Best For You?

    Understand the fundamentals of data analysis well enough so that you can recommend one tool over the other.

    This is important because your team or employer may have their own preferences but you as an individual should be comfortable with learning any tool you are presented with or recommending another tool that can do a better job … even when you haven’t used that other data analysis tool.

    When To Use A Data Analysis Tool?

    While some data analysis tools have a relational database and sql querying interface (e.g. Microsoft Access), others do not (e.g. Microsoft Excel).

    And while some are good for tasks like data transformation and loading (e.g. Microsoft SQ L Server), others like not quite as good (e.g. Microsoft Access).

    As a data analyst, you must be comfortable with analyzing the needs of your company and recommending the best data analysis tool based on the requirements of your project and your company’s budget!

    How Are Data Analysis Skills Utilized On The Job?

    A statistical degree may have been required for a data analysis job 20 years ago but these days, your database analysis, database development, Sql querying and Sql Reporting skills are even more important!

    Because of the massive amounts of data, information and business insight stored in corporate databases, hiring managers are more concerned about a candidates ability to extract, transform, load or interpret business facts stored in relational databases or data warehouses.

    With this information in mind, here are frequently asked questions and answers about entry level data analyst jobs.

    Hi,

    I’m working in a regional management role in Retail Operations with a total experience of over 6 yrs.

    I’m from a NON IT background (MBA in marketing) and I have been doing lot of data crunching in retail operations using excel.

    I think this field of data analytics fascinates my and i’m considering making a career switch at this juncture.

    Also I hear that data analytics has a good future but now, I am still confused because I’m looking for answers to the questions below:

    1. Would it be a right move?
    2. Would my NON IT background be a hindrance ?
    3. Are there any skills/certifications which i can do. i’ve recently taken a training for SAS base and advance.. what are the other such skills which i need to acquire?
    4. Most importantly.. what about the earning potential? At what level or position would i start and what would be the salary.

    I feel that with my experience in retail operations i can move into the retail analytics domain… what are your comments?

    I’m desperately seeking answers to these queries. I ‘m very hopeful that i would get all of them answered at this forum.

    Are You Passionate About Data Analysis?

    If you are passionate about number crunching and you already are working in some data analysis capacity … then you have every reason in the world to become a data analyst.

    In my experience, being passionate about something and taking the time to get some real world experience along the same lines qualifies you for a real-world job in that industry.

    If you love data analytics and you have a lot of experience in retail, crunching numbers with excel. You have one of the best reasons for switching to a data analysis career namely:

    1. You already have handson experience in the data analysis (retail industry).
    2. You are fascinated by numbers in the context of data analysis.

    One of the best reasons for making a career change is finding a match between your passion and your day job … so yes … yes, don’t be confused, become a data analyst already!

    Are You Qualified To Be A Data Analyst?

    Your NON IT background is not a hindrance to getting a data analysis job.

    But your lack of relational database and and/or SQL Query Writing skills may pose a real challenge because hiring managers want you to be comfortable with querying, researching or reporting directly from their databases instead of relying on a third party.

    Learning SQL is not that hard. There are several free enterprise databases and you may download free versions of Oracle or Microsoft SQL Server directly from the vendors site.

    What Is The Salary Of A Data Analyst?

    The earning potential of a data analyst is as good as $70K+ (USD). Your exact compensation will depend on your negotiation skills and whether you are a full-time data analyst or a data analyst consultant.

    Keep in mind that data-analyst consultants may earn as much as $90K or more because they bear more financial risk and they have traditionally less job security.

    Your earning also depends on the industry you work in, keeping in mind that data analysts can work in a wide variety of jobs including:

    1. Database Marketing Jobs
    2. Report Writing Jobs – (Crystal Reports, Cognos Report writer, MS Access Report writer, SQl Report Writer, etc.)
    3. Data Research Analysts, Data Conversion Analysts, Data Quality Analysts, Data Integration Analysts Jobs
    4. Customer Relationship Marketing (CRM) or Data Mining Jobs
    5. Traditional Database, Data Analyst or SQL Developer or Data Warehousing Analyst Jobs

    Having a SAS certification or any certification may or may nor help you, depending on the job requirement …

    But keep in mind that information technology jobs are performance driven … and regardless of your certifications, educational background or lack of it, you have to be good at your job and prove it!

    Also keep in mind, that as far as IT Jobs are concerned, your past performance is the best predictor of your future job performance … so your handson domain knowledge / experience in the retail industry places you at an advantage in the job market!


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    healthcare data analyst job description

    healthcare data analyst job description

    Data Analysts interested in learning about the right tools, techniques or skills for their job, should read this.

    I am going to address the challenges facing a data analyst” starting a healthcare data analyst job.“

    If you need help with a Question or Challenge, be sure to ask for help by posting a comment because I will answer it fully … just like I am answering this data analyst’s questions below!

    How To Start A Healthcare Data Analyst Job?

    Here is the challenging data analyst career situation:

    I am working in a hospital and I have finished two years of college.

    What’s the first step I need to do if I want to start out with a data analysts job in health care?

    Thank you.

    How To Start A Healthcare Data Analyst Job

    • Multiple Career Paths for Data Analysts

      You can choose to start in healthcare, marketing, pharma, etc. Or you may specialize in data analysis with SAS, SPSS, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, SQL Server.

      But regardless of the tool, data analyst career path or skill you choose, resist the temptation to master every single data analysis tool out there … as this would be futile.

    • The Data Analyst Job Description

      You need to start by getting a good understanding of the data analyst’s roles, duties, tasks and responsibilities or the techniques and principles commonly employed in the healthcare data analysis domain.

      So, let’s start by reviewing the healthcare data analyst job description.

    • The Healthcare Data Analyst Job Description

      The healthcare data analysts’ job description includes importing, cleaning, transforming, validating or modeling healthcare data with the purpose of understanding or making inferences for decision or management purposes.

      The job description also includes presenting data in charts, graphs or tables, designing and developing relational databases for collecting data or building and designing data input or data collection screens.

      Finally, the healthcare data analyst may have to write Data Definition Language or Data Manipulation Language SQL commands, be responsible for improving data quality or designing and presenting inferences made by analyzing data using statistical techniques within Microsoft Excel, SAS, SQL Server, SPSS

    • Are you Tool or Technique Minded

      Keep in mind that data analysts tend to work in diverse domains including healthcare, social sciences, pharmaceutical, marketing and sales.

