How To Get A Business Analyst Job Without Canadian Work Experience: The College Option

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How To Get A Business Analyst Job Without Canadian Work Experience: The College Option

Gaining work experience is extremely essential to breaking into the Canadian Job Market. If you’re a business analyst in Canada looking to retrain, get some work experience under your belt and launch your business analysis career, here are some college degrees in Canada that are relatively quick to get (require an investment of up to a year of your time), have flexible study schedules and come with opportunities for work experience.

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An Introvert’s Guide To Participating In Business Meetings

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An Introvert’s Guide To Participating In Business Meetings

Introverts are a special group of people who need sufficient time to make sense of a situation, reflect and analyze information. They need to process information before taking a position on issues. Business meetings can seem chaotic to them with different people going off in different directions and throwing up suggestions that don’t seem well thought out.

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What BAs Should Know About Managing Business Meetings

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What BAs Should Know About Managing Business Meetings

One of the core competencies business analysts should have is the ability to facilitate business meetings. From elicitation to analysis, meetings are a true test of a business analyst’s facilitation skills. As a business analyst, you may love meetings, or you may hate them, but they aren’t going anywhere anytime soon, so it’s best to learn how to organize and run meetings effectively.

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6 Resume Writing Tips Business Analysts Should Not Take For Granted

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6 Resume Writing Tips Business Analysts Should Not Take For Granted

An average US company spends $4,000 to fill an open position. This means that they follow rigorous recruiting procedures and nothing but the best resume can help you to get your foot in the interview door. Here are 6 resume writing secrets that can help you land an interview and get a job as a business analysts.

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7 Key Ways A Business Process Analyst Can Improve Your Company’s Output

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7 Key Ways A Business Process Analyst Can Improve Your Company’s Output

To remain significant as a business, you need to make existing processes efficient and lean. Of course, processes are inherent in every organization, but they can be cumbersome and not achieve their set goals if not executed the right way or you don't have the required resources to spearhead process change efforts. Guest Post By Owen McGab Enaohwo

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Tips For Business Analyst Job Hunting

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Tips For Business Analyst Job Hunting

There are few things in life more daunting than hunting for a new job. Heart palpitations while in front of a panel of interviewers and trying to present yourself in the best possible light is difficult enough as it is, even without knowing that you’re just one of dozens—if not hundreds—of candidates.  

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What BAs Can Learn About Avoiding Conflict At The Workplace

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What BAs Can Learn About Avoiding Conflict At The Workplace

One possible reason workplace conflicts are so common is the inability of people who are responsible for handling them to deal with conflicts as well as they should. What are some of the most important conflict-resolution strategies and techniques that managers and non-managers alike can use to avoid conflicts at the workplace? Here's a list that every BA can learn from.

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New To Business Analysis? Your Questions Answered...

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New To Business Analysis? Your Questions Answered...

A blog visitor contacted me last week and wanted answers to some questions relating to business analysis. Here's an excerpt of my response. If there's any question you would like answered, please leave a comment below and I'll try to get your response out as soon as I can!

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Most Common Mistakes Of Rookie BAs And How To Avoid Them

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Most Common Mistakes Of Rookie BAs And How To Avoid Them

Dale Turner, an American songwriter and rock musician, once said that some of the most memorable lessons we will ever learn are from past mistakes. As a new BA, there’s a world of possible mistakes though not all mistakes need to be made if they can be anticipated and prevented. Here are some examples of common mistakes every BA should be aware of and avoid:

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A List Of Free Business Writing Courses You Should Explore

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A List Of Free Business Writing Courses You Should Explore
Words are a lens to focus one’s mind – Ayn Rand

Business Writing is extremely important for almost all professions. Effective communication involves deciding when it is appropriate to send an email, organize a meeting or prepare a presentation. Whatever the case, business writing is extremely important to becoming a successful professional. Here are some free course materials online you can use to improve your writing skills:

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Career Change Tips: From Software Development To Business Analysis

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Career Change Tips: From Software Development To Business Analysis

I’ve received several enquiries from Software Developers who want to move into the business analyst field. What are the challenges in accomplishing this and how can they be overcome? How can a software developer successfully become a business analyst without being drawn back to their former role whenever the company nears some big deadline and needs developers quickly? This article addresses key career transition questions that developers should have answers to.

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The Business Rules Analyst Job Description

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The Business Rules Analyst Job Description

Businesses that make decisions without proper rules in place to guide their decision-making are much more likely to miss achieving their goals. To avoid this, companies hire dedicated business rules analysts.

Let’s take a closer look at the role of a business rules analyst and what exactly business rules are.

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A List Of Free Leadership Training Courses For Business Analysts

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A List Of Free Leadership Training Courses For Business Analysts

Leadership is about motivating people to act in ways that help to achieve shared goals and objectives. In eliciting and managing requirements, business analysts encounter numerous opportunities to display their leadership skills and influence the decisions that are made throughout the course of the project.

If you are interested in building or improving on your leadership skills, the following courses provide an avenue for achieving this.

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