To increase your chances of getting hired, you can highlight your i2ctraining.com certification and relevant skills in your resume and cover letter. You can also gain practical experience through internships or personal projects that focus on Business Analysis. By demonstrating your abilities and eagerness to learn and adapt, you can distinguish yourself as a competitive candidate for an Entry Level Business Analyst job. During the training, i2ctraining ensures to assign a project to the students for hands on experience. Students do role play as well, with trainer being the Project Manager.

Additionally, having a strong foundational knowledge of Business Analysis principles can be just as important as having IT experience. Being able to understand business requirements, translate them into technical specifications, and effectively communicate with stakeholders are all essential skills that a Business Analyst must possess. Therefore, as long as you have the necessary training and demonstrate a willingness to learn and adapt, you can land an Entry Level Business Analyst job.

It’s not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. —Charles Darwin

Since the invention of Computers, there has been tremendous growth in technology. Though we all have experienced how today’s latest technology becomes obsolete in a year or two, the trend has changed now. New technologies are emerging even faster these days. With inventions in Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics and other fields, people working in the IT sector are wondering ‘Are my skills enough to keep my job?’ Even though upskilling is important in every field, it becomes crucial in Information Technology. 

Why is career Agility all the more important than before? How innovations in technology affect all the industries and thus all the job profiles? Let us try to understand this. It’s a very simple fact that any business has to update itself to attract new customers and keep existing customers happy. Let us look at what happened to the education industry during covid. When everything was moved from classroom to zoom sessions the teachers and students had to adapt to the new way of learning. Similarly every product has to upgrade itself to the latest technology. Else people will discard the outdated products and buy new ones with the latest technology. It can be a cell phone or choosing a medical service provider. Thus all industries have to adapt themselves to the new changes and thus their employees need to be trained in that regard. But most of these changes originate from the IT industry. Thus there is more pressure on IT employees to keep their learning spirits high. 

Career agility refers to one’s ability to keep pace with the demands of the modern business landscape. Employees who are agile in both mindset and skills are considered to have a greater ability in adapting to new roles, changing work environments, and business demands.

Employees who excel at career agility can more easily or fluidly move into new positions where their skills translate from one role to another. 

Instead of asking ‘where do you see yourself in the next five years?’ employers should ask ‘give me an example of a time when you realized your skills do not meet the demands of the project at hand and you decided to upskill yourself? In today’s workplace, the concept of agility is everywhere. You can see it in a variety of situations including agile thinking, agile marketing, agile software development, leadership agility, learning agility, and many more.

Now it’s time for you to think how Agile you are when it comes to shaping your career? Are there any roadblocks to become agile? You can discuss with our career experts how to make your career more agile? Book an appointment for a free consultation today. Click here. 

Reference : Linkedin Articles

Do you wish to change your career but fear consequences? You are not alone. Most people who dream of changing their careers do not take the first step due to many reasons. Today let’s discuss why most of us are afraid to switch our career path and how to overcome that fear.

What stops us from taking the plunge?

• Leaving the comfort zone
  You might be feeling this is not the right job for you, or you might have started liking a new field but still unable to leave the current job. This happens when you have been working in the same industry or organization for long time. You feel you are familiar with people working there, you have got used to the organization culture, and you know the work very well. In contrast to this, joining a new organization in a new industry can mean need to prove yourself to everyone. You might feel will they accept me? Will I be comfortable working there.

• Fear of failure
  The next thing that stops you from changing career is fear of failure. You might feel a bird in hand is better than two in the bush. You might start doubting yourself as to if you will be successful in the new job.

• Peer Pressure
  Peer pressure can affect some of us. Our friends and family might feel its safer to continue in the current profession. They might be feeling its risky to make a career change.

• Fear of being too old to change the career
  Some of us might also think ‘I am too old to make a change now’. There might be many question marks as to can I learn a new skill at this age? Will I be able to go through the process of sending resumes, facing interviews and working with new people.

• Fear of losing progress
  If you have worked for a considerable number of years in a career path, you might be feeling you are almost near to next promotion. Is it wise to change career now? Will I be given due weightage to depending on my experience? Will I be losing all the progress I have made so far? These questions can bother you.

• Fear of making the wrong choice
  Finally, you might be thinking what if I am making the wrong choice? What price I would be paying for that if I must switch back to my original career?

All these types of fears are not at all uncommon. In fact, you should have some of those fears which you can use as a tool to succeed in the next role you would be embarking on.

Now let’s try to understand how to overcome these fears.

• Acknowledge the fact that it’s okay to have self-doubts
  Its normal to have self-doubts. When we doubt ourselves, we try to prepare in a better way. It also shows that we are serious about our choices.

• Explore your fear and raise your self-awareness
  You should try to understand why you are afraid. Note down the points which you are afraid of and points which motivate you to make a career change. Then you can try to address each reason for fear and find a solution for the same.

• New and welcome challenges
  Look at the positive aspects of career change. You will be meeting new people; you will learn new ways of doing work. You will have challenging tasks which will keep you on your toes. Your professional network will also expand.