      For example, some data analysts have backgrounds in technology, information management, relational database design and development, business intelligence, data mining or statistics.

      That is why data analysts sometimes have a tough time convincing hiring managers that they are suited for the job.

      Hiring managers typically have a specific view of what a new data analyst hire would look like and your job is to fit into that mold!

      Here is where I would like to offer a tip …. don’t be a tool minded data analyst.

      By that I mean don’t seek to be a data analyst who is fixated on a specific data analysis tool like SAS or SPSS!

      What is important is not any specific data analysis tool like SAS or SPSS but the investigative mindset or technique that you bring to the table.

      For example, if you understand how to analyze data, you can setup a spreadsheet like Microsoft Excel or a database like Microsoft Access or even an enterprise database like SQL Server to run your analysis!

    • How To Ace Data Analyst Job Interviews

      I have been talking about the data analyst’s skill set, background and technique. Now, let me address how you can get into a healthcare data analyst job.

      Strive to convey mastery of data analysis concepts at the job interview, so you can direct your technical interviewers to a favorable conclusion.

      For example, let’s say that a healthcare data analyst job description stresses SQL Server Reporting Services and you only have knowledge of Microsoft Access Reporting.

      What you may do, is let the technical interviewer know that you have strong relational databases skills and because of that, will be comfortable working in a SQL Server Reporting Services environment.

      Next, you can support your claims, by talking about the data analysis knowledge areas you’re skilled in (data validation, data modeling, data transformation, etc) .

      Be sure to support your claims with concrete examples of related hands-on experience.

      You can support your claims by mentioning that you also know how to analyze large healthcare datasets similar to the volume of data you will be working with using an enterprise database like SQL Server.

      Finally, you may emphasize the strengths or advantages of your data analysis background or training and present to the hiring manager, specific examples of how you will benefit the company when you hired!

    How To Start A Healthcare Data Analyst Job

    So, start by getting a solid understand of the healthcare data analyst job description, get some strong data analysis training and then learn how to market yourself to healthcare employers !

    FYI: The Data Analysts Boot Camp is an Online, Web-Based, Hands-On, Beginner to Advanced Data Analyst Video Training that covers that provides you with the background required for data analyst jobs.

    And: “For a limited time, you may take advantage of the convenient, online data analyst training available at a fraction of traditional costs.

    Click here to get started now:


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    Competing on Analytics

    Competing on Analytics


    Microsoft NET Developers are well compensated IT professionals because the workplace demand for skilled Microsoft.NET programmers outstrips the supply.

    On the other hand, being a Microsoft .NET programmer can be tough because of the constant pressure to keep up with new technology!

    So, this post addresses the challenges facing a Microsoft .NET Developer moving to Business Intelligence (BI) / Data Warehousing (DW):

    Considering a Career Move from .NET Development to Business Intelligence (BI)?

    I am currently working as a .net Developer (for the last 4 years mostly on contracting jobs).

    The biggest problem I am facing is not being able to keep up with new .net components coming out everyday.

    On my last project I developed in .net 2.0. Now for new positions, everyone is asking for .NET 3.5 (while 4.0 is looming on ahead).

    I have a friend who is working as a Business Objects Consultant, and I am thinking of switching toward Datawarehousing / BI.

    Would that be a good career move from my side. I think they get paid more and also do not need to keep reading like crazy.

    However I am not sure of how will be the future of Business Objects and is there any chance beyond a report developer.

    Hopefully, when the economy is better, I will be able to get a fulltime job and settled in one place.

    The Career Outlook for Business Intelligence (BI) / Data Warehousing (DW)

    1. High Demand: The demand for Microsoft .NET Programmers is driven by Microsoft’s sheer marketing muscle and corporations customizing various Microsoft software products (like SharePoint and Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Microsoft Office) for Collaboration, Marketing and Sales. etc.

    2. Steep Learning Curve: Microsoft .NET development has a steep learning curve, so you are not alone in feeling overwhelmed.

      .NET programmers have to keep up with multiple versions including .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5, .NET 4.0 in the works … and perhaps another sequel to .NET 4.0 in some secret Microsoft lab!

      As a Microsoft .NET programmer, you are also expected to keep up with multiple related technologies including HTML, XHTML, CSS, SQL SERVER, JAVASCRIPT, XML and more!

    So, what is one to do? On one hand, you have a well compensated .NET programming career and on the other hand, you feel enslaved to the technology because you always have to be learning!

    Considering all these, making a career change from Microsoft .NET Development to Business Intelligence / Data Warehousing may be in your long-term interests.

    So, the question is, what are the career prospects or job outlook for business intelligence and data warehousing professionals like?

    1. Competing on Data: Organizations facing increasing marketplace pressures are turning to business intelligence (BI) projects for solutions.

      Better data and better analytics are needed for faster, more-informed decision making and that is where business intelligence and data warehousing professionals step in to help!

    2. Job Outlook for Business Intelligence (BI) and Data Warehousing Professionals: Leading industry analysts including Gartner and Forrester Research rank Business Intelligence (BI) and Data Warehousing (DW) as top technology priorities for Chief Information Officers (CIOs).

    3. In plain words, there is gold in business intelligence and data warehousing careers and you can tap into it!

    4. How to become a Business Intelligence (BI) or Data Warehousing (DW) professional: Changing careers from Microsoft .NET Development to Business Intelligence shouldn’t be too hard for you.

      Data Warehousing is built on the backbone of strong relational database design, database development and SQL skills and Business Intelligence integrates analytics, database technology and yes, some Microsoft .NET programming.

    5. Leverage existing skills; If you decide on a Microsoft BI / DW Career Path, you can still build customized BI and DW projects using your familiar Microsoft .NET Programming and SQL Server Database Development skills and if you go with other vendors, you can learn their particular Business Intelligence (BI) programming / scripting tools and their database technology, too!

    The good news for you, is that you can leverage or reuse your Microsoft .NET Programming background and your SQL Server database development skills in the BI / DW Market.

    I recommend that you stop looking at business intelligence (BI) and data warehousing (DW) as a reporting job because it is more than that … get a copy of the book titled Competing on Analytics, ok?

    Competing on Analytics

    Competing on Analytics

    This post answers a challenge facing a .NET Developer changing careers to business intelligence and data warehousing.

    If you have a question or a challenge facing your career, post it as a comment on this page and I will answer it for you!


