Find four jobs posted online that are related to the analytics areas we have studied this term. Use any combination of the following words as a starting point for a search,

e.g. Data Engineer or Analytics Specialist. It may take a few tries to get the right combination:

Analyst Coordinator Engineer Researcher

Analytics Data Junior Scientist

Business Digital Manager Senior

Consultant Director Research Specialist

2) LinkedIn, CareerBuilder, GGU Careers, Monster.com, Dice, or the website of any company are good sources for finding these kinds of jobs. You may even find a job at your own company.

3) Review the responsibilities of each job. What will the person do in this job? Assess the skills and experience requested by the employer. Evaluate your own qualifications/ understanding and compare these to the stated needs: 1) Do you have the skills? 2) Do you have the years of experience? 3) What about education? 4) What gaps remain and how can you fill the gaps? If you are a hiring manager, do you understand what is needed?

4) Make an Excel spreadsheet using the Skills GAP Analysis Template in Course Home:

• List Experience, Education, Skills (each unique skill) down the side
• Enter company name and job title across the top line, replacing Job #1, Job #2, Job #3, Job # 4.

5) For each job:

• Enter Education and Years of Experience required
• In the intersecting squares of Skills and Jobs, assess each skill against your experience/understandingby entering E, M, or A (Entry level, Mid-level, Advanced) If that skill is not in a particular job description, leave the square blank.
• In the last column labeled Comments, explain very briefly how you might raise your experience level.

6) You will submit this assignment by Week 13.