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Module 4: Present business intelligence insights

You’ll explore stakeholder presentations and strategies for sharing dashboards with clients. Then, you’ll focus on preparing for the BI interview process by refining your portfolio, updating your resume, practicing interview techniques that demonstrate your skills to recruiters and hiring managers, and more.

Learning Objectives

  • Communicate with stakeholders about data insights to drive business decisions and goals.
  • Practice putting dashboard insights into a presentation for stakeholders to give regular updates or answer specific questions and make forecasts.
  • Prepare a resume to demonstrate relevant business intelligence experience and skills
  • Distill insights from monitored data.
  • Communicating the purpose and consequences of data insights.
  • Utilize clear and effective presentation skills.
  • Prepare a portfolio to demonstrate business intelligence skills.
  • Practice interview techniques for a business intelligence role.

Communicate insights to stakeholders


Video: Welcome to module 4

In the upcoming lessons, you’ll delve into the critical non-technical aspects of being a successful business intelligence (BI) professional. While technical skills are vital, effective communication and presentation abilities are equally essential. As a BI professional, you must not only identify and manipulate data but also convey your insights in a way that resonates with stakeholders. This involves crafting visualizations and dashboards that align with business objectives. Moreover, your proficiency in communication is not just a workplace asset; it plays a pivotal role in career advancement, whether during job interviews, promotion discussions, or seeking educational opportunities. The upcoming lessons will specifically focus on stakeholder presentations, sharing dashboards with clients, navigating the BI hiring process, refining your portfolio, updating your resume for the BI field, and mastering interview techniques. These skills, combined with your technical expertise, will propel your BI career to new heights. Get ready for an exciting professional journey!

As you’re discovering,
working as a business intelligence professional
involves many technical skills. These include
things like knowing how to identify the right data, metrics, and KPIs for
a particular project, applying data modeling and pipelines to organize
and move data, transforming data
into a usable form, using that data to solve
problems and answer questions, and making visualizations
and dashboards that drive business
processes and goals. But BI also requires excellent communication
and presentation skills. After all, if you want your hard work to
really make an impact, it’s important to know how to effectively share
it with others. Successful BI professionals
can clearly demonstrate how the tools they create enable their clients to meet
business objectives. Plus, this is also important for your
career advancement! Having strong communication
and presentation skills can help you excel whether you’re interviewing for a job, discussing a promotion, or asking a supervisor about a new training or
educational opportunity. During the next few lessons, we’re going to concentrate on
these key workplace skills. They are an essential
complement to all the technical
knowledge that you’ve gained so far in this program. First, you’ll explore stakeholder presentations and sharing dashboards with clients. Then, you’ll shift your focus to the BI hiring process and strategies for refining
your portfolio. In addition, you’ll have the opportunity to
update your resume for the BI field so it clearly communicates all of
your new experiences. And finally, you’ll review interview techniques
that will help you demonstrate your skills to recruiters and hiring managers. Each of these lessons
will prepare you to take your BI career
to the next level. So, let’s get moving on your
exciting professional journey.

Video: Present your insights

  • BI projects are not always linear, and presentations are a key part of communicating with stakeholders about project updates.
  • BI presentations can be given in a variety of formats, including email threads, phone calls, and meetings.
  • It is important to tailor the presentation to the audience, using clear, concise, and accessible language.
  • The first presentation to stakeholders will likely be when sharing low-fidelity mockups.
  • Later, the functional dashboard will be shared with users, and it is important to explain how to use it.
  • Dashboards are constantly evolving tools, so it is important to keep presenting updates on recent changes or new opportunities.

Here are some additional key points from the text:

  • It is important to empathize with the audience and understand their point of view.
  • Technical jargon should be avoided, and explanations should be as simple as possible.
  • Stakeholders’ concerns should be addressed, and feedback should be incorporated into the project.
  • The presentation should be engaging and informative.

