8 Business Analyst Resume Secrets You Need to Know (Especially if You Don’t Have the BA Job Title)

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If you are looking to get more business analyst job interviews, you’ll want a top notch business analyst resume that really sells your skills and positions you as qualified for a business analyst role.
In this video, you’ll discover 8 business analyst resume secrets you absolutely need to know - and they are especially relevant if, like so many business analysts, you don’t have the BA job title.
1 - Your business analyst resume does not need to evenly catalog your work history.
2 - Create a specific summary, listing certifications if you have them.
3 - Tweak your job titles to get past the recruiter scan.
4 - Highlight your most relevant transferable skills.
5 - Use business analysis terminology to clearly demonstrate your capabilities.
6 - Gain instant credibility by blending outcomes with responsibilities in your bullet points.
7 - Address any employment gaps clearly.
8 - You can receive coaching, but someone else cannot write your resume for you.
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[@VA5UNDHARA]

Short and precise! Must watch for all aspiring BA's.

[@BridgingtheGapBA]

Thanks for your support!

[@asifs100]

Much needed video. Thank you🙏

[@BridgingtheGapBA]

You are so welcome Arushi! Wishing you all the best with your job search.

[@xavi2803]

That was super helpful. ty

[@lambertinen394]

Thank you so much this helped a lot!

[@BridgingtheGapBA]

We're so glad to hear that! best of luck with your job search and check back for more videos along the way. Laura addresses a lot of BA topics and those can really help with your interviewing.

[@charmygrover7538]

Thank you so much😊

[@BridgingtheGapBA]

So you are so welcome!

[@LM-ch8rh]

Hi. Would you recommend to include in the resume a description of a portfolio project? For example, include one or two sentences of what you set out to analyze, a data graph (e.g. in Tableau) and then conclusions?

[@BridgingtheGapBA]

L MZ - Yes, that can be a great approach for a relevant or capstone project that showcases your experience for a particular position., especially if you want to draw special attention to it, or use it at the beginning when your most recent job title may not pop out to recruiters.

[@mohankulkarni8466]

Thank u for this video. My wife is currently working in bpo n want to switch to a business analyst role. She has not done any ave not done the course bt want to apply for the same. Using this method shown in the video, can she update her resume and start giving interviews. Also are there any consequences to this.

[@BridgingtheGapBA]

Hi Mohan, I'd certainly suggest she leverage the tips that apply to her. Most likely, some of her work in BPO is transferrable into business analysis, and she'll need to do the learning and self-discovery to be sure she is accurately representing her qualifications (while also not minimizing them, which is incredibly common).

[@mohankulkarni8466]

@@BridgingtheGapBA thank u for clearing the confusion.

[@geetnikam]

If I have worked in 1 company as a business analyst for 3 years in which I got 2 promotions, that means my position was changed twice, so should I write it as separate experiences or just include under 1 experience only?

[@BridgingtheGapBA]

@Geeta - Congrats on such a quick sequence of promotions - you definitely want to highlight, either by breaking them out or mentioning it as a bullet point. You could really organize this either way. Consider what will allow you to best showcase your experience, and show a meaningful work history.

[@Caribean74]

Thanks❤

[@BridgingtheGapBA]

You are so very welcome!