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If you're trying to land a data

analyst job, stop searching

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for data analyst on job boards.

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And I know that sounds ridiculous, but I'm

low-key being serious because honestly,

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there is so many data analyst jobs

that don't have the title data analyst.

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In fact, there are probably thousands

of jobs out there right now that are

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literally perfect for you if you want

a data analyst job that are completely

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untouched, nobody's applying to them,

all because they have some sort of a

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weird title that just isn't data analyst.

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Today, I'll show you 12 pretty strange

job postings that I found that are gonna

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make you say, "Wait, is this a real job?

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Is this a data job?"

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We're gonna have three different groups.

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Group one is you're gonna

be working in weird places.

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Spoiler alert, a cruise ship.

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Uh, group two is strange combination

roles, like an executive assistant and

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a data analyst together in one role.

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And lastly, group three is

niche industries that you didn't

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realize had data analysts.

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For example, high school

sports data analyst.

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And by the way, if you're new

here, hi, my name is Avery Smith.

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I'm a senior data analyst, and

I help people land data jobs.

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And all 12 of these weird

data titles I found today were

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posted on findadatajob.com,

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which is the free data analyst

job board that I personally run.

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I post 35-plus data jobs there every

single day, so make sure you take a

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second to go bookmark it right now so

that you can find an awesome data job.

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All right, let's go ahead

and start with group one.

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Group number one: weird locations

that you might work as a data analyst.

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And the first one is a cruise ship.

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How awesome does that sound?

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Yes, this is a business analyst cruise

ship experience role posted by Insight.

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And I think Insight is some sort of

a recruiting firm here because as you

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can kind of read right here that this

is an exciting opportunity with one

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of our top- Cruise line clients, maybe

like Royal Caribbean or maybe like

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Disney, uh, or Carnival, I don't know.

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And this position is in the capital

of all cruises, Miami, Florida.

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And candidates must have a

valid US passport and ability

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to travel 30 to 40% as needed.

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Basically, you need to have a

passport, you need to be able

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to travel, and you're gonna be

looking at cruise ship experience.

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So you're basically a

data analyst on a cruise.

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So you're gonna be studying business

functions, gathering information,

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and evaluating output requirements,

translate information into written

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requirements, analyzing vendors

and solutions, build compelling,

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interactive, and actionable reporting.

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There's like more like

data-ey side of this role.

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Um, you're gonna be doing, uh,

different analysis, end-to-end test

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cases, a management plan for each

venue, determine and document user

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requirements for business procedures,

and abide by those in the future.

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So you need experience

translating business requirements

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into system requirements.

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Cruise ship booking application

or hotel reservation experience is

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a plus here, so if you've worked

in the hospitality industry.

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Detailed analytic capabilities, strong

experience in user testing and project

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management, and practical application

ability with Microsoft Office and Visio.

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So this isn't even saying, like Excel

or anything like that necessarily, but

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you're definitely doing a lot of analysis.

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You're definitely doing a lot of

reporting, and you're gonna be doing

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that while you're on a cruise line,

which is absolutely incredible.

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So if you're just searching for data

analyst, you might miss out on a role

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like this, where you're actually doing

this analysis, these experiments, on a

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literal cruise ship around the world.

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That is freaking awesome.

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Job number two is the field

data specialist archeologist,

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which, as it sounds, you're gonna

be working in the field of an

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archeology, an archeology field.

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And you have the chance to

do some pretty cool things.

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So you're gonna support field work

in the Northern California regions.

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You're gonna have to travel a little bit.

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This is actually only a part-time

temporary role at $27 to $35 per hour,

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and you'll be doing the following.

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You'll be conducting pedestrian

surveys, construction monitoring,

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and testing, including collection

of field data, digital photography,

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artifact identification, GPS

data collection, and mapping.

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Coordinate with construction crews

on monitoring needs and schedules,

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maintaining project files and

confidentiality at all times.

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Um, knowledge of regulatory

standards, interact with customers

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and clients, perform other duties.

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Basically, they want you to

have a bachelor's degree in

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some sort of field, and you're

gonna be in Northern California.

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Proficiency with Microsoft

Word and Excel is really key.