In this course, you’ve
learned that the steps of a BI project
aren’t always linear. Time passes, problems change, questions are refined — there’s constant evolution.
And presenting and communicating about
project updates is a key part of this process. If you earned your Google
Data Analytics certificate, you spent a lot of
time learning about presentation and
communication skills. In that context, you worked on data storytelling, creating
compelling slideshows, public speaking
strategies, responding to feedback and questions
from clients, and more. In the world of BI, the concept of presenting is
a bit different. So, let’s begin by clarifying what’s meant by
“presentation” in BI. People often think
a presentation has to happen in a
conference room. But many BI presentations
are simply email threads. With this in mind, going forward, think of a BI presentation as anytime you communicate with stakeholders about their
needs or project status. Note that this doesn’t include
answering questions or giving clarification about
minor project details. Presentations are
a bit more formal — even if they’re in
the form of an email. Whether your stakeholders
will receive your project updates
in their inboxes, on a phone call, at a meeting, or a
mixture of these is something you should
confirm early, when verifying project
scope and deadlines. And no matter which
format you’re using, always follow presentation and communication best practices. This includes engaging
your audience by taking the time to understand
their point of view. Think about their stake in the
project and what they hope to gain from the data
insights that you deliver. Next, be sure to prioritize the most
relevant information. This means starting with
high-level updates first, whether that’s something
about your current progress, a recent change, or your
plans for next steps. Use clear, concise, and
accessible language. An effective BI
professional recognizes that some people will have
used a dashboard before, but that’s not often the case. Even though BI is
a technical realm, it’s wise to avoid using
too much technical jargon. Explain your work as
simply as possible — this is another example of the importance of empathizing
with your audience. I find that it’s important
to tailor the words and level of detail for each
particular audience. For example, I know executives with technical
backgrounds who are going to want me to get deep into the details, while others
just want the bottom-line. Lastly, if a stakeholder shared a concern with you in
the previous meeting, it’s important that
your next presentation describes how you addressed that issue. And be
sure to confirm that they’re satisfied with
your plan going forward. The first time you present
to your stakeholders will likely be when sharing
your low-fidelity mockups. As you’ve learned,
these sketches give everyone a clear idea of your design intentions and they’re essential to getting
necessary feedback. Typically, you’ll have an
initial call or email when you ask if the idea you’re presenting meet
stakeholder goals. And because the mockup stages early
on in the design process, you can take in people’s
ideas and suggestions. Then, if necessary, easily move in a new
direction before you invest hours in
bringing your mockup to life on an actual dashboard. Later, you’ll share your functional dashboard
with your users. First and foremost, this involves explaining
how to use it. Even the clearest and
most intuitive dashboards deserve explanation. Here, you might provide a live demonstration
or you could create a slide deck about
how to interpret the visuals and
change the settings. Lastly, you are now aware that the majority of dashboards are
constantly evolving tools, so they don’t necessarily
have a “final state.” Just keep presenting updates on recent changes or
new opportunities that have been identified. Then, you’ll be able to
successfully collaborate with stakeholders and
keep your dashboards as fresh and helpful
as possible.

Reading: Business intelligence presentation examples

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Reading: Case study: Ipsos – Informing stakeholders with compelling data visualizations

Practice Quiz: Activity: Design a slide deck for a business intelligence presentation

Reading: Activity Exemplar: Design a slide deck for a business intelligence presentation

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Career focus: Projects and portfolios


Video: The business intelligence professional hiring process

Anita, a Senior Business Intelligence Analyst at Google, discusses the BI profession and how to navigate your job search.

  • BI is everywhere and there’s a BI job for you, regardless of your industry preference.
  • Entry-level BI professionals are typically called “Business Intelligence Analysts” or “Junior/Assistant Business Intelligence Analysts.”
  • Research job opportunities to find which additional skills you should develop.
  • You can find listings on job searching sites like LinkedIn, Indeed, or Glassdoor.
  • Prepare for your interview by researching the company and rehearsing.
  • Follow up with the interviewer after your final interview.
  • Apply to more jobs and work on refining your BI skills while waiting for a response.

