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Avery Smith shares 26 effective strategies for landing a data job in today's market.

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 🆘 Feeling stuck in your data journey? Come to my next free "How to Land Your First Data Job" training 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/training 👩‍💻 Want to land a data job in less than 90 days? 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/daa 👔 Ace The Interview with Confidence 👉 https://datacareerjumpstart.com/interviewsimulator ⌚ 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 🤝 LinkedIn 📸  Instagram 🎵 TikTok 💻  Website 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…

People in this episode

Host: Avery Smith

Topics covered

• data jobs
• job applications
• career tips
• data analyst
• interview preparation

Keywords

• data job
• job applications
• career advice
• data analyst
• interview tips
• salary negotiation
• referrals

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Data Career Podcast, Data Career Jumpstart, Spotify, Apple

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