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I love that it says Excel.

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That means you're gonna be doing

some sort of tables and analysis.

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And of course, it might…

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things might get hot.

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You might be outside because you're

gonna be at archeology fields.

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So I think this is awesome.

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This role, I think, you know, a lot

of people might be listening to this

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and being like, "Field data analyst?

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That's not a data analyst job."

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And you're right.

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This is a data specialist role.

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It's a step right below a data

analyst, but I think it's a really good

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stepping stone if you're transferring

your career or if you're, if you've

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never really worked in the data

field, this is a great opportunity.

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And of course, with that being

a step below data analyst,

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the pay isn't quite as good.

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So the salary is 56 to 73,000,

which obviously is a step below

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what a data analyst get paid.

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Yeah, I think the average around there

is, like, 64 or something like that.

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That's not terrible.

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Like, it could be a lot worse, and that

could be either a raise for many of you

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guys, or it could just be a stepping stone

where you're, like, making that much now,

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but then you get to be in the data field.

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So I think this is a really good first

job if you wanna transfer into the

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data world, and I think this would

be, like, a really cool experience.

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You'd get some hands-on data.

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You definitely saw that

there would be GPS data.

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Um, there would be field data.

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There would be mapping.

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That's all data right there,

and you definitely would use

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some sort of Excel as well.

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It mentioned it down there as well.

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All right.

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The third job that is in a weird

location is near and dear to my

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heart, and it's a data analyst role.

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It says data analyst dash in Field

Preach My Gospel training part-time,

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and it's for The Church of Jesus

Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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And if you guys didn't know, I'm

a member of The Church of Jesus

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Christ of Latter-day Saints, and I

actually served a mission in Sweden.

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We'll pop up a picture right

here of me in my 20s in Sweden.

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So this position is central to the

missionary's role to invite others to come

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unto Christ by helping them receive the

restored gospel through faith in Jesus

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Christ and his atonement, repentance,

baptism, and receiving the gift of the

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Holy Ghost and enduring to the end.

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The role supports missionary training

efforts by providing operational insights,

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keyword there insights, to increase

efficiency and effectiveness, solving

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complicated problems using technology, and

partnering with research and evaluation

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in providing analysis, another keyword

right there, and insights into…

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that help missionary training efforts

scale and support the strategic

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goals of the missionary department.

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And so specifically, you'd be doing,

um, you're providing transparency,

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insights, and recommendations to inform

operations, decision-making, and planning.

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You'd be evaluating the onboarding

experience and tools to effectively

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train leaders, tutors, mentors,

trainers, and training coordinators

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on necessary knowledge and skills.

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I'm not sure what that one 100% means.

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Partners with the MTC Research

and Evaluation on key outcome

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efforts, and this is why I

have it in the weird locations.

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The MTC is stands for

Missionary Training Center.

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There's, uh, maybe a dozen

of these around the world.

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The biggest one is in Provo, Utah,

and that's the one I went to, where

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I learned how to be a missionary,

and I learned Swedish in six weeks.

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And if you're wondering if I speak

Swedish, Now I kinda forget 'cause

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I speak a lot of Spanish now.

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So anyways, this is, like, a really cool

place where they train people how to

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speak literally every language around

the world in a very short period of time.

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And so I think that'd be, like, a

really cool place to get data and

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to do an analysis on that data.

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You'd be using analytical tools

like R, Python, and SQL, analyzing

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missionary training data from programs

in Power Apps to determine use and

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effectiveness of training and provide

visualizations of findings in Tableau.

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So that's where we found the

skills and tools that you'll

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notice on the right-hand side.

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We pull these from the description.

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So Python, SQL, Tableau, and R.

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So this is, like, a full-blown

data analyst job, and I

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think it'd be really fun.

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Basically, you'd be using these different

tools, try to figure out how quickly these

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missionaries are learning languages, how

effective they're being, be showing those

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insights to, you know, key stakeholders.

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You'd be using Tableau,

those types of things.

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So I think this is a really neat job.

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I think it's very cool,

obviously very niche.

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But I was like, "Wow, to be a

data analyst inside or around

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the MTC would be really neat."