Hi! It’s great to be back with you to continue learning
about the BI profession. So far in this section, you’ve learned how to share
your work and insights with your stakeholders during a project. Now, you’ll apply those
same presentation skills to your career advancement. If you haven’t met me yet, I’m Anita, a Senior Business Intelligence
Analyst at Google. The job search can sometimes feel difficult and time-consuming. I encourage all of my
candidates to stay positive if they don’t get the first
role they interview for. It’s not uncommon for a person to interview for many different roles before they finally find the right match. Understanding how the BI industry works will help you navigate your job search. The first thing to know
is that BI is everywhere. In every industry, companies
need business intelligence to make informed decisions. Whether you have a passion
for healthcare, finance, human resources, retail, education, construction, or anything
else… there’s a BI job for you. You can begin searching for a BI job by narrowing your criteria
to a specific industry. Your query could be “business
intelligence healthcare” or “business intelligence finance.” If you don’t have a preference, you can search more generally by trying “entry-level business intelligence.” The second thing to know is that there are a few specific titles that a BI professional can have. Typically, an entry-level or
early-career BI professional will be called a “Business
Intelligence Analyst.” You may also encounter “Junior” or “Assistant Business
Intelligence Analyst.” Job offers with this title may expect anywhere from zero to
three years of experience. However, if a BI job asks for more years of experience than you have, you should apply anyway. As long as your skillset
matches the job description, it’s worth applying. With a strong portfolio and resume, you may be a great candidate even if you don’t have
a lot of experience. If you’re looking for a
job in a specific industry, the job listing may ask for skills or knowledge related to that field. You can research job opportunities in your industry of interest to find which additional
skills you should develop. Where exactly should you apply to BI jobs? You can find listings on
any job searching site, such as LinkedIn, Indeed, or Glassdoor. And a quick Google
search can help you find some more recent job opportunities. Through these sites or the
companys’ specific forms, you’ll be able to fill
out job applications and share your resume and portfolio. Otherwise, you can email the position’s hiring manager to apply. If you do get a response
to your application, you’ll likely interact with a
recruiter or hiring manager. They may reach out to you
with an email or a phone call to schedule an interview. If so, congratulations! You can prepare by researching the company, if you haven’t already, and
rehearsing for your interview. Some organizations may contact you for multiple rounds of interviews, especially if they’ve received
a lot of applications. You may be asked to describe
the projects in your portfolio or complete a short BI-related exercise, kind of like the activities you’ve been doing in this program. Once you complete your final
interview, the waiting begins. Arguably, this is the hardest part, but you can make the most of this time. First, you should follow up
by thanking the interviewer. You can also apply to more jobs and work on refining your BI skills. Hopefully, you’ll soon have
an exciting, new opportunity. Now that you know what to expect
from the BI hiring process, it’s time to prepare your
application materials. This includes your BI projects, portfolio, and an updated resume. Then, you’ll learn more
about interview techniques to help you get hired for
your first BI position.

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Video: Heather: Personal career journey into BI

Heather is a data and analytics sales specialist who did not have a bachelor’s degree but was able to work her way up in the business world. She started by taking internships for free and then waitressing at night. She also used LinkedIn to connect with people in the technology industry and introduce herself. It took her about three years to land her first job in tech.

Heather believes that the skills she learned working in the restaurant industry, such as being able to multitask, remember orders, and be kind to customers, are transferable to the business intelligence field. She also enjoys being able to solve problems for her customers and help them grow their businesses.

Heather’s advice for others is to not be hard on yourself and to not be afraid to ask people questions. She also recommends connecting with people on LinkedIn and introducing yourself.

