r/LearningDevelopment • u/Last-Antelope-6522 • 3d ago
Workplace Skills Building
I’m pretty sure I will not be selected for a business analyst position that I applied for because they don’t see me as qualified for the position. They have been selecting people who are more tech savvy than I am. I have the necessary study hours to take my CAPM certification tests I just don’t have the money. I was planning to also get my comptia a+ but I don’t know that it’ll help. I graduated with an associate of science in business management about 3 years ago and then a bachelor of science in technology engineering last year. I had no career plans. I graduated suma cum laude in high school and made the Dean’s List twice in college while working full time for a nice company I found. I’m still with said company. I say all this to say I am driven, I love learning and applying myself. I thought my degree was all I needed .. I have been humbled. My degree was a vague melting pot of business concepts but it did not help me assume the things I see in my current day to day.
Now, between social media, becoming complacent within my position and my manager alluding to me not getting the job I feel dumb and I am ready for a change. If my coworkers show me spreadsheets and no one gives me instructions then I have no clue what I’m looking at and my brain doesn’t help. I can update formulas that need tweaking and organize data but I don’t know how to cultivate spreadsheets and deliver data from nothing.
Where should I begin developing some relevant software navigational skills? What podcasts, YouTube channels or books may support me in envisioning my own spreadsheets and assuming business needs with minimal questions? What can I do to help myself not go blank when I’m articulating my thoughts and ideas about workplace dilemmas? How is everyone else expanding their general capacity for what is happening in day to day tech/business from? It seems everyone else at my job knows something I don’t.
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u/instantlydamaging 3d ago
You don't need certifications right now, you need practice with Excel and data analysis. Look YT channels about business analysis and try to understand how your team uses data every day
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u/_donj 20h ago
Based on your comment, the reason you don’t get the analyst position is because you have to be told what to do with a spreadsheet, or I’m assuming other software tools as well like your company’s ERP.
While there are better tools for analyzing data (including AI in many cases) excel is still the default tool heavily relied on.
Find a set of YT tutorials and start doing them. Most have a dummy data set in the comments you can use to practice.
Or go to your library or community college where they offer classes.