• Better Growth opportunities
  New experience adds more value to your resume. Even if it is a different industry, you can always make use of the experience you have had in your previous jobs. See what skills overlap in your previous job and the future job. You can feel more confident now that whatever change you are making is not entirely new.

• Do some research
  Do some research on the career change you are planning to make. Understand the industry, the organizations, the major players of the industry. See what skills you already have to succeed there. Things like communication skills, mathematics, business skills and many others can be used in all industries.

• Speak to a career consultant
  Speak to a career consultant and check what certifications are needed. How can you be better prepared for this career change. If you do all this homework before switching, there will be nothing to be afraid of when you are making that career change.

Do you want to change your career and do not know where to start? Does the IT industry interest you? Then do join our WhatsApp group for more tips and helpful resources. You can also book a free consultation with us using this Calendly meeting link. We wish you all the best for your career progression.

Keeping this in kind, we can confidently predict that various digital marketing professionals will be on demand for quite some time and there may be a demand supply gap which can be filled by the aspiring professionals by acquiring the required skill and knowledge via formal training and certification.

We come across a lot of people who say they are digital marketers and what is annoying is, for many of them the digital marketing starts and ends with SEO. For some others it gets extended to AdWord may be. But what is going to differentiate one from the other is how good you are? In this career the proof is in the pudding.

So please Demonstrate. Demonstrate. Demonstrate…

• What you know (High light your expertise in one area ex. You could be a master in social media marketing and no one can give better result than you using FB)
• What you have done and what results you have produced?
• What you can do in terms of strategy, execution and result?
• Back it up with globally accredited certifications as a proof of competence.

Here are some of the valued certifications.

• Google Certifications from Google Shop
• Facebook Blueprint Certification

In a nutshell, digital marketing is going to be more in demand here after for at least couple of years, and what is important, and can be the real differentiation for a digital marketing career is the Skill not the degree.

Feel free to contact us for guidance and help w.r.t digital marketing skill development and career.

While interacting with our students, we came across some of the standard questions that would be useful for aspiring business analysts.

Only Business Analysis training is sufficient or certification is needed?

Although the role of a business analyst varies from industry to industry and from company to company, the key roles a business analyst performs remain the same. Their role includes set of tasks, knowledge, and techniques required to identify business needs and determine solutions.

While one can learn and develop business analysis skill in many ways, an advantage that a business analyst can give to his/her career is to get certified as it can give a proof of competence and help stand out in the field. Also the certified business analysts earn higher than the no certified ones.

What are the business analysis certifications?

There are a quite a few certifications in the field of business analysis as follows but the most prominent one is CBAP certification which is meant for experienced BA professionals and this certification is awarded by IIBA.

• Entry Certificate in Business Analysis (ECBA), by IIBA
• Certification of Competency in Business Analysis (CCBA), by IIBA
• Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP), by IIBA
• Certified Foundation Level Business Analyst (CFLBA), by IQBBA
• Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering (CPRE), by IREB
• Professional in Business Analysis (PBA), by PMI

How to learn and develop BA skills?

There are many ways to learn and develop the business analysis skills but one must take a systematic progression approach as follows.

1. Have some basic understanding of business analysis role from business analysts you know
2. Learn from some free resources available online
3. If possible, let your manager know about your aspiration and find if you could work along with an existing BA in your project
4. Go for formal training with training companies that can deliver the following
   1. Concepts, tools and technologies
   2. Hands on training by experienced trainers
   3. Certification prep. Course

Does business analysis training include coding or require some coding experience?

No. Business Analysts are not required to code. However knowledge or prior experience in programming can always help if you aspire to be a business analyst in any IT company. Otherwise also, it can help you understand and interact with the development teams or technical teams with whom you work.

You may have many other questions. In that case, please contact us for guidance and help.

Most of the time the students know the answer but they still ask this question which is more to validate or get the second opinion on what they already think about it. The questions are not different for even courses in demand such as Hadoop as well.

So to make it easier for you, here are some notes to help validate your decision on pursuing a Hadoop career

Understanding Bid Data Hadoop developer

Big Data developers develop applications in Pig, Hive, Spark, Map Reduce, etc. wherein the Hadoop developers are mainly responsible for the coding, that is being used to process the data.

Required skills for a Hadoop career

• Analytical Skills
• Data Mining Skills
• Data Visualization Skills
• Programming skills in languages such as Java, Python, JavaScript, NodeJS
• Strong understanding of SQL basics and Distributed systems is mandatory
• Java is one of the key skills to have as Hadoop was developed using Java

Is Hadoop is a good career option

Hadoop being the most powerful tool of big data, Hadoop skills are in demand and will be in demand. It is important for the IT professionals to keep themselves relevant in trend with Hadoop and Big Data technologies for an accelerated career growth.

Hadoop Future

In 2018, the global Big Data and business analytics market stood at US$ 169 billion and by 2022, it is predicted to grow to US$ 274 billion.