Hi, my name is Heather and I am a data and analytics
sales specialist. I was a waitress in New
York City for many years. I do not have a
bachelor’s degree and my grandfather was able to work his way up in business, and as a child, he told
me I could do the same, so I did that. I always thought that finding my voice in
an organization, starting small and
working my way up, that industry for me
just happened to be the technology
industry where I fell. I took internships for free and then I’d waitress at night. I would search on LinkedIn, I would friend
people on LinkedIn, and ask them to have a
conversation with me, and introduce myself
to them and say, “Hi, I’m Heather. These are
the things I’m good at, I’m good with people, I’m good with numbers, I know how to use
computer systems, I can be an asset on your team.” I probably did that
over and over again for about three years until I
landed my first job in tech. I think being a server or being a waitress or a bar attender
and anybody in any kind of restaurant industry has really wonderful
transferable skills to land a job in
business intelligence. I have a lot of clients. I work with a lot of partners, and I also work with a
lot of team members. The skills that I learned working in
the service industry, especially in New York City, is being able to multitask, have a lot of tables at once, being able to
remember your orders, being really kind
to your regulars. My customers, I view
them as my regulars just as I did when I bar
tended ten years ago, making sure that they’re happy. How many times do you go to a restaurant and
something isn’t right and if the server gives
you a tough experience, well, you’re going
to remember that. Now working in
business intelligence, I have a solutions
architect that I work with, I have a customer
engineer I work with, and other partners to help
me rally around a customer. When I solve a problem for
a customer and they’re efficiently utilizing our
data and analytics platforms, it brings me a lot of
joy because I know that I’m helping them
grow their business. I had maybe six or seven
hours worth of video calls and I was really on a roll with each one and I was
understanding their problems, I was able to talk about our
products in a technical, effective way, and it
made me feel so happy when I was able to communicate that way with my customers, with my extended team. Just don’t be hard
on yourself and don’t be scared to
ask people questions. Don’t be scared to
connect with people on LinkedIn and ask
for a conversation to introduce yourself. People don’t do that anymore, so set yourself apart and
put yourself out there.

Video: Incorporate business intelligence work in your portfolio

If you have completed any data projects, you should create a portfolio to showcase your work to potential employers. Your portfolio can include project planning documents, dashboards, presentations, and other relevant assets. You can host your portfolio on your own website or use an existing data sharing platform. When adding projects to your portfolio, you can include data, screenshots of dashboards, embedded dashboards, or links to access dashboards on Tableau. You should also explain your thought process, what work you did, and what you might do differently in the future. Finally, you should include a short biography describing your professional goals and interests. Be sure to follow your employer’s rules and regulations for data sharing when adding projects to your portfolio.

If you’ve earned your Google Data Analytics Certificate or completed any non-BI data projects, you may already have a portfolio. As a reminder, a portfolio is a collection of materials that can be shared with
potential employers. It’s the part of your job application with evidence of your accomplishments. If you don’t have a portfolio yet, it’s time to make one. This is a shareable, accessible way to showcase your work, which can give you an advantage over other candidates. Also, a well-rounded
portfolio demonstrates your background in non-data industries, and the transferable skills you’ve gained. Portfolios enable you to share project planning documents, dashboards, presentations, and any other assets that will help demonstrate your skills. You can host your portfolio on your own custom website or use an existing data sharing platform. Sites such as GitHub or Kaggle that you may have used for sharing data can be used to link out to dashboards. Tableau also has a social platform and sharing capabilities. Once you pick a platform, or multiple platforms, to host your portfolio, you can add your projects. Choose whether to represent your projects by including your data, screenshots of your dashboard, the embedded dashboard itself, or all of the above. Or you can include a link to access your dashboard on Tableau. When you’ve included
all the relevant parts from your project in your portfolio, explain your process. Describe your thought process, what work you did, and what you might do
differently in the future. It also helps to include
a short biography. By describing your professional
goals and interests, you can personalize your portfolio and make it stand out. Now, there’s one very important
thing to keep in mind: Some projects you work on
may deal with private data, so it’s critical to make sure that you follow your employers’ rules and regulations for data sharing. In cases where you cannot share any data or visuals from your project, you can include a summary of what you did in your portfolio. Which details you can share may be up to your employer, but it’s still important to document the roles you had on each
project you were part of. Now, it’s time to create
or update your portfolio. This will be a process you go through periodically
throughout your career.