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    The Data Analysts Career Path

    The Data Analysts Career Path

    This question was posted by a Microsoft Office Data Analyst who wants to know “How to Upgrade Microsoft Access or Excel Data Analysis skills!“

    If you need help with a Question or Challenge, be sure to ask it as a comment on this page and I will answer it fully just as I am answering this questions now!

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    The Challenge Facing A Microsoft Access or Excel Office Data Analyst

    My toughest challenge I face today with my career is I am itching for a move within the company I work for.

    However, don’t know which direction to go and what course to take that will help to enhance my skill knowledge.

    Currently, part of my roles and responsibilities include weekly data pulling (raw) and manipulating the data to build personalized reports for upper management.

    I use Access (where i pull the data from), and Excel (where I transfer the data to and use multiple worksheets to compile the required reports needed for management).

    Now my interest is becoming a Data Analysts, but I do not know what applications I need to focus my attention on, and possibly register for the courses (in class) to either know or advance my current knowledge and skills by December 31, 2009.

    Your response is greatly appreciated!

    How To Upgrade Microsoft Access Or Excel Data Analysis Skills

    You’re thinking right because it’s better to upgrade your skills before changes in the workplace make them obsolete!

    Information Technology (IT) Data Analysts collect or analyze data. They research, identify or report patterns, trends and insights back to stakeholders, decision makes or management … so you’re a data analyst because that’s what you do!

    Employers collect and track data on their business operations including their client’s, support incidents, inventory or merchandise, orders and even their employees!

    Employers who start out collecting, storing or analyzing data in Microsoft Access or Excel discover that they’re not up to the task of handling larger corporate data needs!

    In addition, the Information Technology (IT) industry views Microsoft Access or Excel professionals as junior or entry-level IT professionals … which creates barriers or closes doors for MS Access or Excel Data Analysts!

    Which then leads to the question … “What is the Best Upward Mobility Path for Microsoft Access or Excel Data Analysts?”

    How To Upgrade A Microsoft Office Data Analyst Career

    1. Learn an Enterprise Relational Database Management System (RDBMS):

      The IT Industry now considers Microsoft Access to be a junior or entry level database professional tool.

      You need to move up in your career path by learning an enterprise relational database like Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle.

      Enterprise databases are reliable, secure, high-performance databases that can handle the day to day or most demand tasks of an enterprise!

    2. Learn an Enterprise Reporting Tool:

      Microsoft Access’s in-built reporting tool is handy for generating reports for very small business units.

      Because Microsoft Access is designed for really small business needs, you’ve got to migrate your skills towards an enterprise reporting tool like Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services or Crystal Reports.

      An enterprise reporting tool like Microsoft SQL Server Reporting services can be customized using an integrated programming environnment for complex report customization needs or requirements.

      Enterprise Reporting tools like Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services also allow sending of reports by e-mail or distribution of reports in various formats including: HTML, XML, CSV, Word, and even Microsoft Excel!

    3. Learn How to Build Web-based Forms

      Microsoft Access has an in-built Form Wizard for building data collection forms. However these Ms Access forms are for desktop applications and not for use over the web!

      However employers would like the option of collecting both offline and online data and prefer to store their data in a reliable, enterprise database.

      So, you need to learn just enough programming to build web-based intranet or internet forms for your data collection needs or projects!

      Learning a web programming languages is easier than you think … especially if you understand relational database design and development!

    4. Learn How to Analyze Data Using Statistics

      Some of the fastest growing professions for data analysts include web analysis, web usability and marketing optimization!

      These web 2.0 type professions require hands-on experience gained by solving real-world problems!

      For example, there are specialized tools used by data analysts for identifying, analyzing or reporting on website usage like the free and popular Google Analytics tool or the popular Google Website Optimizer!

      Getting hands-on experience with these types of tools will open even more doors for your career!

    In this post, I answered the question of how to upgrade or transition Microsoft Access or Excel Data Analyst skills.

    If you have a question, concern or challenge, click here to post it and I will answer it for you!


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    There's Gold In Them Thar' Data

    There's Gold In Them Thar' Data


    According to projections by IDC (a well-known research firm), the amount of computing, web and digital data will increase fivefold by 2012 as a result of an upsurge in sensor signals, surveillance tapes, social network chatter, public records and more.

    The increases in availability and storage of corporate transactional data within the last decade has left companies scrambling for data analysts trained in interpreting or making inferences based on data.

    With the help of data analysts, companies can improve the speed and quality of their business decisions, manage risks better, predict the likelihood of favorable or unfavorable outcomes or provide their management team with improved predictive business intelligence.

    Competing On Data

    Hiring data analysts helps companies compete favorably using insights, trends or patterns gleaned from their corporate data. This is part of a global trend towards competing on data analytics.

    For example, in 2009, IBM announced plans to hire or train 4,000 more data analysts!

    According to Samuel J. Palmisano, IBM’s chairman, president and chief executive officer,

    “Advanced analytics are increasingly essential to help companies and organizations confronted with vast amounts of data and systemic change, and who are looking to build smarter business systems.”

    “All organizations today need to sort through myriad choices, make smarter decisions quickly and accurately, and act decisively”

    Organizations looking for ways to leverage mountains of corporate data want to improve marketing effectiveness, customer relationship management (CRM) process, website usage, reduce costs or capitalize on opportunities and trends before their competitors.

    According to Michael Maoz, vice president and distinguished analyst, Gartner Inc.

    “As a result of the economic slowdown, business leaders are focusing on the central role of customer service to simultaneously lower costs and build customer loyalty.

    The loss of a profitable customer, or a potentially profitable customer, is expensive and preventable.”

    Data Analysts are positioned to help businesses improve their customer relationship management (CRM) systems using their analytical, statistical and predictive skills.

    Job Outlook for Data Analysts

    Data Analysts are employed in a number of industries, careers or domains include:

    1. Web Data Analysts: Web sites produce enormous quantities data (website log files, site polls or survey results, web usage reports) which is interpreted by web data analysts or web developers with statistical data analysis training

    2. CRM Data Analysts: Data analysts discover the gold in customer relationship management (CRM) systems. CRM data analysts help sales and marketing departments spot under-served markets, identify best customers, fine-tune advertising campaigns or predict new markets!

    3. Marketing / Sales Data Analysts: Marketing data analysts work with marketing data stored in databases. They also import, validate, analyze or report on marketing data for their sales team.