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Let's move on to job number four.

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The fourth weird place to be a

data analyst job is this quality

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and data analyst registered nurse.

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So what the heck?

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There's a lot going on there.

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There's quality analyst, there's

a data analyst, and then there's a

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registered nurse, so there's like three

different job titles in this one job.

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And it looks like this is…

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We ranked it about five out

of 10 on the experience level.

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This is a mid-level job, although

it does only require Excel.

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So let's read a little bit more.

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So the quality and data analyst

RN is responsible for coordinating

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the care of quality improvement

processes- For the care of patients.

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So this is a job where you're

trying to help patients get better

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care, better quality of care, and

you're improving it with data.

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Lead a multidisciplinary

team as an advocate.

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So lead is probably one of the

reasons why we said this was a

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harder job, a more experienced job.

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As an advocate to observe and

report care throughout the internal

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and external tracking systems.

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Track that care and report outcomes

and possible interventions.

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So I like that we're doing

tracking and reporting here.

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Responsible for serving as a patient

advocate and working closely with a team

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of providers and operations management

while serving as a clinical expert using

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data mined from EHR via chart review.

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So basically, you're gonna be working

in a clinic, and you're, like, half a

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healthcare provider, like a registered

nurse, and half a data analyst.

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You're like a data analyst talking

to a registered nurse, but one of the

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things you'll notice down here in the

requirements is the BSN is preferred.

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So, like, they do want someone…

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And if you're fr- unfamiliar

with BSN, it stands for

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Bachelors of Science in Nursing.

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It's actually what my wife has.

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So maybe I should send this job to my

wife, and she could be a data analyst.

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Finally, I'd convince her

that data is the way to go.

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Um, so really interesting

to, like, actually have,

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need a nursing degree almost.

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Actually, you do need to.

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Like, you need to have an RS license,

RN license, which is literally a

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registered nurse license, to do this job.

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But it looks like…

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And let's see where they use the word

Excel because I'm curious, like, where

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they're going to be writing that.

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Right here.

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I guess just you're gonna have

excellent skills with Microsoft Office,

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including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

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So I'm curious what other, like,

jobs, responsibilities they have in

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here that are actually more data-y.

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Organize and conduct care conferences.

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Okay, not that.

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Okay, initiate and perform ongoing chart

review of clinical outcomes related to

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the continuum of recommended patient care.

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Okay.

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Got it.

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Work with business and

clinical intelligence.

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So that's probably,

like, another department.

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This is probably, like,

their more data department.

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So you're kind of a bridge

between the healthcare department

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and the data department.

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Analyze data, create and present reports

with intent to show practice trends,

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outcome, and gaps for improvement.

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So that's a big one right there.

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So very cool job here.

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Basically, three jobs in one: a quality

analyst, a data analyst, and a registered

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nurse, but you're gonna be working

in some sort of a healthcare clinic,

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which is not where I've worked as a

data analyst in my career, so that's

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why I thought it belonged in here.

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Now, you may have noticed that most of

these jobs were expired, as I posted a

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lot of these jobs over 30 days ago, and

after 30 days I say that they are expired.

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But if you want fresh data jobs as well

as tips to land those roles, you wanna

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make sure that you're subscribed to my

newsletter, The Data Career Newsletter.

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Every Wednesday, I send you a few

handpicked data jobs that you should apply

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Or you can just click on the link

in the description down below.

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But that actually concludes group one

of weird places to be a data analyst,

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and it starts us in our next group,

group two, which is combo roles.

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So not only are you a data

analyst, but you're a blank.

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And for instance, this registered

nurse one could have gone in there,

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but I deferred it to group one.

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With that, let's get

into group number two.

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All right, the fifth job or the

first job in this weird group of

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combo roles is this school data

specialist/bookkeeper for Putnam County

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Charter School system in Georgia.

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And, uh, you can see that the job

description here is nothing amazing.

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If you click job description,

it'll actually open up the job

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description, which is like a scanned

PDF of what the job description is.

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So already off to a very weird start.

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But the title is school

data specialist/bookkeeper.