Career focus: Join the field of business intelligence


Video: Refine your resume

Recruiters go through a lot of applications during the hiring process, so it’s important to have a compelling resume to stand out. This is especially true if you’re applying for a BI job. Here are some tips for updating your resume for a BI position:

  • Include any degrees, certificates, or vocational training you’ve earned.
  • List the BI skills you’ve learned, using specific language instead of general terms.
  • Include the BI software you’re familiar with, such as BigQuery and Tableau.
  • Create multiple versions of your resume, tailoring each one to the specific job you’re applying for.
  • List your most recent and relevant experience at the top of your resume.

A strong resume is essential for catching the attention of recruiters and hiring managers. Once you’ve updated your resume, you’ll be ready to move on to the final component of the application process: interviews.

Recruiters go through
tons of applications during the hiring process. So having a compelling
resume is super important to becoming a candidate of choice. If you earned your Google
Data Analytics Certificate, you learned a lot about
creating an effective resume. Now we’re going to refine
your original resume to be appropriate for the BI world. Feel free to take a minute
to review those lessons now so you’re ready to proceed. Updating your resume will enable you to emphasize your BI skills. This is a good practice whenever you apply for new types of jobs. The first thing to do is
update the education section. Include any degrees and
certificates you’ve earned, as well as vocational training. Right now, you’re almost
done with this program. When you earn your certificate, you’ll be able to include
it in your resume too. For now, you can indicate
that you’re currently working toward your Google Business
Intelligence Certificate. Then, update the skills section with any new data know-how you’ve gained. This can include everything you’ve learned during this course and anything else that’s relevant to the workplace. Make sure to use specific
language to describe your skills. For example, “data
management” is not specific because there are many
ways to manage data. Instead, you could include “data cleaning” and “data merging” as
types of data management. The same applies for BI-specific skills. Rather than using “business intelligence,” you can list “data modeling”
and “dashboard building.” In your skills section or
a separate tool section, include the software
you’re most familiar with. Because you used BigQuery
and Tableau in this program, you can put them on your resume. If you learn other kinds of BI software after completing this program, make sure to include them as well. Now it’s time for some general resume tips that apply to any industry. If you’ve created resumes before, you may already know and
do some of these things. Still, hopefully the
following tips can serve as a helpful reminder. It’s always good practice
to create multiple versions of your resume. Each time you apply to a job,
you can tweak the language to best match the job description. For instance, if you’re applying to a BI job in the retail sector you can emphasize any past
retail experience you might have. Then, if you apply to a
job in a different field, you can remove those details to make room for other accomplishments. These tweaks can help
highlight specific skills that set you apart from other candidates. Another tip is to list the most recent and relevant information at the top of the education, skills,
and job experience sections. Recruiters and hiring
managers are very busy and may spend only a short
amount of time on each resume. It always helps to be brief
and direct to highlight the most important content
as quickly as possible. Now that you know some BI resume tips, it’s time to make these updates a reality. A strong resume is essential to catching the attention of
recruiters and hiring managers. With your completed portfolio and resume, you’ll be ready to move
on to the final component of the application process: interviews.

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Video: Kelly: Tips for resume preparation

Kelly shares her experience as a sustainability financial analyst at Google and how she created a TikTok channel to help others find mentors and resources for breaking into the business intelligence field. She emphasizes the importance of tailoring your resume to each specific job posting, using the STAR method to highlight relevant skills and experiences. She also advises job seekers to be succinct and precise in their resume bullet points, only listing relevant experiences, and not to be afraid to take that first step and apply for jobs.