    According to Hal Varian (Google’s chief economist):

    “More than ten years into the widespread business adoption of the Web, some managers still fail to grasp the economic implications of cheap and ubiquitous information on and about their business.”

    Hal Varian makes the point that with data in huge supply and data analysts in short supply, Data Analysts have a favorable career outlook!


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    Learn Data Analysis The Easy Way!

    Learn Data Analysis - The Easy Way!


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    But Now, By Using The Latest Advances In Technology …

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      You pay for Hotel + Food + Travel + Course Fees! A combined Statistics Class + Data Analysis Course + Database class quickly adds up to more than 5,000 dollars. The Data Analysts Boot Camp is less than a fraction of that cost!

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    The Data Analyst boot camp is for Data Analysts, Data Analysts, Database Developers, Business Analysts, Quality Assurance (QA) Professionals, Business Managers or IT professionals interested in learning Data Analysis online.

    It covers the entry level to senior Data Analyst’s training requirements including Statistics classes, SQL classes, Database courses, Data Analysis classes and more …

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    • Progress Feedback / Report Card: You can measure or monitor your progress … with in-built practice tests or quizzes or exams. Your personal report card which is available 24/7 shows your grades or maps your progress.

    • Ongoing Private Mentoring: You may post questions or discussions on the Data Analyst training videos, assignments or quizzes and get one-on-one feedback, help, coaching or mentoring from your Data Analyst Course Instructor.

    • Hands-On Lab Training: You are assigned real-world, practical, hands-on Data analysis projects …. allowing your to put your knowledge to work! Your learning is immediately beneficial to you … because it is transformed into real-world practical skills or experience!

    • Live Or Online Video-Based Training: You do not have to pay extra for the Data Analyst Boot Camp’s step-by-step training videos, study guide or presentations! You may watch the video sessions at your convenience … or as often as you want!

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    The Data Analysts Boot Camp – How Does It Work?

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    • Cutting Edge Learning Management System (LMS)

      • Your training schedule is managed by a learning management system (LMS) which sends personalized links to data analyst videos, hands-on projects and practice tests

      • The LMS assigns time to each training video, practice test or hands-on project and you may finish at a different time, based on your own schedule

      • You submit back hands-on projects for review, grading or feedback to live course instructors using a feature of the LMS

      • The LMS boosts your data analysis skills using quizzes and displays your grades in real-time using a secure, private, online report card

      • The LMS constantly monitors or improves your understanding of course material using multiple learning opportunities!

    • Yes, You Retain Access Rights After Course Completion!

      • The LMS provides you with FULL and PERMANENT access to ALL training videos after course completion

      • You can watch your training videos on the “Resources” feature of the LMS during or after your training

    • Flexible + Convenient + Affordable Training For Data Analysts

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      • Yes, your data analyst training is a “go at your own pace“, anytime, anywhere, anypace training.

      • Yes, you may take some of your training at work (during lunchtime) or at home (after dinner) or on the road (from your laptop)!

    • Data Analyst Training For IT Professionals

      • Your course instructors take you step by step from utter beginner to senior level topics

      • You can start immediately (without paying for entrance examinations or additional pre-requisite courses) because all preparatory, foundational or pre-requisite topics are in-built and included

      • You learn by simply watching course instructors using hands-on instructional videos

      • The Data Analysts Boot Camp covers the requirements for data analyst careers!

    • Yes, You Set The Pace For Your Data Analyst Training

      • Yes, you accelerate or speed-up your data analyst training or customize your learning to your own study time

      • Yes, you may finish training at a faster or slower pace than estimated

      • Yes, you don’t have to start or finish at the same time as everyone else

    • Yes, Your Browser Is Good Enough!

      • All necessary software features are prebuilt into our LMS … so, you won’t be messing around with troublesome software installations

      • And yes that means you won’t be worrying about browser requirements either!

    • Advance Your Career Online AT “The Data Analysts Boot Camp”


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    Ask IT Career Coach

    Ask IT Career Coach

    Can one make a career or earn a living out of just writing SQL Reports?

    Considering that there’s more to the SQL Report Writer’s job than just writing reports, the answer is yes!

    The following question was posted by a report writer who is trying to get a handle on the duties, roles, responsibilities or functions of a SQL Report Writer.

    Can I Make A Career Out Of SQL Report Writing?

    Can one make a career out of just writing SQL Reports?

    If so, do you think corporations are getting lazy by overpaying SQL Report Writers $65K+ just for writing Reports.

    I develop database documents, flow charts, append revisions.. When approved i create the sql, the error checking, import required data for setup… Move on to programming … building database connections, run load performance tools (custom built).. modify tables as needed, modify documentation as needed.. bench mark the sites and move on to the next…

    I failed to mention the part where i build custom reports based on the clients needs, exporting to csv/excel/data dumps for other programs/complex dump algorythms

    Does the SQL Report Writer have to care about the semantics of database design or the value of the data stored?

    The Job Of A SQL Report Writer

    The SQL Report Writer’s role is often misunderstood as just writing reports.

    The reality is that a SQL Report Writer’s job is often more involved!

    The Report Writer has to know the value of the data, where it is coming from, how to get at or extract it, how to clean it and verify that it is accurate and how to present information correctly using charts, graphs, aggregates, statistical computations, etc.

    1. The Report Writer’s duties includes optimizing or fine tuning slow running reports. The performance of a report may degrade over time as additional data is loaded into tables or as more tables are joined to get at the required data.

      A report may degrade in performance over a period of time or run slowly because the joins are inefficient or because the sql statements need to be optimized or because the data structures (indexes) used in the tables need to be optimized or for other reasons.

      Whatever the situation, the Report Writer is responsible for monitoring the performance of reports and taking corrective action to optimize or improve the performance of the reports when necessary.

    2. The Report Writer’s job role includes reconciling discrepancies between the expectations of data managers and information presented in their reports. A report writer has to spend part of their time validating or proving to decision managers that the data presented on their results are valid or accurate.

    3. The Enterprise Report Writer is responsible for writing the reports needed for different teams, managers, decision makers or departments.

      Some of the reports may use computed or aggregated columns (averages, sums or statistical computations) and the report writer has to write subqueries, nested queries and complex sql statements to present the required data.

    4. The Report Writer may have to access, import, extract, transfer or load data from heterogeneous data sources (Oracle, AS/400, SQL SERVER, TEXT FILES, Microsoft Access).

