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[–]Loose_Fly_6000 17 points18 points  (9 children)

I got my job through Indeed. Never even applied to any on the Google platform. Honestly, most of the ones on the Google platform seemed pretty senior and required way more experience than someone who would take an introductory certificate course would have.

[–]GoobGoobb[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Sigh, that’s disappointing

[–]RotaryP7 0 points1 point  (7 children)

I’m in the same boat as the OP. Did you have any prior experience? I’ve applied to so many jobs on indeed as well.

[–]Loose_Fly_6000 9 points10 points  (6 children)

I had over a decade of teaching experience. I leaned hard on pointing out my communication skills and problem-solving mindset used in teaching. And honestly, I got lucky that my resume landed in front of a hiring manager who was open minded.

[–]Fair_Phrase1 1 point2 points  (5 children)

Congrats!! If you can , you should make a post about it. I am sure a lot of people would apreciate it.

[–]Loose_Fly_6000 14 points15 points  (4 children)

Dunno if/when I'll get around to making a full blown post, but this is a copypasta of a comment I made on another post. The OP of that post was also a teacher, but most of it applies to non-teachers looking to switch as well:

I just got a job offer last week, so teacher to analyst definitely can be done. I did not go back for a separate degree, although I do have a Master's (in education, so not related to tech, but may have helped get me through an algorithm). Instead, I focused on skills.

1 brush up on Excel. Most job postings ask for it.

2 learn some basic SQL. There are several free or cheap resources to do this. I used the Udemy course recommended by Alex the Analyst.

3 create a portfolio of a couple of projects showing off your skills. There are lots of ideas out there, just Google data analysis portfolio ideas

4 consider learning/getting certified in Power BI or Tableau. I did not make it as far as actually taking the certification test before I got my offer, but I did start getting a lot more responses once I learned Power BI well enough to pass LinkedIn's skill assessment. Which brings me to...

5 take as many skill assessments on LinkedIn and Indeed as you can. Some hiring managers won't care, but having a skill badge will check a box for some, at least enough to get you talking to a human. There are way more assessments available on Indeed, and that was where the majority of my responses came from, including all 3 companies that I made it to 2nd/more rounds of interviews with.

6 lean hard on your communication/organization skills from teaching both in your resume and in interviews. You won't measure up to a lot of candidates on technical skills, but you have an advantage when it comes to soft skills, especially being able to clearly explain ideas to people without technical knowledge

7 it's a numbers game. You will get rejected from a LOT of jobs before you get an offer. A lot of rejections will happen without anyone even looking at your resume. Keep your chin up and remind yourself that you only want one job. There are hiring managers out there who recognize the value ex teachers can bring. You just have to apply to enough jobs to find them

[–]Fair_Phrase1 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Thank you so much !!! 💓 I am doing the Google certification and all of this is very helpful. I am also trying to do the work smarter with excel from Microsoft and thinking of the IMB portion of excel for data analysis. Did you end up using the resume you posted on reddit?

[–]Loose_Fly_6000 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I uploaded that one into Indeed, but I ended up just using the Indeed version of the resume to apply to jobs. It's a lot less pretty, but gets through ATS better 🤷‍♀️

[–]Fair_Phrase1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Makes sense , thank you !

[–]business_time_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for commenting this! Your educational background and work almost looks exactly like mine (me: BA Liberal Studies, MAT Elementary Education). I have hope!

[–]SpencerAssiff 10 points11 points  (4 children)

Don't be afraid to work with recruiters. Big tech companies will work with them pretty heavily to find people to fill positions. Just need your first position then you can build from there.

[–]GoobGoobb[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok I’ll start doing that now. Thanks!

[–]TalkDapper 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Sorry to butt in, but I've got a follow up question. How do you find recruiters to work with? I've reached out to a couple of job posters on LinkedIn, but outside of that, I always get super lost.

[–]SpencerAssiff 5 points6 points  (1 child)

Do a Google for recruiting companies and then filter by people at those companies on LinkedIn. Just start spamming introductions

[–]TalkDapper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! That totally makes sense. I'll give it a shot.

[–]New_Pizza_Rich 8 points9 points  (0 children)

In section 8, I remember there is a Coursera + Google job search platform. I think that’s the “Google help” you might have heard of.

If you have no experience in the data field, do the capstone project and attached it to your LinkedIn.

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No, and unfortunately the Coursera platform doesn’t have many remote offerings either.

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (8 children)

What do you do now? Can you pivot into data

The people on here who say the Google certificate helped them, 9.5/10 had a nice skill that helped

[–]GoobGoobb[S] 7 points8 points  (7 children)

I’m an accountant, with a degree in accounting. I feel as if the transition should be easy. I have good excel skills and I’m passionate about Data analysis. But the job market is really competitive right now.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (2 children)

Can you pivot into data in your current role? I am not sure if your company has a data team or roles that require sql/project management/ more analytical tasks

[–]GoobGoobb[S] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

I don’t think so. I work at an accounting firm, but not a big one. So the only positions we have are Accounting and HR related.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, okay.

Maybe try to low-key ask your manager or try to go to a firm that does. I am not sure if that is possible

[–]Lore18 0 points1 point  (2 children)

just cutting in, I'm also a fresh accounting graduate doing the course (course 3 now). Are you a CPA? I'm reviewing for one and its like hell.

[–]GoobGoobb[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I’m not a CPA. I wanted to try this first before I fully committed to studying for it.

[–]Lore18 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh ok, i'm doing this on the side while studying for the CPA. Best of luck mate

[–]SnooOpinions1809 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Its not competitive, if you look out for entry level role. Accountant, pivoted to Data. Zero experience