I’m Kelly. I’m a sustainability financial
analyst here at Google, and basically, what that means, is that I work with
the global sustainability team here. And I partner with them for
any of their external commitments, and any of the work that they do. So when I first started figuring out
what I wanted to do and when I first started trying to get internships and get
my foot in door at these big companies, it was really hard for
me to understand what I needed to do, how to find mentors, what resources were
available to even get my foot in the door. And so, I found an opportunity and
I wanted to create that opportunity for others, and
that’s why I created my TikTok channel. I wanted to make sure that all of
those things that I really struggled with to find,
other people could find them more easily, and also just show people that,
if I could do it, they could do it too. So, how I actually tailor my resume to
different experiences and make sure that my relevant experience is shown for
specific roles that I’m applying to, is creating a document listing out all
of the experiences that you’ve had, using the star method. So for each role, list out the situation,
the task, the action, and the results, and have that readily available for all
the jobs or experiences that you’ve had. And then you can actually take the job
posting, whichever one that you’re seeing, whichever job you would like to apply to, and take the relevant
experience that you have, and map it directly to the job posting. So,
for example, if the job requires data and analytics, or the job requires
working with stakeholders, and you have that in
your relevant experience, make sure to put that at
the top of your resume. Whatever job posting you’re looking at,
if they have keywords for skills required, make sure that you have those words
listed on your resume as well. You might have really great
analytical experience, But if you’re leaving out those keywords
that recruiters are looking for, you might get missed. Second of all, when actually looking at
your resume, make sure to be succinct, and precise with the bullet points that you’re
listing, as well as the experience. A lot of the times people will want to
write out paragraphs on their experiences, and what they did. But the more clear and precise that you
can make it, the easier it’s going to be for a recruiter to actually
read through your resume. And lastly, make sure that your
listing only relevant experiences, if there are things that
you’ve had on your resume for couple of years that might not be
very relevant to the job posting. Make sure to take those out so that the things that are relevant
can shine on your resume as well. If I could give one piece of
advice to someone who wants to get into business intelligence,
it’s just apply. Don’t be afraid to take that first step,
and get your foot in the door, because, the rest will follow. And, some of my favorite advice that
I’ve ever gotten was, it’s going to be better than you even imagined, so
just let yourself get to that place. [SOUND]

Practice Quiz: Activity: Stand out with a compelling, focused resume

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Video: Interview preparation strategies

When preparing for a BI job interview, it is important to highlight your data experience, demonstrate your BI knowledge, and list your skills. You should also be prepared to answer questions about your coding languages and tools. Finally, express your enthusiasm for the role and ask follow-up questions.