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It says, "The school data

specialist/bookkeeper is responsible

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for the management of student data,

state reporting data, attendance,

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scheduling, assessment, and managing

the finance records of the school."

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So I really like this.

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It's like, okay, you're going to

manage student data, all the reporting

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data, all the attendance data, all the

scheduling data, all the assessment data.

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Oh yeah, and you're gonna manage the

whole financial records of the school.

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So, uh, I think that's pretty crazy that

it's like the extra, I don't know what

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this is called, like a gerund in English.

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Managing the financial records of the

school gives it the bookkeeper status.

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The first part of it is just school

data analyst, and then managing the

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financial records of the school.

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That's what makes you a bookkeeper.

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Uh, the good news is requirement

is only high school graduate.

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So for all of you guys out there

who maybe don't have college degree,

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you know, this is an opportunity.

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This job right here doesn't necessarily

require one, which is great.

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I'm actually gonna zoom in here so you

guys can see this a little bit better.

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You must have knowledge of approved office

practices and excellent computer skills.

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Must have some experience in

records and financial management.

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Preferred: some college and

preparation in bookkeeping, ability

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to use complete record system and

financial programs for completing

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data, formal computer training skills.

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I think a lot of you guys watching

this would be qualified for this job.

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After, like, literally week two of my

boot camp data analytics accelerator,

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all of you guys would be 100% ready

for this job, I think, because my

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guess is they only are using Excel.

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And I don't know that for sure.

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Let's try to figure out

what we can learn here.

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So you're going to be using,

doing the financial bookkeeping,

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which is interesting, data

entry, which is interesting.

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Let's see what else.

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You're gonna record attendance data.

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You're gonna help with grade book

functions, maintain and monitor class

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size, maintain and file permanent

records, withdrawals, provide statistical

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report of registration student data.

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Aha.

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Finally, this is more of what

makes the job a data analyst job.

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It, it is obviously a data specialist

job, which is a step below a data analyst.

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But a lot of the times, these data

specialist jobs sneak things in

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here where you're analyzing data.

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So this is a pretty interesting role.

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I think a lot of teachers, transitioning

teachers out there, you guys

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would be great fits for this role.

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If you're maybe an accountant or maybe you

have, like, some sort of a business or a

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finance or some sort of degree like that,

this could be a really good role for you.

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Really interesting title and a great

start to our combinations role group two.

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The second job in our combo role is in

an illustrator/data analyst level four

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at Lockheed Martin, and it says, "We

are seeking a highly skilled technical

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illustrator to play a pivotal role-"

And establishing a new illustration

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part breakdown for the F-35 program.

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So pretty cool.

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Lockheed Martin, if you're not familiar,

is, like, a military subcontractor,

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and I guess they're working on

F-35s, which is, like, a pretty cool

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fighter jet, if I'm not mistaken.

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As a key team member, you'll be

responsible for several critical tasks

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that ensure the successful standup

of the illustration systems and

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requirements while supporting 3D and

3D ISO data management requirements.

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So this is very interesting.

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It looks like it's, like, 3D

computer-aided design, CAD,

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illustration, I'm pretty sure.

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And you're going to be, like,

illustrating, like, what the F-35

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looks like, like, to scale, right?

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Not to, not to scale, but, like, with all

the really important informations on it.

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And I don't know exactly what

makes this a data analyst job.

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You can see it pays fairly well, like,

six figures for sure, and that's…

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When you see a level four, that

usually means it's a more senior role,

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so a higher pay would go in there.

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Let's see if we can figure out

why this is an analyst role.

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I don't see the word analyst anywhere.

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I just see the word analyze.

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Nope.

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I see the word data.

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Okay, data ISO data

management requirements.

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Maybe that's why.

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I don't see the word

Excel except for in Excel.

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They want you to have this 3D

experience, work collaboratively,

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strong communication.

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So this is a really interesting job.

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I'm actually not exactly sure

what- In the job description really

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makes this a data analyst job.

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But my point here, these combo

roles are kind of insane.

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You never know, I guess, what's

gonna actually be in the combo roles.

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But if you're maybe a mechanical engineer

or you're, you're really good at CAD,

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this could be a good fit for you.

