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Here's how you can navigate key industry trends when starting a career in Business Intelligence (BI).
The way I've done this throughout my entire career (first as an accountant, and now in business intelligence) is to stay curious and have conversations with people outside your BI/IT function. Talk to people and understand their business problems, their role within the company, how they think the company is doing, etc. However, please take the time to learn outside of those conversations as well. Nothing turns some people off from helping you quicker than asking basic questions you could've gotten answered from a quick Google search. Show that you're thinking critically about the conversations and that you can synthesize information together.
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Here's how you can infuse strategic thinking into BI decision making.
The best way to infuse strategic thinking into BI decision making is to move from an order taker to a collaborative partner. When you simply take orders, you merely play a supporting role. When you have real conversations about the reports you're being asked for by asking for further business context, by questioning assumptions, by seeking to understand what actions users intend to take after looking at the report, you position yourself as an ally in the business and not just somebody who is there to provide a technical solution. Business intelligence exists to help make more data informed business decisions. You don't support the business; you are part of the business.
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How can you maintain consistency in data visualization styles across different BI reports?
Using templates is a straightforward way to ensure stylistic consistency and branding across BI reports. For Power BI, PowerBi.tips has a phenomenal theme generator that lets you set up your palette with company colours, default text formats, different display options for different visuals, etc. From there, you can import this into a Power BI desktop file and save it as a pbit template file for reuse. It also helps to set up some default page layouts you use often.
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You're looking to make a career transition. How can you be sure you're making the right choice?
You can't. The dots only tend to make sense and connect in hindsight because people love stories and narrative. There are no guarantees in virtually anything you do. Picking a career path is no different.
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ALC Assistive Technologist
Wilfrid Laurier University
- 8 months
Education
- Collaborated with university students with disabilities on technological solutions
- Facilitated sessions introducing assistive technologies to the Faculty of Education
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Lifecorps International
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Poverty Alleviation
- Created a Quickbooks company file from scratch
- Posted all accounting entries for the 2013 fiscal year to Quickbooks
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Community Empowerment Network
- 1 year
Poverty Alleviation
- Prepared financial statements and other ad hoc reports for the Executive Director
- Reconciled various accounts on a monthly basis
- Coded and entered treasurer-approved expenses and receipts into Quickbooks
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English
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Cantonese
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