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ANALYTICS- The Magic in Data

7 September 2020

Analytical skills refer to the ability to collect and analyse information, problem-solve, and make decisions with data. Employees who possess these strengths can help solve a company’s problems and improve its overall productivity and success.

You use analytical skills when detecting patterns, brainstorming, observing, interpreting data, integrating new information, theorizing, and making decisions based on the multiple factors and options available to you.

How does Analytics help your organization?:

These analytical skills are essential for many different types of jobs in a variety of fields, including business analytics, data architecture, data science, marketing, project management, accounting, business development, programming, law, medicine, scientific research etc. You will know how to communicate well, be creative for your organization, critically think for them to make tough decisions, analyse data and you become the hub for giving information based on your research. There is just so much to analyse in businesses to enable them make correct decisions and this is where the skill of an analytics is much profound, more so it is required in all industry. I can't imagine the amount of cashing out that analytics are getting from this medical COVID 19 pandemic. It even becomes interesting when you know that you get to deal with direct management with this skill. There is a science in data which makes it very great.

It will take an interested party who seeks a change in career path at least close to 1-2 years to become a certified Data analyst or business intelligence analyst from a university, However, you can also gain some certification in 6-9 months depending on your background. Most universities will offer Business Analytics for master's program, However the top certifying body that you can get a recognized certificate on analytics are Certification of Professional Achievement in Data Sciences by Columbia University, Certified Analytics Professional by INFORM, Cloudera Certified Associate (CCA) Data Analyst by Cloudera. You can pay about $200 to $1500 for these certificates examination but can also spend up to $60,000.00 to obtain a master certification in this skill. You can also choose to start by learning the basics from Udemy, coursera, LinkedIn learning etc. to conclude on your interest.

To learn more about this Data Magic and skill set, subscribe to my YouTube Channel ( https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx-fs5R7L56qLf9HDX4DxqA?view_as=subscriber ) to get a notification of the full video when it is out. This is a hard skill you want to know more about, so you can't afford to miss it.

with so much regards and anticipation.

Nnenna Madu

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