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Moving on to our third weird combo job,

and that is executive assistant and

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data analyst at Learn, Develop, and

Succeed, which is a growing, innovative,

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research-informed nonprofit charity

based in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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We serve children, youth, and adults

with diagnosed and suspected learning

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differences such as dyslexia,

written output disorders, and ADHD.

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All right.

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Let's take a look at what you'd be doing.

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So you'd be supporting

the executive director.

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So you're basically like an

executive assistant to the executive

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director and the leadership team.

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Um, but this position, this dual

role position blends high-level

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administration coordination with

data-driven insights to strengthen our

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strategic planning and mission delivery.

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The ideal candidate thrives on managing

logistics while also interpreting data

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to guide organizational decisions.

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This is a unique opportunity

for a motivated professional who

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enjoys working in a fast-paced,

purpose-driven environment and

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is keen to work collaboratively

with a diverse and driven team.

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Okay, so very interesting.

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You're basically a data…

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I would call this a data-driven executive

assistant because you're basically doing

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executive tasks or, or administration

tasks, but you're supposed to have a

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data mindset when actually doing it.

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But I guess you're supposed to come

up with the actual interpretation

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of what the data is and what to do.

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I think this role-- I mean, it

says it's a senior role because

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the description sounds like it.

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The salary is a little bit low

to be a senior role in my mind.

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But let's go ahead and read

a little bit more about it.

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So you're doing calendars,

appointments, and meeting logistics.

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So once again, very administration.

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Uh, draft, edit, and manage

executive correspondence.

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Once again, presentations, reports.

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I guess reports could be analytics-y.

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You're following up on

key tasks, deliverables.

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Once again, very admin.

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Provide logistical and research

support for key initiatives,

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including fundraising, government

relations, and annual reporting.

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That one's a little bit more

data-y or analyst-y at least.

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Oh, that was all the

executive assistant functions.

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Now we're moving on to the data analyst

functions, which you're collecting,

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organizing, and maintaining data

sets related to program delivery,

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learning outcomes, finance,

operations, and supporting engagement.

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So this is like a data analyst

for the entire company.

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It seems like you'd be the only

data analyst at this company

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because you're doing it for, like,

all the different departments.

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You're analyzing data to identify

trends, opportunities, and

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insights and measure k- KPIs.

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Create visual dashboards and

custom reporting using Excel,

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Power BI, or similar programs.

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Collaborate with leadership and

generate monthly, quarterly,

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and annually reporting.

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Okay.

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Great.

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That is awesome.

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And then we have some of the

qualifications down here, which is

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basically proficiency in Excel, data

viz tools like Power BI and Tableau,

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and basic statistical analysis.

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So very interesting to be both

an executive assistant and

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data analyst at the same role.

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I think this would be a very fun job, but

probably pretty intense and challenging.

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Just a weird combo job, you guys.

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Very strange.

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Our last combo role is a mouthful.

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Here we go.

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It is PV and energy storage

remote operator and data analyst.

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So I think this is, you're basically an

operator and data analyst, and the PV and

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energy storage is what you're operating.

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Remote says how you're operating it.

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So let's take a look.

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So Ameresco is a leading energy

solutions provider dedicated to

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helping customers reduce costs, enhance

resilience, and decarbonize to net

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zero in the global energy transition.

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That sounds pretty good.

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I like that.

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We are a trusted full service partner to

public sector and government entities, K

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through 12, higher education, utilities,

and healthcare customers across the

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United States, Canada, UK, and the Europe.

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I have no idea what that means.

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Okay.

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So basically they're explaining who

they are, but your job here would be

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to support the monitoring, analysis,

and optimization of solar and

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energy storage system performance.

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So you're going to be monitoring,

analyzing, and optimizing this solar

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and energy storage performance.

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Um, candidates must have an electrical

engineering de- degree or electrical

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license with two years plus of solar

operations and maintenance experience.

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So for all my electrical engineers,

and to be honest, I hope they would

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take like other kind of degrees.

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Like a mechanical engineer

could do this, I think.

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So I don't know.

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You never know what these degrees,

how like actual sticky they are to it.

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But basically you're monitoring data from

this real time solar and energy storage.

