Why You Are NOT Landing Data Jobs ... Yet

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Keep getting rejected from data analyst, data scientist, or data engineering roles? In this video I break down the 5 biggest reasons why people get rejected. If you turn these around you can dramatically increase your chances of landing your next position!
(1) You aren't capitalizing on supply and demand dynamics
(2) You aren't treating the job hunting process like a data problem
(3) You aren't looking for data jobs in the right places
(4) You aren't networking your you're networking correctly
(5) Your data science portfolio is holding you back
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0:00 Intro
0:25 Supply and Demand Dynamics
2:10 Using Data on the Job Search
3:40 A New Equation For Landing a Job
4:44 Choosing Your Application Channel
5:45 A Great Job Resource
6:38 The Truth About Networking
8:03 Is Your Portfolio Holding you Back?
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[@KenJee_ds]

Special thanks to Dice.com for sponsoring this video! Visit their awesome platform here: bit.ly/3Itt5go What job questions do you have? Ask away below!

[@Dice]

Thank you Ken for creating such an informative and helpful video on building a career in data!

[@johndavidariansen]

A lot of my students are having recruiters reaching out to them for entry level analyst roles. Just uploading your resume to Indeed with the right keywords can open up a lot of opportunities.

[@KenJee_ds]

True!

[@BlakeC341]

They must be doing something right. I can't even get hits with data analytics experience, a portfolio, and a business analytics MBA.

[@palomarAI]

@@BlakeC341 you might want to start freelancing if you haven't already.

[@BlakeC341]

@@palomarAI solid suggestion, and I've considered that. Fortunately I got a referral and landed a remote data insight analyst role at my dream company, and without a portfolio no less.

[@detectivebirdlegs4948]

@@BlakeC341 I have 15 years of corporate management experience plus a BS in Data Analytics and after 200 applications I haven’t gotten a single interview

[@LukeBarousse]

Made my day hearing this from a data scientist: 1:18 "Data analyst roles are a fast track into data science" 🙌🏼 Data Analysts FTW!! #PapayasIncToTheMoon 🚀🍈

[@KenJee_ds]

Data analysts are a whole vibe!

[@ShashankData]

Shoutout to Richardson, TX (suburb of Dallas) at 2:43

[@KenJee_ds]

REPRESENT!

[@GoWmaster27]

Your videos have been such a driving force for my motivation, Ken! I’m a physical therapist hoping to use my doctorate in PT and medical domain knowledge to eventually leverage my way into a medical data science position. I find myself going to your channel at least once or twice a day and soaking up any insights you provide. Keep up the good work! Your content is valuable to many.

[@KenJee_ds]

Makes me really happy to hear! I hope the videos continue to be helpful!

[@NatashaMugwe]

Thank you Ken for the tips. They are quite useful and pratical and for me I struggle most with the portfolio, on the projects to pick. I'm thus looking forward to this video.

[@KenJee_ds]

I hope it helped Natasha!

[@gamersant7466]

I love the way you explains the complex things in very simple way. No surprise that you are very good in networking. Your videos are very useful and I am looking forward to learn alot in future as well. Keep up the good work. 😊

[@KenJee_ds]

Thank you Santosh!

[@caetano.santana]

Hey Ken, first of all thank you very much for all your content which is invaluable for a beginner like me 😁 second, I would suggest, if possible, for you to make a video about the different industries in which Data professionals are more relevant nowadays, in terms of job opportunities and such. Also if there's different approaches on the workflow depending on the industry. That would be very nice! 🙂 👍

[@georgemendez6760]

With my portfolio I plan on showing 3 of the top world changing projects that are relevant to my field of interest

[@fbalseiro]

Great insights shared with a lot of useful tips that can help maximize landing a data job. It made me realize a couple of things that I can improve, specially narrowing down my job searching opportunities, focus my portfolio to fields i'm interested in and improve my networking. Thanks a lot for sharing this content! Amazing stuff!

[@KenJee_ds]

Thanks for watching Filipe! Glad you found it helpful!

[@kaivalyapatkar9288]

This is incredible! Thanks for the minute details!

[@KenJee_ds]

Thanks for watching!!

[@jameswhitaker4357]

Thank you. I got rejected yesterday after getting to the last interview yesterday. I start with another interview today! It’s competitive out here but keep going. My biggest hurdle is behavioral interviews but I’ll keep going. Edit: also always try to add a personal touch to how you know the business in your interview. Show the employer you went out your way not to just know about the data side of their business, but also about their specific problems and How it ties into their product and service offerings.

[@KenJee_ds]

Completely agree with the personal touch! Good luck in the interview James!

[@shrutijain1628]

OMG this is too much knowledge for me haha💯🙌 Amazing video as usual and loving this tips I think there are a lot of data roles which doesn't have job title data into it.

[@KenJee_ds]

Really happy to hear it was useful Shruti!

