210: Build a Data Analyst Portfolio in 9 Minutes (Full Tutorial)

219: I Analyzed 11,000 Data Jobs to See What Skills Actually Get You Hired

Help us become the #1 Data Podcast by leaving a rating & review! We are 67 reviews away! I did this analysis a year ago and a lot has changed. Here's what skills actually get you hired in 2026. 💌 Join 30k+ aspiring data analysts & get my tips in your inbox weekly 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/newsletter [https://datacareerpodcast.captivate.fm/newsletter-link] 🆘 Feeling stuck in your data journey? Come to my next free "How to Land Your First Data Job" training 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/training [https://datacareerpodcast.captivate.fm/training] 👩‍💻 Want to land a data job in less than 90 days? 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/daa [https://datacareerpodcast.captivate.fm/daa] 👔 Ace The Interview with Confidence 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/interviewsimulator [https://datacareerpodcast.captivate.fm/simulator] 🔍 See the live skills data yourself 👉 https://dataanalystskills.com [https://dataanalystskills.com] 💼 Find your next data job 👉 https://findadatajob.com [https://findadatajob.com] ⌚ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 – Introduction 00:48 – The numbers 07:00 – What to focus on 08:00 – Analyze this data yourself 🔗 CONNECT WITH AVERY 🎥 YouTube Channel [https://datacareerpodcast.captivate.fm/yt] 🤝 LinkedIn [https://datacareerpodcast.captivate.fm/li] 📸 Instagram [https://datacareerpodcast.captivate.fm/ig] 🎵 TikTok [https://datacareerpodcast.captivate.fm/tiktok] 💻 Website [https://datacareerpodcast.captivate.fm/home]

218: This Retail Worker Became a Data Analyst DESPITE No Experience

Help us become the #1 Data Podcast by leaving a rating & review! We are 67 reviews away! Kam was at Home Depot for five years with a sports management degree and zero data experience. Three months later he landed his first data job. 💌 Join 30k+ aspiring data analysts & get my tips in your inbox weekly 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/newsletter [https://datacareerpodcast.captivate.fm/newsletter-link] 🆘 Feeling stuck in your data journey? Come to my next free "How to Land Your First Data Job" training 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/training [https://datacareerpodcast.captivate.fm/training] 👩‍💻 Want to land a data job in less than 90 days? 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/daa [https://datacareerpodcast.captivate.fm/daa] 👔 Ace The Interview with Confidence 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/interviewsimulator [https://datacareerpodcast.captivate.fm/simulator] ⌚ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 – Sports management to data 04:03 – Tutorial hell is real 06:54 – How he found the job 16:54 – Domain knowledge wins 19:18 – Challenge yourself 🔗 CONNECT WITH KAM 🤝 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kam-hall/ 🔗 CONNECT WITH AVERY 🎥 YouTube Channel [https://datacareerpodcast.captivate.fm/yt] 🤝 LinkedIn [https://datacareerpodcast.captivate.fm/li] 📸 Instagram [https://datacareerpodcast.captivate.fm/ig] 🎵 TikTok [https://datacareerpodcast.captivate.fm/tiktok] 💻 Website [https://datacareerpodcast.captivate.fm/home]

217: Anthropic Just Dropped Their Internal Data Playbook (copy this)

Help us become the #1 Data Podcast by leaving a rating & review! We are 67 reviews away! Anthropic just dropped their entire internal data playbook. Here's what they're doing and how it affects your career. 💌 Join 30k+ aspiring data analysts & get my tips in your inbox weekly 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/newsletter [https://datacareerpodcast.captivate.fm/newsletter-link] 🆘 Feeling stuck in your data journey? Come to my next free "How to Land Your First Data Job" training 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/training [https://datacareerpodcast.captivate.fm/training] 👩‍💻 Want to land a data job in less than 90 days? 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/daa [https://datacareerpodcast.captivate.fm/daa] 👔 Ace The Interview with Confidence 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/interviewsimulator [https://datacareerpodcast.captivate.fm/simulator] 📄 Read Anthropic's full data playbook 👉 https://claude.com/blog/how-anthropic-enables-self-service-data-analytics-with-claude ⌚ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 – Anthropic dropped their data playbook 02:39 – Why AI analytics keeps failing 05:24 – How they hit 95% accuracy 09:24 – What a Claude skill is 14:39 – None of this is actually new 17:09 – Still hiring data people 🔗 CONNECT WITH AVERY 🎥 YouTube Channel [https://datacareerpodcast.captivate.fm/yt] 🤝 LinkedIn [https://datacareerpodcast.captivate.fm/li] 📸 Instagram [https://datacareerpodcast.captivate.fm/ig] 🎵 TikTok [https://datacareerpodcast.captivate.fm/tiktok] 💻 Website [https://datacareerpodcast.captivate.fm/home]