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So in my mind, solar and energy

storage essentially means they

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have a bunch of solar panels.

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Solar panels, you know,

harvest energy from the sun.

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And when they say energy storage,

they usually mean batteries.

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So basically we have a bunch of solar

panels and a bunch of batteries, and those

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batteries are probably sending electrici-

well, they're storing electricity,

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but eventually it gets sent somewhere.

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But you don't always want to like use…

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You wanna store your energy,

not use it right away, right?

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Because, you know, you might not

have any electrical things on.

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So basically it's really important to

harvest as much sun data as we can,

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keep it stored as efficiently as we can.

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There's a lot of things

that could go wrong here.

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I kind of did some research

in college about this.

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But you're gonna be looking for

anomalies, trends, and performance

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deviations, analyze system performance

metrics, ability to handle complex

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issues, collaborate with the

technical team, remotely diagnose,

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troubleshoot, and reset equipment.

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That sounds kind of harder to me.

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I don't know much about

doing that remotely.

455

Being in person sounds a lot easier.

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You're gonna use data visualization tools,

support predictive analytics models.

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So wow, that, this better pay well.

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Eh, it pays okay, but not great.

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It does think this job's kind

of entry, four out of 10.

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Um, maintain and improve data integrity

and investigate historical trends.

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Experience with machine

learning applications.

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Gosh, this is, this job

does not pay enough.

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This job needs to be Up 20,000 on

the floor and the top at least.

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'Cause they want you to be basically

an engineer with experience,

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with machine learning experience.

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There's not very many

people that can do that.

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Uh, let's take a look.

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So electrical engineering, you're

gonna be using Python, SQL, and

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Excel, Power BI, and Tableau.

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So yeah, really interesting role

where you're basically watching

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this solar energy storage system,

watching all the data for it,

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and making tweaks where needed.

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So it's like you're not an analyst giving

those suggestions to the operator or

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the technician to make those changes.

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You're actually just making the

changes, which I guess if it's

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easy to make changes, it's…

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That makes sense, it's fine.

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But like a really interesting combo role.

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We had four, like, I couldn't believe

these jobs exist combo roles where

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it's like, that seems like two people's

job that you combined into one.

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I'm a little suspect of you.

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And that ends group number two.

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Once again, all of these jobs

were from findadat job.com.

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This is the job board that I run,

so make sure you check it out.

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Moving on to group number three, which

is very niche industries and niche

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jobs that you didn't think existed.

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And our first job for this category

is the Bright Star Lottery Financial

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Analyst 3 from the city of Providence.

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And I think this is just fascinating.

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It could just be because we don't have

a lottery in Utah, I just don't really

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think about the lottery very much.

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But of course, the lottery is like a

business or an organization that brings

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in money, so of course they would need

some sort of a financial analyst, right?

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To go over all their financial records.

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So in this role, you'd basically be

supporting the reporting, analysis, and

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communication of the actual financial

performance and forecast outlook for

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the retail lottery technology projects.

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So you're basically saying, "Is

this lottery bringing in money?

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Are we losing money?

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How much money are we bringing in?"

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To do that, you're making these ad hoc

financial reports for the month-end close,

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forecasts, and budgets, giving financial

support as needed to understand updates

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from the contractors or pricing models

and stuff like that, collaborating with

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a bunch of different types of teams.

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And basically you're being a financial

analyst at a lottery company,

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which I think is so fascinating.

507

It looks like you'd be

using Excel and Power BI.

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I mean, what an interesting job

to be analyst for the lottery.

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Absolutely crazy.

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I guess if you're into like gambling

and lottery and money, this could

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be a really interesting fit for you.

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But who knew it existed?

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Not me.

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Job number two in this group is

Billboard Charts and Data Analyst.

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Country Christian Gospel Charts.

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Really long title.

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This is from Penske Media.

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And you would be responsible for all

aspects of the country, Christian, and

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gospel charts in Billboard and Billboard

Country Update on billboard.com.

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So super cool.

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Like, this is the Billboard

Top 100 songs, right?

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But specifically, we're focused on the

country, Christian, and gospel charts.