      As enterprises grow, they collect data across a network of legacy mainframe applications, geographic boundaries, time zones, and corporate divisions, data warehouses and databases.

    5. The Report Writer’s job description includes presenting timely, up to date or current data. This is especially important for time sensitive reports or nightly reports that need to run successfully before the day shift starts or reports that are compiled at the end of a quarter or business cycle.

      Time sensitive reports include monthly statements (bank statements) or reports that need to be printed or mailed by a certain date or reports that need to be available early in the morning for a trading / securities desk or financial / investment team.

    Yes, there are lot of reasons why a company will hire dedicated SQL Report Writers and Pay them Well :-)

    This post answers a question about “Making A Career Out Of SQL Report Writing”!

    If you have any Question about your career, Post IT as a comment on this page and I will be sure to answer it for you!


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    jobs-employment-recession

    The report writer as a key member of the database, sql or data analytics team is responsible for creating, validating, distributing and documenting the reports required by an organization.

    Report Writers work with various types of relational databases, sql query writing and report writing tools because they need to retrieve, aggregate and present data from different databases including Oracle, SQL Server or ODBC Compliant Databases.

    Since it is not practical or feasible for Report Writers to learn or master all the available database reporting tools, they specialize in a few and then learn any additional reporting tool come along on the job!

    Report Writers can port report writing skills from one Reporting Platform to another because Reporting tools are based on these major components:

    1. Report Writing Databases:  Report Writing Databases act as repositories of the company’s reporting data. The data needed for report writing projects may be stored in data warehouses, proprietary databases, relational databases or ODBC compliant databases.

      Report Writers usually have to create Reports based on data distributed across multiple databases or tables. Because writing all the SQL queries, sub queries, joins, aggregate queries, rollups, etc. can get quite involved, they need to have strong SQL Skills, database skills and data analysis skills.

    2. SQL Queries: Report Writers have to identify the tables that contain the required data based on the reporting requirements handed to them.

      After identifying Reporting Requirements, they may have to write complex SQL queries to extract the information, trends, or patterns contained in the data. The final query is often saved for re-use as a stored procedure.

    Report Writer Duties

    Report Writers work closely with end-users, stakeholders or management to gather and document reporting requirements and to test or validate their reports after.

    Here are some of the roles and responsibilties of Report Writers:

    1. SQL Data Retrieval: Report Writers need to write SQL code for extracting, summarizing, aggregating or presenting data from one or more database systems.

    2. Data Validation: Report Writers need to validate the results of their SQL Queries with the end users because of discrepancies that may exist between what the reports say and what the users expect!

    3. Data Presentation: Report Writers present their results in the form of tables, pie charts, bar charts and other plots or diagrams. The data presentation duties of a Report Writer is facilitated with Reporting Tools like SQL Server Reporting Services, Crystal Reports or Microsoft Access Reports.

    Report Writer Careers

    Report Writers use tools that they are familiar with to retrieve data from different databases including Oracle, SQL Server or ODBC Compliant Databases.

    It is important to note that a Report Writer who is skilled in one tool like SQL Server Reporting Services and strong in the essentials of relational database design, development and sql query writing can connect to most databases (Oracle, Sybase, Microsoft Access, AS 400, JD Edwards), retrieve the data to SQL Server and then write the Reports.

    Since it is not practical or feasible for Report Writers to learn or master all the database reporting tools out their, all that they need to do, is specialize in a few reporting tools and then learn any new reporting tools for their specific job situation.

    A skilled Report Writers can be placed in a variety of positions including:

    1. Sql Server Reporting Services Report Writer

    2. Ms Access Report Writer

    3. Crystal Report Writer

    4. PL SQL/Oracle Forms/Report Writer

    5. SQL Report Writer

    6. Hyperion Report Writer

    7. Cognos Report Writer

    8. IBM COBOL Report Writer

    9. Visual FoxPro Report Writer

    10. Database Report Writer

    11. AS400 Report Writer

    Report Writer Training – How to Become a SQL Report Writer

    Report Writers may choose only one of these two training options, based on their career aspirations or job requirements.

    1. SQL Boot Camp: The SQL Boot Camp provides you with all the database development and sql query writing skills needed for Report Writing jobs.

    2. Data Analyst Boot Camp: The Data Analyst Boot Camp provides you with all the database development, sql query writing, data analysis and statistical analysis skills needed for Report Writing jobs.

    In this article, I discussed the skill requirements, duties, roles, responsibilities and career paths available to Report Writers.

    If you have any question about becoming a Report Writer, go ahead and post it as a comment at the end of this post and I will be glad to answer it for you!


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    Ask a Burning Question

    Ask a Burning Question

    In reply to a question by a Statistician transitioning to a data analyst career, I posted the article Are Statistics Or SQL Skills Required In Data Analyst Careers?

    My reply also included a Skills Gap Analysis for Statisticians or Mathematicians who want to become data analysts.

    I got a comment from another Mathematician / Statistician which I have posted below.

    Let me know if you have a comment or opinion or feedback on this issue … here is my reader’s comment:

    Jonathan’s Opinion:

    I just read through the article entitled ARE STATISTICS OR SQL SKILLS REQUIRED IN DATA ANALYST CAREERS?

    Kingsley was really to the point in this article. I have a Bsc. in Mathematics with statistics myself. In most if not all organizations data is kept in relational databases. Even in a research based organizations like National Statistical Offices where surveys are done using statistical packages like SAS,SPSS,CSPRO etc, Data is best kept in a relational database especially if one is to analyse the data across many surveys.

    In short Databases are the best Data storage tools while Statistical packages and spreadsheets are best at number crunching.

    To be effective with Databases you need to know SQL So, a combination of Databases skills and Statistical skills makes a good Data Analyst.

    I would therefore encourage all Statisticians, Monitoring and Evaluation Officers, planning officers, Economists etc to learn Databases and SQL.

    What I really like about Jonathan’s opinion is his statement that databases are best at data storage while statistical packages and spreadsheets like SAS, SPSS, CSPRO, EXCEL are best at number crunching.

    Your Opinion Counts … Speak Up!

    What about you …

    • do you agree or disagree with my opinion or Jonathan’s opinion or with the rest of the article?

    • do you have a different take on the issue?

    • do you have another question that I can answer for you?


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      Are Statistics or Sql Skills Required For Data Analyst Jobs?

      Are Statistics or Sql Skills Required For Data Analyst Jobs?

