Between You and Your Business Analysis Career
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Professional networking is an important skill that offers many benefits. It enables you to stay in touch with your peers and other professionals, and is a great way to keep up-to-date with the latest tools and techniques that other analysts are using. In my previous article on protecting and building your business analysis career, I [...]
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Reader Question: Some BA jobs require SAP experience, but how do you get it if you don’t have it? Eric’s Response: Many BA job posts require applicants to have some kind of experience about specific business software, such as ERPs, CRMs or other specialized software. Although it can be a questionable requirement for a job [...]
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As Business Analysts we work in an environment of constant change. In economic downturns some organizations choose to cut change budgets, and this can affect job security for all change practitioners. Whilst some would argue that there is little job security in Business Analysis, I believe that there is a huge amount of career security. [...]
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On your transition path to business analysis, it can seem like there are more options than opportunities, more possibilities than options, and more potential directions than places you can really go. It’s easy to get swept up in following someone else’s path or heading full-steam in a new direction based on feedback from a recruiter. [...]
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In the IIBA Being a BA: Your Career Call-In show last week, about 50% of the questions we recieved were related to finding a new business analyst job. Dave Bieg, this month’s host, shared some great insights in addition to my own answers. It was great to have the perspective of someone who spends every [...]
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Last week Karie Price started a discussion about whether it’s better to be a specialist or a generalist. The very first comment highlighted what many business analysts experience related to industry expertise and their job search: I think being a specialist is what landed me the employment offer the same day as my interview… especially [...]
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As many of you already know, this last month has left me unexpectedly without contract work. Instead of trying to find a new contract toward year-end, when I know it will be difficult if not plain impossible, I am postponing my own next-contract-search and investing this time to build some great new products for Bridging [...]
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Reader question from the Starting a BA Career LinkedIn group: For job interview purposes specifically, but also pertaining to those early days on the job, what questions should an entry level BA be asking? To provide additional context, I am currently interviewing for BA positions that match my experience level. Although I’m hoping for another [...]
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Jenni Doyle put together a great how-to for leveraging professional networking as part of your job search. I can’t believe I missed this post back in August. But, late is better than never! Here are a few tidbits to whet your appetite and encourage you to click through and read the post: You wouldn’t walk [...]
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Reader Question: I have been working for a business analyst for several years. Now, for other reasons, I am moving to a new local area. How do I go about finding new BA opportunities in my new area? Laura’s Response: While business analysis as a profession is a universal art + science, roles and jobs [...]
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