[@steampunk2404]

Awsome Video Ken! Greatly appreciate your efforts!

[@KenJee_ds]

Thanks for watching!!

[@JoshFeinbergmusic]

I’ve been following you for a few months while I start my data career. Thanks for all the information sharing! I’ve had my first 3 interviews in the last 2 weeks.

[@KenJee_ds]

Amazing! Good luck with the interviews. I hope they went well!

[@JoshFeinbergmusic]

🤞🤞

[@zuxzux]

This is a great video. I will echo your point about networking being extremely valuable. Both myself and many of my friends have landed their current jobs because of a referral from someone in the company. In fact, one thing to add is that most companies offer referral bonuses to current employees who refer someone that eventually gets hired. So, it's not only good for you as a job seeker to network and make connections, there's also a big incentive for employees to network with you and give you that referral.

[@KenJee_ds]

Great point Grant! Thank you for watching!!

[@smileynita]

Love this video! I appreciate the insight.

[@KenJee_ds]

Thanks for watching Anita!

[@hajarbouirig8219]

First of all, I want to thank you very much for your valuable content and your great efforts. I'm a student of Master Maths and I'm very interested in developing myself in the field the Data science.

[@KenJee_ds]

Thank you for watching!

[@Andrew-Paulo]

Love this advice

[@KenJee_ds]

Thanks for watching!

[@user-so9br3bg7b]

Great advice, thanks

[@KenJee_ds]

Thanks for watching!

[@ladiesperfume]

Hey Ken, great video as always thanks for sharing. I am trying to transition from a senior operations manager in tech to a Data Analyst, and I'm having some difficulty. I know it doesn't sound like I should but it's definitely happening. Can you share your thoughts on how one should approach transitioning from various roles to Data Science?

[@KenJee_ds]

It all really depends on your unique situation. I would perhaps recommend checking out some of my Ken's Nearest Neighbors Podcast Episodes. There are quite a few people who have transitioned and they have far better advice than I could give personally

[@konstantinradu4399]

Hi Ken I got called after 2 days for a position called business controller junior intern, and I rejected them as I have exams behind and as they were offering me a 8h full time which seemed impossible combined with studies or attending lessons. I thought that after this I could later transition to business analyst and data analyst. Data engineering seems great but codes I found from free courses didn’t work out, compared to data analytics courses and data science courses.

[@shermin2o9]

I just started applying to data science jobs this week. There are so many postings, but so few of them I actually want to apply to.

[@KenJee_ds]

Yep, this is a pain haha

[@pierre-emmanueldiot4456]

I use my portfolio for both sharing the topics I’m interested in and showing the workflow I adopt to tackle data projects 📊

[@KenJee_ds]

Awesome!

[@roykibet6038]

Have you been successful in landing a job with this?

[@lisitashamatutu1140]

Ken Jee thank you for the insight

[@KenJee_ds]

Thanks for watching!

[@yoelbenyossef]

The issue with trying AB testing with the CVs that you send is that you don't send that many CVs or get that many results. The small sample size can really skew your results. Something that no one tells you is when people hire. I got most of my job in early fall and early spring. It's not uncommon to not get a single callback for months, and then all of sudden get more than I can handle. The other thing is, since HR tends to read your CVs first, be sure to tailor your CV to them with buzzwords that they'll understand.

[@KenJee_ds]

Very valid points!

[@keifer7813]

What channels do you use to apply to jobs?

[@yoelbenyossef]

@@keifer7813 I tend to use indeed and a 2-3 placemat agencies that I have a good relationship with. My point that's important is to not get discouraged because hiring in it can be extremely seasonal.

[@ChocolateMilkCultLeader]

The finding what you like advice is imo so overlooked, I'm glad you covered it. It's always the thing I put as step 1 in my content about learning Machine Learning/implementing it for businesses. Wrt to the portfolio point you make, you're spot on. However I think what is arguably more valuable than having a specific project for industry is to read how different industries make money. This will allow you to get a birds eye view of what is important, what is feasible, technical challenges etc. That way you can highlight different aspects of your projects to different parties.

[@KenJee_ds]

Money and ROI are key! Good point

[@daniel_tobi]

I planned to post daily on Twitter but I fell off, I would do more of network from today on. As for my portfolio it still in progress, am taking my time before sending applications.

[@KenJee_ds]

You can do it! I generally recommend linkedin more than twitter

[@manushreesannathimmappa3273]

I’ve included the projects that I like and interests me the most in my portfolio.

[@KenJee_ds]

Cool!

[@shrutijain1628]

Networking was a game changer for me so I totally agree. I personally landed all my internship and First job through LinkedIn Networking 💯

[@sarazahoor9133]

how to go about it? how to actually start it? I'm new to applying and very confused about Linkedin networking :(

[@KenJee_ds]

Incredible!

