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We currently offer 4 business analysis courses in our Professional Development Series. Often our customers are interested in investing in more than one course and ask if there’s any particular order they should take these courses in. While you can participate in the courses in any order, there may be a best order for you personally [...]
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A few of you have been asking, what happened to the 50 BAs initiative? I say “good question!” After some early momentum and quick wins, this project got stuck in the Dip. This post has been a long time coming as I’ve been reflecting on how to honor this community, honor myself and my goal, [...]
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We often don’t hear the words “outsourcing” and “opportunity” in the same sentence, but today’s story pulls them together perfectly. Our newest BA found a great career opportunity as his team was being outsourced. In my experience, these things happen to the people who consistently demonstrate their ability to achieve results and, most importantly, step up. [...]
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Today it’s my great honor to recognize two new business analysts. Both have great stories and have leveraged various resources available here at Bridging the Gap and My Business Analysis Career. Thanks to both ladies for sharing their stories. By the way, in Philadelphia a few weeks back, I was bluntly asked if I thought [...]
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The latest addition to our BA Registry of Career Transitions leveraged her experience in the travel domain to find her first BA position. Here is her story. Leah Balid progressed into a BA career after the following job profile trajectory: travel agent > new hire coach > subject matter expert / escalations supervisor > queues management [...]
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While we’ve been talking a lot about how important transferable skills are in making a career transition happen, this reader has let us know it was a key to her success. In this particular case, TH (who prefers to remain anonymous for the time being), was able to demonstrate a patter of progressively growing skills related to [...]
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Some stories on our Registry of BA Career Transitions just warm my heart. The one I’m sharing today does just that. I first met Natalya as a participant in one of my courses. She had so much passion and energy. I could just tell she was ready to make things happen. You can just imagine how happy I [...]
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We just added our 5th career transition story to our 2012 registry. We’re now 10% towards our goal of helping 50 business analysts start their careers in 2012. If we’ve helped you start your career in 2012, please let me know by filling out the brief form on our Registry of BA Career Transitions. I [...]
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There’s been something bugging me for the last couple of years. When it comes to being charitable, I’ve let my analysis hat dominate my heart. Ever over-analyze a decision until you can’t see straight anymore? That’s how I’ve been with charitable giving, never content that the funds would be used to benefit the right people [...]
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How cool that both of the new career transition stories highlight the value of a professional network in landing your first position. So often I hear see people underestimate the potential value of networking. These two women show us how a network can be used to a big advantage! Lydia Pierce was an Office Manager before [...]
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