Gain the job-ready skills for an entry-level data analyst role through this eight-course Professional Certificate from IBM and position yourself competitively in the thriving job market for data analysts, which will see a 20% growth until 2028 (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Power your data analyst career by learning the core principles of data analysis and gaining hands-on skills practice. You’ll work with a variety of data sources, project scenarios, and data analysis tools, including Excel, SQL, Python, Jupyter Notebooks, and Cog nos Analytics, gaining practical experience with data manipulation and applying analytical techniques.
This Professional Certificate does not require any prior programming or statistical skills, and is suitable for learners with or without college degrees. All you need to get started is basic computer literacy, high school math, comfort working with numbers, willingness to learn, and a desire to enrich your profile with valuable skills.
Upon successful completion of this program, you’ll have analyzed real-world datasets, created interactive dashboards, and presented reports to share your findings, giving you the confidence and the portfolio to begin a career as an associate or junior data analyst. You’ll also build the foundation for other data disciplines, such as data science or data engineering.
Throughout the program, you’ll complete hands-on projects and labs and gain a firm grasp on the technical skills required to effectively gather, wrangle, mine, and visualize data, as well as soft skills for working with stakeholders and storytelling with data to engage your audience.
At the end of the program, you will complete a real-world capstone project specifically designed to showcase your newly learned data analyst skills.
All these projects can be combined into a portfolio on GitHub or another service to clearly convey your experience and skills to potential employers.
What is a Professional Certificate?
Build the Skills to Get Job Ready
Whether you’re looking to start a new career, or change your current one, Professional Certificates on Coursera help you become job ready. Learn at your own pace, whenever and wherever it’s most convenient for you. Enroll today and explore a new career path with a 7-day free trial. You can pause your learning or end your subscription at any time.
Hands-On Projects
Apply your skills with hands-on projects and build a portfolio that showcases your job readiness to potential employers. You'll need to successfully finish the project(s) to earn your Certificate.
Earn a Career Credential
When you complete all the courses in the program, you'll earn a Certificate to share with your professional network, as well as unlock access to career support resources to help you kick-start your new career. Many Professional Certificates have hiring partners that recognize the Professional Certificate credential, and others can help prepare you for a certification exam. You can find more information on individual Professional Certificate pages where it applies.
You can share your Certificate in the Certifications section of your LinkedIn profile, on printed resumes, CVs, or other documents.
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