216: 26 Data Job Cheat Codes That Actually Work

Help us become the #1 Data Podcast by leaving a rating & review! We are 67 reviews away! I analyzed thousands of data job applications. I'll show you the 26 things that work in today's market and the 6 I'd start with. 💌 Join 30k+ aspiring data analysts & get my tips in your inbox weekly 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/newsletter [https://datacareerpodcast.captivate.fm/newsletter-link] 🆘 Feeling stuck in your data journey? Come to my next free "How to Land Your First Data Job" training 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/training [https://datacareerpodcast.captivate.fm/training] 👩‍💻 Want to land a data job in less than 90 days? 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/daa [https://datacareerpodcast.captivate.fm/daa] 👔 Ace The Interview with Confidence 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/interviewsimulator [https://datacareerpodcast.captivate.fm/simulator] ⌚ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 – Apply in the first hour 02:03 – Quantify every bullet 06:36 – Referrals beat everything 09:33 – Go hybrid not remote 11:24 – Never give the first salary number 13:27 – Track everything 🔗 CONNECT WITH AVERY 🎥 YouTube Channel [https://datacareerpodcast.captivate.fm/yt] 🤝 LinkedIn [https://datacareerpodcast.captivate.fm/li] 📸 Instagram [https://datacareerpodcast.captivate.fm/ig] 🎵 TikTok [https://datacareerpodcast.captivate.fm/tiktok] 💻 Website [https://datacareerpodcast.captivate.fm/home] Mentioned in this episode: 💙 Thank you for subscribing & leaving a review Thanks to YOU we recently became the most popular data podcast out there. Thank you so much for listening. If you haven't subscribed yet, hit subscribe. It costs $0. If you enjoy the show, leave us a 5-star rating on Spotify or Apple. It helps people like you find the show AND it helps us land better guests. Thank you so much for your support.

215: I'm Begging You to Stop Applying to Data Analyst Jobs Until You Do This

Help us become the #1 Data Podcast by leaving a rating & review! We are 67 reviews away! Open your resume right now. Would you hire yourself? Because a recruiter just spent six seconds on it and moved on. 💌 Join 30k+ aspiring data analysts & get my tips in your inbox weekly 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/newsletter [https://datacareerpodcast.captivate.fm/newsletter-link] 🆘 Feeling stuck in your data journey? Come to my next free "How to Land Your First Data Job" training 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/training [https://datacareerpodcast.captivate.fm/training] 👩‍💻 Want to land a data job in less than 90 days? 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/daa [https://datacareerpodcast.captivate.fm/daa] 👔 Ace The Interview with Confidence 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/interviewsimulator [https://datacareerpodcast.captivate.fm/simulator] 🔍 Looking for data analyst jobs nobody else is applying to? 👉 https://findadatajob.com 📄 Want to know if your resume is actually getting read? 👉 https://findadatajob.com/resume 💼 Ready to build a portfolio that gets you hired? 👉 https://mydatafolio.com ⌚ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 – How hiring managers think 04:18 – The mirror test 05:06 – Your resume is invisible 08:36 – Your LinkedIn has red flags 11:57 – Your portfolio is your proof 🔗 CONNECT WITH AVERY 🎥 YouTube Channel [https://datacareerpodcast.captivate.fm/yt] 🤝 LinkedIn [https://datacareerpodcast.captivate.fm/li] 📸 Instagram [https://datacareerpodcast.captivate.fm/ig] 🎵 TikTok [https://datacareerpodcast.captivate.fm/tiktok] 💻 Website [https://datacareerpodcast.captivate.fm/home] Mentioned in this episode: 💙 Thank you for subscribing & leaving a review Thanks to YOU we recently became the most popular data podcast out there. Thank you so much for listening. If you haven't subscribed yet, hit subscribe. It costs $0. If you enjoy the show, leave us a 5-star rating on Spotify or Apple. It helps people like you find the show AND it helps us land better guests. Thank you so much for your support.