      This post answers a question about the educational training requirements for a Data Analyst Career.

      If you have a Burning Question or a Challenge that you need help with, Click Here To Ask Your Question and I will answer it fully just as I am answering the question below!

      Is Statistics / Sql Required For Data Analyst Jobs?

      I have a degree in Statistics and I am finding it hard to get a data analyst job even though people from other backgrounds are able to get data analyst jobs.

      If you have not studied statistics or you do not have a mathematical background, how could you analyze data accurately?

      I know that there is a difference between presenting data in charts and graphs interpreting data

      I have seen that firms employ data analysts who do not have statistical or data mining training … so how can they make the critical decisions needed?

      In college I learnt how people without statistical training make errors when they attempt data analysis. However, in the “real world” I see database developers making those same mistakes!

      Do I have to become a database developer to become a data analyst?

      Here is my Answer to the Career Question:

      Yes, your observation is right. There is a difference between learning statistical data analysis in college and becoming a data analyst!

      To understand why this difference exists, you need to look at the data analyst hiring process from the Employers’ point of view and not from a “Statistician Looking For Work” point of view!

      From the employers’ point of view, your statistical skills may not be adequate for the work at hand because the data you will be analyzing resides in relational database management systems (RDBMS) which you may not be skilled in querying even though you have a statistical college degree!

      You actually have to be comfortable with accessing or manipulating data stored in relational database management systems without asking for help from sql developers or database administrators!

      The Gap Between Data Analyst College Education and Data Analyst Careers

      Sometimes there is a gap between the statistical courses taught in colleges and the real-world data analysis job descriptions posted by hiring managers.

      In college, data analysts are often trained to rely on tools like SAS, Excel or Statistical Data Analysis skills only.

      In the real world, employers are looking for a combination of data collection skills, relational database design and development skills, data quality skills, data standardization skills, sql data manipulation skills and sql data definition skills and data analysis skills.

      The statistical data analysis part is needed along with strong relational database software system skills

      The Gap Between College Education And Real-World IT Careers

      In the Information Technology (IT) Industry, there are usually gaps or differences between college courses and real-world IT Career Job Postings.

      For example there is a gap between:

      1. Getting an MBA and Becoming a Business Analyst

      2. Getting a Computer Science Degree and Becoming a Computer Programmer

      3. Getting a Statistics Degree and Becoming a Data Analyst

      Getting a Statistics Degree in college does not necessarily give you an advantage over someone who directly transitions into the data analysis career by first getting the database development skills or hands-on sql programming experience required for careers in data analysis!

      So, even with your background in statistics, you still need to get the additional database skills, sql skills skills and hands-on data analysis experience required by hiring managers for data analyst careers.

      The Direct Path to Becoming a Data Analyst

      The direct path to becoming a data analyst includes getting a combination of statistical skills, data analysis skills and database skills.

      So, the requirements for a data analyst career include:

      1. Database Development Skills

      2. SQL Programming Skills

      3. Statistical Skills

      4. Data Analysis Skills

      If you only have statistical skills and you don’t have relational database management skills, you may not be qualified for an Information Technology (IT) data analyst job!

      So, my recommendation is that you get strong database development skills and strong SQL skills because these are both required in data analyst job postings along with Statistics Data Analysis skills

      NOTE:

      The of hiring Data Analysts is usually done by IT Managers are more familiar with the value of database development skills or SQL programming skills than they are with Statistical tools.

      So, if you really want to get hired as a data analyst, I suggest that you get as comfortable with databases and SQL as you are with Statistics!

      References

      I suggest that you read these articles to get additional background information:

      1. How to Become a Data Analyst

      2. How to Become a Data Analyst or a Report Writer or a Database Developer

      3. The Data Analyst Job Role

      This post answers the question “Are Statistics Or SQL Skills Required In Data Analyst Careers?”.

      If you have a Question about your career, Post IT as a comment on this page and I will be sure to answer it for you!


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      Top Paying Skills in High Demand

      Top Paying Skills in High Demand

      Employment Prospects for Database Developers

      Database Developers are in-demand in the healthcare, telecommunications, financial, manufacturing industries or in firms where data needs to be stored, retrieved or maintained.

      • Database developers work with data analysts while importing data from legacy systems into new database structures.

      • Database developers work with report developers in designing and reporting on data and business trends.

      • Database developers work with system architects or software developers in defining data storage, retrieval or archival systems for business software application needs.

      Because many software applications and most businesses are connected to the internet, an increasing number of database developers are needed to handle the growing volume of web usage data or transactional data generated by internet or e-commerce busineses.

      Because of the pivotal role of business to business (B2B) and business to consumer (B2C) electronic commerce, there is an increased demand for database developers who can build mission critical, high performing, reliable, scalable databases for retail, service, marketing, sales and other business operations

      Database Developer Salary Requirements

      Even in a period of economic recession the pay band for database developers goes from $73,500 to $103,000 according to Robert Half Technology. Another survey cites the average salary for a skilled database developer as $84,000 (EIGHTY FOUR THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS). Click here to see the average database developer salary in the United States.

      Database Developer Skill Requirements

      There are several types of databases in the market and each requires a specific set of database design and development skills. However relational database design and development skills are the sought after database design and developement skills.

      Here are some of the skills needed to become a relational database developer:

      1. Logical Database Design Skills

      2. Physical Database Design Skills

      3. SQL Data Definition Skills (DDL)

      4. SQL Data Manipulation Skills (DML)

      5. Entity-Relationship (ER) Modeling Skills

      6. Indexing, Performance Tuning and Optimization Skills

      7. Strong SQL / Data Analysis Skills

      Click here to get a comprehensive list of the topics a relational database developer needs to learn or study …

      How Portable are Database Development Skills

      A database developer with a solid understanding of relational database design development skills and strong SQL skills can work with databases from a wide variety of vendors and database platforms.

      Some of the more popular database development platforms that skilled and in-demand database developers may end up working with include:

      1. Microsoft Access

      2. Microsoft SQL Server

      3. MySQL

      4. Oracle

      5. Sybase

      6. IBM DB2

      Note: A database developer does not need to get trained in every popular database platform in the market because relational database design and SQL has been standardized to a good degree.

      Given a sound understanding or training in relational database design or development and SQL, the database developer can pick up the rest of the skills needed for each database platform while working with it.