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I guess those ones aren't as popular.

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You'd be depended upon to maintain the

relevance and accuracy of Billboard's

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current chart menu, conducting daily

and weekly data analysis, detailing

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chart movement and data trends via

editorial and social content, and

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seeking out new means of charting music

consumption dictated by market shifts.

528

Wow, this is a really cool role.

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I love this role.

530

So, um, let's break down

what you're doing here.

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So you're going to make sure

that the chart is up to date.

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So like based off the data they have,

you wanna make sure that like…

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It's basically a sequel query, right?

534

It's like select the, for instance, like

song name, artist name, rank, where genre

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is equal to, uh, is in country, Christian,

or gospel, and then you do a window

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function to get the rank there at the top.

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So you're basically in charge some sort

of like SQL query that gives you like

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the top 10 songs of country or the top

10 songs of gospel or whatever, right?

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You're also the weekly analysis for that.

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The chart movements and data

trends, so it's like what's changed.

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So like for instance, in country,

you know, maybe Toby Keith.

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Is that a country person?

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Used to be like the guy, and he

used to be, you know, on every

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weeks of Billboard Top 100 Country.

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But now it's Luke Combs or it's,

uh, Morgan Wallen or something.

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And you create these editorial or

social content to try to show this.

547

So basically, you're like trying to

entertain people giving this analysis

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to like the masses, to like normal

people, which I think is really cool.

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Or trying to find new ways to chart

music, like how cool would that be?

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The person would be the Billboard

charts and data representative to the

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music industry community for his or

her genre charts and act as liaison for

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those formats with our data sources.

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Super cool.

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Very awesome.

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I think this would be a fantastic role.

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Let's see like in terms of requirements.

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It wants you to have a music background.

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It wants you to have writing

experience, once again, for those like

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social pieces or editorial pieces.

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Data analysis experience.

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Familiarity of influential people in

various sectors of the industry is a plus.

562

Well, that's awesome.

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It's like, "Hey, do you know

anyone famous or influential?"

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That's really good.

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Knowing country music or Christian

and gospel music is good.

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Experience in analyzing data sets to

identify trends, patterns, and insights.

567

Very interesting requirements here.

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And in terms of responsibilities, once

again, you're reviewing new titles for

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proper genre placement, conduct weekly

analysis and validation of this data set,

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maintain open dialogue, write daily and

weekly chart related editorial sections.

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We talked about that.

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Appear on camera for Billboard

created long form and short form

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videos regarding the genres that you

oversee, providing insight and analysis

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on chart movements, data trends.

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This is such a cool job.

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You guys, if you like music, I

highly suggest applying for this.

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It is remote.

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Now, obviously this job is

expired, but we post more jobs

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like this on finddatajob.com.

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Or you can always go check out the

Penske, uh, website and try to see

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if you can find something there.

582

What a cool niche job.

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Let's see what's the next one.

584

Our third weird job in this niche field

is- High school sports data specialists.

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So obviously there's, like, sports

data specialists, sports data

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analysts, those types of things.

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But did you realize that this

even went as low as high school?

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So the candidate will identify clean data

streams and help lead manual data mining.

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The goal is to deliver a robust inventory

of stats, schedules, scores, rosters,

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rankings, and more across all high

school sports, including clubs and

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academies, that can be easily accessible

and utilized by readers in addition to

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sports journalism across the organization.

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The ideal candidate will show

proficiency in Structured Query Language.

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Wow, it has been a while since

I've seen someone spell out SQL.

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That is crazy.

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And coding language

software such as Python.

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Establishing methods to ingest high

school data at scale is a must.

598

Wow, this is really interesting.

599

This is less entry-level than it seems.

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The data specialist makes it feel

entry-level, and the pay makes it

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feel entry-level, but if you have to

know Python and you have to be able

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to know SQL and you have to be able

to establish a method to ingest high

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school data at scale, AKA this means

web scraping in my opinion, this job

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needs to be $20,000 up on both ends.

605

This role would work closely with

third-party data partners and editors

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and writers across the USA Today network,

including the network sports AI team,

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which specializes in data automation.

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Ah, maybe they can help you 'cause

they seem like they'd be good.

