How to Start a Business Analyst Career
Laura Brandenburg, CBAP is an internationally recognized leader known for assisting mid-career individuals in beginning careers in business analysis. Laura has over a decade of expertise in the business analysis field, having worked as a full-time business analyst, consultant, and hiring manager. She incorporates all of these viewpoints into her writing, presenting, coaching, and training to help you discover transferrable business analysis talents, broaden your business analysis experience, and confidently begin your business analysis career.
With the average annual compensation for a business analyst in the United States above $90,000, more skilled and experienced professionals are choosing jobs in business analysis than ever before.
However, the journey is not straightforward. No degree will guarantee you a job as a business analyst. Furthermore, there are few junior-level business analyst positions available. Nonetheless, every year, people with prior experience in other fields move directly into mid-level and even senior-level business analyst positions.
How to Start a Business Analyst Career will assist you in determining the best path forward into a career as a business analyst. More importantly, you'll know exactly what to do next to broaden your business analysis prospects.
What's new and notable about the 2015 edition:
- The second version has been reorganized, expanded, and updated for 2015, and contains a new forward by Ellen Gottesdiener, author of Software Requirements Memory Jogger.
- There are two new chapters on career planning, as well as extended explanations of business analyst job positions, a walk-through of a typical business analyst workday, and discussions of how the most recent certifications fit into your career strategy.
What Is It Like To Be A Business Analyst:
- Learn what a business analyst is, go through a realistic sample work day, and get answers to dozens of frequently asked questions.
- What You Need to Know About Business Analysis - Determine the important abilities required for a new business analyst to be successful in this field.
- How to Improve Your Business Analysis Skills - Obtain plenty of suggestions for gaining important business analysis work experience, whether you are in a technical, business, or unemployed role.
- How to Connect With Business Analyst Professionals - Discover how to use the power of the business analysis community to advance your career.
- Concentrate on the Best Business Analyst Role for You - By reading the descriptions of the most prevalent sorts of business analyst roles, you can eliminate the ambiguity of today's business analyst job descriptions.
- Your Career Transition Strategy - Decide on your best path into business analysis with confidence.
- Move Toward Your Business Analyst Career Objectives - Develop a career transition plan that will allow you to achieve success sooner than you would imagine.
Furthermore, while you plan your next move with How to Start a Business Analyst Career, you'll be able to download a BA Resource Pack full of electronic worksheets that will lead you through the planning process step by step. The book is regarded as one of the best books on business analysis.
Author: Laura Brandenburg
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