[@faroukyt1104]

Hi..I'm from Algeria 🇩🇿🇩🇿...Thank you

[@gustovow]

So I put my resume on Dice, got a job through LinkedIn three months ago, and now I keep receiving e-mails from so many random recruiters 😂

[@KenJee_ds]

At least it is working!

[@aimenbaig6201]

Thank you Ken

[@KenJee_ds]

Thanks for watching!

[@awesomeGuss]

With my portfolio I hope to share my skill and knowledge level through the projects I’ve carried out

[@KenJee_ds]

💪

[@waynedev7734]

awesome video, it's the portfolio part for me, I can assert to that since it happened to me like a month ago. I had applied for a job and after I landed it they said they picked me coz from my portfolio they noticed a skill that they needed. Not that am better than the rest of the applicants but i think it's about what is needed.

[@KenJee_ds]

Awesome Wayne!! Thanks for watching!

[@nahidmirmahmud8914]

Hi Ken, I spent some time learning to code and becoming comfortable with it. Today's video could not come at a better time for me. I am now focusing more time to create some portfolio projects. Do you suggest any web services that are best suited to showcase data science and tableau projects on the same platform?

[@KenJee_ds]

Excellent! I generally recommend having a portfolio website. I believe you can embed projects there.

[@piyushzope10]

Most of the companies need more experience and one more is if experience is less you must have exceptional skills.

[@carlyadams8274]

What is the likely hood you would make a video to help DSIT (Data Scientist in training) decide what area/subject matter they want to pursue? I’d like to be candidate B that has a clear portfolio area if interest. If I just knew what that was…..

[@KenJee_ds]

I would definitely be open to making that video! In the short term, I have quite a few videos on how to choose a data science project that I think may be helpful. I believe projects are the first step in figuring out what you like and don't like!

[@ChocolateMilkCultLeader]

Speaking of Networking, I would love to talk to you about a few things. Is it possible to connect? What is your preferred outreach platform?

[@KenJee_ds]

Sure! Feel free to email me at kenjee.ds@gmaillcom

[@ChocolateMilkCultLeader]

@@KenJee_ds Emailed you

[@mushymush223]

Funny thing is, I have applied to close to 500 jobs in the past few months. Cold emails get ghosted or ask me to "apply online directly." Oh gee, why didn't I think of that?! And so far I have gotten ZERO interviews.

[@Lifemannequin]

Hey I hope to show my skills and creativity with my portfolio

[@KenJee_ds]

You can do it!

[@MurderBirdExpress]

I am still confused about how to approaching the job search as a data problem and using that to my advantage

[@KenJee_ds]

The gist of that is to collect data on your success and failures. Understand how you compare tot he baselines.

[@palomarAI]

Wondering about opptys for those seeking to freelance only, or work in a contractor role.

[@KenJee_ds]

Generally putting yourself on upwork is a good start. Most of my friends charged a lower than market rate to get some initial projects then raised it over time

[@Ibraheem_ElAnsari]

Oh God I really need to dig deeper to find the field I want to specialize in .. Googling DS in anime and cinema rn lol

[@KenJee_ds]

lol

[@mariopaul6505]

"So I see you're applying for the data scientist position here at papaya enterprises" That was great 🤣

[@KenJee_ds]

Hope you will apply!

[@tangoalpha1905]

Hypothesis: People aren't landing those jobs, because they're not plucking their monobrow effectively. Please do a video on the data points one should be analyzing when deciding how much monobrow to remove.

[@KenJee_ds]

Will work on it. I struggle with mine too

[@itztuka]

What I hope to show? My skills/knowledge

[@amith_1923]

To show that I qualify to be accepted for the job

[@logan97327]

their coding requirement is too high

[@KenJee_ds]

Also a valid challenge, will try to find some resources to help with this

[@adiadiadiadi9557]

I hope showcase my critical thinking skills.

[@harshitsati]

and I took this personally.... wow ken nice emotional damage XD (crying inside)

[@KenJee_ds]

EMOTIONAL DAMAGE

[@harshitsati]

@@KenJee_ds insert gif XD

[@gormiksoc]

Nice glasses .

[@KenJee_ds]

Thanks!

[@bm1006]

Most HR women are not going to read your portfolio because they don't understand it. They read your resume first, make you take a coding test that doesn't actually reflect the job, then if you pass the coding test, you get to talk to the hiring manager who might then be interested in your portfolio but most of them are not going to be too interested unless it 100% matches what they do for their projects

[@KenJee_ds]

Completely valid that the HR people won't understand your portfolio and will basically ignore it. One of the strategies I probably should have mentioned was reaching out to the hiring managers directly with relevant projects. This is what the people over at Sharpestminds found to be most effective after collecting data on hundreds of candidates.

[@bm1006]

@@KenJee_ds Thanks Ken ! That seems like a very good idea. Really appreciate the response back.