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They bring solutions to clarity

to complex situations is a must.

610

Wow, very interesting.

611

What an interesting role.

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I think this would be really

fun if you like sports.

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I think this would be a

really challenging role.

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It's actually 100% remote.

615

Work for a really big entity.

616

Super cool, interesting niche job.

617

You know, I played high school soccer,

and I remember, like, reading my name

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in the newspaper when I scored goals in,

like, the state tournament or whatever.

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So this would basically be

doing that on a national level.

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It'd be like looking up, you

know, what's Avery Smith's

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high school soccer statistics?

622

And USA Today would pop up with, like,

a, a page of my high school career.

623

Shout out to anyone that goes and

finds my high school career and

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finds out how many goals I scored.

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Was it a lot?

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Was it a little?

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Only a person who is able to ingest

high school data at scale is a must.

628

Only someone that can do

that could figure it out.

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And the last one for this

group is just so niche.

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I've never heard of anything like this.

631

I saved the best for last.

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And that is business analyst to

the chief of staff of the CTO

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organization And that's with

Schoenfeld in New York, United States.

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So they're looking for a business analyst

to support the chief of staff of the

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chief technology officer organization.

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Why isn't this just, like, the tech

organization, and why is it the chief

637

technology officer organization?

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I don't know.

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The ideal candidate is a fast

learner, highly organized,

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self-motivated, with excellent

written and verbal communication.

641

Okay, so what would you do?

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You work closely with the chief

of staff to analyze and document

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organizational workflows.

644

Okay, so far that's more the business

of the business analyst's role.

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And processes, and will support new

processes and workflow implementations

646

across the CTO organization.

647

In addition to process and workflow

support, this person will be

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responsible for the organization and

management of the data department.

649

You manage a whole department?

650

Which they'll be required to analyze

and use to produce data visualizations.

651

Okay, this is insane.

652

So you're going to…

653

It says Excel, Power BI,

Confluence, Jira, Trello.

654

Okay, this is really interesting.

655

So this is actually very similar to that

role that we did earlier, the combo role

656

of executive assistant and data analyst.

657

This is basically you're an

executive assistant slash…

658

No, you're more of a business analyst.

659

You're a business analyst to,

I guess, this organization.

660

But this is just a wild title.

661

Like, why not just call

it business analyst?

662

And then this is like you're in this

division, and, like, this is your boss.

663

This is who you report to.

664

I don't know why they named it this

way, but very interesting niche role

665

where you're basically looking at

processes for a whole department.

666

And I guess with data and with Power BI,

you're tracking, are on- things on time.

667

Are these processes going

the way that they should?

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Are these systems working

the way they should?

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And just making sure that everything is

operationally functioning at a high level.

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You're using data to do that

in this business analyst role.

671

Very niche, very interesting.

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So here's the point.

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The point isn't that you should go become

an archeologist or cruise ship analyst.

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The point is that the job market is just

way bigger than what you see when you just

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type in data analyst into the search bar.

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Really, the key here is to think

about the skills that you have.

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Excel, SQL, Tableau, Power BI, Python.

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And then ask yourself, "Hey, well, what

industries actually use these technologies

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that maybe don't call it data analyst?"

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Whether it's healthcare or music

or sports or energy or government,

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non-profits, churches, whatever.

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I don't know.

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Because these companies in the

industries, they need people to analyze

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their data, and they might just be not

very data mature, and so they don't

685

call their roles a data analyst even

though they are data analyst roles.

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And they're not getting flooded with

applications like everyone else.

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They are real data analyst jobs

hiding behind weird titles.

688

So if you've just been applying to data

analyst jobs on LinkedIn Jobs and you're

689

getting nowhere, well, you need some help.

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And hopefully these weird job

titles that we went through today,

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they will be things that help you.

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The link to the job board is down

below in the description, and you

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guys, get on it, because it's really

hard to find a data analyst job when

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you're looking only in one place

that everyone else is looking in.

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But if you switch to a different

place, some good things can happen.

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I promise that you can do it, especially

if you're looking in the right place.

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I hope this helped.

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If it did, I'll see you

in the next episode.