If you’ve experienced
a job interview before, you probably know what to expect. You might feel some nerves
as you prepare for it, excitement as you discuss your
passions and accomplishments, and anticipation as you
wait for a job offer. But what should you know
about BI job interviews? What might give you an advantage in a competitive job market? The most important topic to
discuss is your data experience. This includes your non-BI data background, and, of course, your hard
work during this course. Projects that you complete in a learning environment
are extremely valuable, even if you don’t have
an official role yet. After all, BI professionals
learn on the job every day. It’s half the fun. Then, you want to demonstrate
your BI knowledge. You can do this by explaining
your step-by-step process, like you did while creating
your portfolio write-ups. Here, you can get into specifics. Explain your project planning process, your approach to data modeling, and your dashboard design strategies. Discuss any obstacles you encountered and how you overcame them. Did you ask for help, try a new approach, or research solutions? Explaining how you dealt with a problem in your project will
highlight your resilience, positive attitude, and creativity. You also want to list your skills. It might be tempting to talk
mostly about your people skills or how you’re a very hard worker. While this is true, interviews also wanna know
about technical skills. Describe the coding languages and tools you’re familiar with. Make sure to discuss the
technical skills you developed in this course, such
as Python and Tableau. For instance, on our Finance
and Data Analytics team, we sometimes search for a candidate who knows a particular coding language. Other times, it’s important
for us to hire someone who can pick up multiple
new languages quickly. Some hiring managers may even ask you to complete a coding exercise to demonstrate your skill level. If so, make sure you understand which skills they will assess so you can prepare accordingly. I always tell candidates, “Don’t be afraid to ask follow-up questions if you don’t have all
the information you need.” No recruiter expects
you to know everything. And, finally, talk about
how excited you are to start in a BI role. Interviewers want to hire someone who is both competent and enthusiastic. The hiring manager may guide
most of your interview. They may steer the conversations
with their questions, but you should make sure to
discuss each of these topics before your interview is over. In general, it also helps to remember some universal
interview best practices. Answer the interviewer’s
questions descriptively and prioritize the most
relevant information. Speak with a friendly
but professional tone. Whether you’re in an
in-person or virtual setting, dress appropriately, make eye contact, and keep your body language
as relaxed and natural as you can. That last one might be
tough if you’re nervous, but that’s okay. Interviewers understand that you are eager to make a good impression. It will also help to think
of questions you may want to ask the interviewer. You’ll want to know what kinds
of data you will work on, how many people are on
the company’s BI team, and what you would be
expected to do in the role. You can also ask about the
organization’s commitment to inclusivity or their
philosophy on work-life balance. By asking your own questions,
you demonstrate your interest and that you’re a proactive learner. After all, asking the right questions is a BI professional’s first job. Each interview is a new opportunity to show off how hard you’ve worked and get one step closer
to an amazing new job.

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Review: Present business intelligence insights


Video: Wrap-up

In this concluding message, Terrence emphasizes the importance of effective communication and presentation skills in a Business Intelligence (BI) role. He highlights the significance of articulating project insights and accomplishments to various stakeholders, including recruiters, hiring managers, co-workers, and employers. The summary encapsulates the journey through the BI program, covering the value of communication skills, preparation for the BI career, updating the portfolio, enhancing the resume, and gaining interview tips. Terrence encourages the learner, acknowledging their significant progress in the course and expressing congratulations on reaching this point.

Hi there, it’s Terrence again. Now it’s time to wrap up this section and move on
to your graded assessment. In your future BI role, communicating your insights and accomplishments will
be an essential skill. It’s important to explain to
recruiters, hiring managers, co-workers, and employers how you worked on your projects. For example, you
learned the value of communication and
presentation skills when sharing your dashboards
with stakeholders, then you focused on preparing
for your career in BI. You learned about
the hiring process and how to look for a job, then worked on your portfolio. The skills you learned while creating presentations
can help you update your portfolio with
your latest BI achievements. After that, you
updated your resume to reflect the skills you
developed during this program, and finally, you learned some interview tips to prepare
you for your job search. By now, you’re well on your way to start
applying for jobs. You’ve made significant
progress in this course, congratulations.

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Quiz: Module 4 challenge

Which of the following pieces of information are typically included in a business intelligence presentation to stakeholders? Select all that apply.

Describing how you addressed a concern previously raised by stakeholders is one of four presentation and communication best practices. What are the other three? Select all that apply.

Fill in the blank: When sharing your_____, the sketches are intended to give stakeholders a clear idea of your design intentions.

Fill in the blank: If you are interested in business intelligence jobs in any industry, keep your criteria _____ during your job search by searching for “entry-level business intelligence” positions.

What are the benefits of having a portfolio to share during an interview? Select all that apply.

Fill in the blank: When answering interview questions, it is beneficial to prioritize the _____ details about your professional background.

At what point in the process should a business intelligence professional confirm the format in which business intelligence presentations will be conducted?

What is shared with stakeholders in order to provide them with a clear idea of your dashboard design intentions?

What job titles are most common in entry-level business intelligence jobs? Select all that apply.

Which of the following pieces of information should you include when sharing your portfolio? Select all that apply.