      So, given that a database developer already knows SQL Server or Transact SQL (T-SQL) and is then presented with a Microsoft Access Database Design & Development project or a MySQL Database Design & Development project, the database developer should be able to apply the same set of logical database design skills and standardized SQL skills to these database platforms while learning the nuances or flavors of Microsoft Access SQL (Access SQL) or MySQL specific SQL

      Studying or Learning to Become a Database Developer

      Database Developers need to learn or study the Relational Database Design process, the SQL Data Definition Language (DDL), the SQL Data Manipulation Language (DML) and the Database Development process for a specific relational database management system.

      The database developer’s educational requirements are covered in the SQL Boot Camp. The SQL Boot Camp is an online, web-based educational training program for database developers who want to learn or study database development. SQL Boot Camp includes an extensive set of:

      1. Hands-on SQL Training Videos + Relational Database Design Videos taught by SQL Course Instructors

      2. SQL Practice Tests or SQL Job Interview Quizzes that you can use to ace database developer job interviews or improve your retention or understanding of the SQL training videos

      3. Hands-On Database Design & Development Projects assigned, reviewed and graded by your SQL Course Instructors

      Limited Time – Registration Discount Code

      For a limited time only, we are giving away seats on SQL Boot Camp with the registration discount code: SQLTRAIN

      To get this discount, enroll here for SQL Boot Camp using the registration discount code: SQLTRAIN.

      Note: This is a limited-time offer, so if you are looking for a complete, end-to-end database developer professional training, click here to enroll in SQL Boot Camp using the registration discount code: SQLTRAIN


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      How To Become A Data Analyst

      How To Become A Data Analyst

      The data analyst career is one of the popular Information Technology (IT) career tracks available today.

      The term data analyst is loosely associated with business data analysts, systems analysts, database analysts, reporting specialists, data researchers, statistical data analysts or marketing data analysts!

      However, in this article, I will explain who a data analyst really is and provide a career roadmap or plan for becoming a data analyst.

      Who Is A Data Analyst?

      The term data analyst refers to someone who works with data or makes sense of the information buried in raw data or draws inferences and conclusions from it.

      A data analyst is someone who performs queries or mines data for information or nuggets of insight and information.

      According to Wikipedia, data analysis is the process of looking at or summarizing data with the intent of extracting useful information and developing conclusions.

      What Is The Job Outlook For Data Analysts?

      There is an increasing need to aggregate information in databases and analyze, research or query it for meaning, clues, trends or insight that will help organizations do better or become more competitive in their marketplace.

      This trend to store and analyze vast quantities of data at every level of business has spawned the “Analytics” industry.

      For example, when you visit a website at Amazon.com or NetFlix or Ebay, your visit history is stored and analyzed by a group of people known as web analysts who specialize in analyzing web visitor data.

      The data analyst is growing in importance because of the trend towards storing and analyzing increasing amounts of data, so that organizations can compete based on insight, information and intelligence gleaned from their databases.

      Data Analyst Roles and Responsibilities

      If you are looking for a data analyst job or position, make sure you can demonstrate the skills listed below on your resume when you apply for a data analyst position:

      1. You must demonstrate the ability to analyze large data sets
      2. You must show an expert ability to analyze, research or query data using SQL
      3. You must have the ability to report on data using enterprise, industry standard reporting tools like SQL Server Reporting Services, Crystal Reports and Business Objects
      4. You must have logical, problem solving skills.
      5. You must have strong analytical skills
      6. You must be able to present, interpret, discuss or write about the conclusions, inferences and results gained from researching data
      7. You must be able to analyze data in Excel, prepare Excel spreadsheets or PowerPoint presentation to explain your results.
      8. You must be able to research concepts and issues on the Internet using search engines and other web based research tools

      Data Analyst Job Interviews

      Job interviews typically address all the positions on your resume.

      So, if you present a data analyst resume to an employer, you must be able to talk intelligently about all the positions, skills and responsibilities listed on that resume.

      In addition, you may expect a data analyst job interview to include database design interview questions, database development interview questions, and SQL interview questions.

      So you will must have SQL coding and Database Development skills.

      You also need to have a strong mastery of a variant of SQL like T-SQL and database development on a specific enterprise database platform like Microsoft SQL Server.

      Here is a link you can use to get all the data analyst education (statistical data analysis), relational database training and SQL query writing training you will need to fulfill your data analyst roles and responsibilities. Click here for more information on online data analyst training.

      Finally, you need to understand trend analysis . For example, given a SQL Server marketing database, you need to be able to search for patterns or identify trends using SQL queries or T-SQL queries to be exact.

      How Do Data Analyst Jobs Compare To Business Analyst Jobs Or Computer Programmer Jobs?

      1. How does a data analyst job compare to a business analyst job?

      One way of comparing the data analyst’s job to the business analyst’s job is to say that the data analyst majors on database analysis or data analysis while the business analyst focuses on business process analysis.

      The data analyst is expected to be an expert at querying databases using SQL, writing reports in Crystal Reports, Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services or Business Objects and analyzing or presenting data in Microsoft Excel.

      On the other hand, the business analyst focuses on requirements analysis, UML, Use Cases and business process improvement.

      2. How does a data analyst job compare to a computer programmer job?

      Computer programmers focus more on the design and development of database applications and software applications.

      Computer programmers need to master all aspects of the software development life cycle, database design, database development, web and windows application development and data reporting.

      Data analysts focus on database analysis, database design, data preparation, data quality and data reporting.

      Online Data Analyst Training Opportunities

      One of the technical skills that is most in demand for data analyst positions is the ability to research data stored in relational databases like Oracle, MySQL, Microsoft Access (MS Access), Microsoft SQL Server using SQL.

      The beginner to advanced online data analyst training offered on Data Analysts Boot Camp covers the training requirements for data analyst positions.

      Be sure to register at Data Analysts Boot Camp for more information on data analyst online training opportunities.


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      In every information technology discipline, there are people who outperform
      others.

      You probably know some of them; computer programmers who write better
      code, faster than their colleagues or data analysts who can research and
      identify trends in data faster, easier and better than their colleagues or
      business analysts       who are ten times as productive as their colleagues!

      I have been studying top performers ever since I left high school and I am
      now starting a free online study group on top performers with the goal of
      identifying:

      i. who are top performers?
      ii. how do you become a top performer?

      If you interested in this topic, read on: Top performers in every
      industry can out-perform their colleagues by as much as a factor of
      ten-to-one       and so they are recognizable by their productivity.

      Top performers are experts, smart, focused, passionate,
      energetic and talented people.

      Top performers are found in every profession including software testing,
      business analysis, software development, IT management, recruiting, web design,
      internet marketing, etc.

      Studying Top Performers

      1. Do you know someone who is a top performer at work? Please post a comment
      saying why you think the person is a top performer.

      2. Do you have any criteria for choosing or selecting top performers? Please
      post a comment saying what your criteria for nominating or selecting someone as
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      3. Do you have any idea on "how to become a top performer"? Please post a
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      performers in their industry.

      4. Do you have managers at work who will be interested in discussing why they
      consider one employee or the other top performers, please contact me with their
      name and email address and I will email them a brief questionnaire on the "top
      performers      " on their team.

      I am starting a study group on top performers and I would like your
      participation in the discussions on the topic. All you have to do is post a
      comment, question, feedback or nominate someone you know as a top performer and
      tell us why you choose the person.

      Thanks,

      Kingsley Tagbo, IT Career Coach – http://www.it-career-coach.net

      About The Author

      My name is Kingsley Tagbo and I?m a technical expert living in Saint Louis,
      Missouri. I write about the training, coaching, mentoring
      and personal development of software development professionals including
      business analysts, computer programmers, testers, project managers, web
      designers, data analysts, report writers, software developers and other
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      How To Learn SQL or Databases Online

      How To Learn SQL or Databases Online

      The demand for SQL query writing or database skills is tied to the high demand for web, intranet and internet application development skills

      Organizations invest in web projects because they need to automate their business operations as it grows in complexity, expands in size or becomes more profitable.

      This post addresses the following questions:

      • Why is SQL query writing skills needed?
      • What do SQL query writers do?
      • How can you become a SQL query writer?
      • What makes SQL query writers different from other developers?

      Read the rest of this post to review my answers to the questions.

      What Is SQL?

      SQL (Structured Query Language) pronounced “sequel”, is a SET based language used to manipulate (add, retrieve, edit, update, delete) data in relational database management systems (RDBMS).

      SQL is used for creating data structures (tables, views, stored procedures), writing the queries that retrieves data used in reports, making changes, updating maintaining data and in analysis work for identifying trends or insights.

      SQL also describes a family of set-based languages that adhere loosely to the ANSI-SQL standards

      Database vendors implement their own version of SQL, so each relational database including Microsoft Access, SQL Server, Oracle or MySQL has a flavor, dialect or syntax of SQL peculiar to it.

      Oracle uses a flavor of SQL known as Oracle PL/SQL, SQL Server is Transact SQL (TSQL) and Microsoft Access is Access SQL.

      However, if you learn or master any version of SQL, working with other versions will not be hard because they operate according to a set of basic principles or commands.

      Why Are SQL Query Writing Skills Needed?

      • Sql skills are now taken as regarded as nice to have for many other careers. In some organizations, business analysts and data analysts are expected to have handson sql query analysis skills.

        Most software development positions now regard database development or sql query skills as mandatory.

      • Learning SQL query writing allows you to transition into high demand careers in computer programming or web development.

        This is a big deal because computer programmers can earn as much as six figures and web developers have the most portable set of skills.

      • Learning SQL transfers a versatile programming skill that is considerably less complex than traditional software development programming languages.

        Computer programming languages take up to a year or even more to learn or master why Sql skills can be mastered in a relatively short time … as little as 4 months.

      • Web or windows applications provide services that require database capabilities for retrieving, saving or manipulating data which in turn creates a demand for database and SQL development skills.

      Tips On Learning Sql Query Writing

      1. Learn One SQL Dialect: There are as many dialects of SQL as there are types of relational databases.

        For example the SQL language used in SQL Server differs from that used in Oracle which differs from that used in MySQL.

        However, when starting out, focus on learning and mastering just one SQL dialect like Microsoft’s Transact SQL.

        Then when the need actually presents itself at work, like when you have to learn additional SQL dialects like Oracle’s PL/SQL or Microsoft’s Access, learn that because your job requires that

        In other words, don’t try to learn every version or flavor of skill!

      2. Use SQL for Database Work: SQL programming is SET based and is designed for manipulating (adding, retrieving, editing, deleting) data.

        Unlike other types of programming like Java or C# which are more Object Oriented and are used for creating full blown web and windows applications.

        One of the secrets to success in working with SQL is to use it for SET based operations and traditional programming languages for procedural coding!

        In other words, don’t write SQL queries for problems that will be better solved by traditional programming languages and don’t write code for problems that are better solved with Sql Queries.

      3. Learning SQL Is Easy: Becoming a SQL programmer is easier than most people think because programming with SQL on databases like SQL Server is less complex than programming with languages like Java or C#.

        The reasons are:

        • You can’t create web applications or windows applications in SQL which removes one layer of complexity.
        • You are expected to use a fully fledged application development language like Java or C# to develop complex business rules and not SQL.

      4. Learn both the Theory and Practice of Databases: To become a SQL developer, you must master both the theory and practices of Relational Database Design and Development for real world databases like Microsoft Access, SQL Server or Oracle.

      5. Know This Before You Apply for SQL Positions: There are fewer pure SQL developer jobs than other types of programming jobs like Java or Microsoft .NET Programming.

        This is because traditional SQL development is part of what a professional software developer does.

        So, be ready to apply your Sql Query Writing or Database skills in the context of data analyst, software developer, project manager, report writer or even technical management jobs.

      6. Know How your SQL Skills Will Be Applied:

        If you are interviewing for a new position with a recruiter or hiring manager know the percentage of SQL query writing, database design & development, data analysis or report writing that you will be doing on the job.

      7. SQL Developer’s Responsibility: A SQL developer’s responsibility is to create the stored procedures, views and tables used in the database.

        It is also the Sql Developer’s responsibility to maintain the data contained in the database or extract useful insight, trends or information from it.

      SQL Query Writers Or Database Developer Job Satisfaction

      Learning SQL or Database Development online is fun and easy.

      Sql Query Writing or Database Developer careers do not have the steeper learning curve that comes with software developer careers because the relational database development environment is less complex than that of the traditional computer programming environment.

      In addition, SQL Queries and Relational Database skills are useful in software development, business analysis, financial analysis or modeling, data analysis, report writing and several other types of jobs … in other words, SQL is a very portable skill.


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