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Data Analyst resume example
Data analyst resumes that get interviews show the decision, not just the dashboard. This example names the tools a tracking system searches for (SQL, Python, Tableau) and ties each analysis to what the business did with it.
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Data Analyst resume summary examples
Two or three sentences at the top of your resume that say who you are, what you’re good at and what you’ve achieved. Pick the one closest to your level and swap in your own facts.
Economics graduate with a data analytics certificate and hands on SQL, Excel and Tableau from two internships. Built a sales dashboard now used by a 40 person team.
Data analyst with 4 years in retail and insurance. Uses SQL, Python and Tableau to answer business questions, with analyses that have saved over $2.7M a year.
Senior data analyst with 8 years leading analytics for commercial teams. Sets up the metrics, models and experiments that pricing and marketing decisions run on, and mentors a team of four.
More in the guide: how to write a resume summary.
Bullet points for a data analyst resume
Strong bullets start with an action verb, say what you did, and end with a result someone can measure. Use these as patterns, with your own numbers.
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- Built a demand forecast that cut overstock 18%, saving about $2.1M a year
- Automated 30 manual reports into Tableau dashboards used weekly by 200 managers
- Designed an A/B test that raised repeat purchases 7%
- Found a claims fraud pattern worth $600K a year in avoided payouts
- Cut report query times from minutes to seconds by redesigning the SQL data model
- Merged data from three legacy systems into a single source of truth
- Presented monthly findings to senior leadership and turned them into action items
- Trained 25 colleagues to build their own reports in Power BI
Skills to put on a data analyst resume
Tracking systems match your resume against the words in the job posting, so list the skills you really have using the posting’s own terms. Hard skills belong in a skills section; show soft skills through your bullet points.
Hard skills
- SQL
- Python
- pandas
- R
- Excel
- Tableau
- Power BI
- Looker
- Statistics
- A/B testing
- Forecasting
- Data cleaning
- Data modelling
- Snowflake
- BigQuery
- dbt
Soft skills
- Data storytelling
- Stakeholder management
- Business acumen
- Attention to detail
- Presenting to leadership
- Curiosity
How to write a data analyst resume
01
Show the decision the analysis drove
"Built a dashboard" is a task. "Built a dashboard that 200 managers use to set weekly orders" is an outcome. Every bullet should answer: so what changed?
02
Name the exact tools
Data analyst postings are full of tool names, and tracking systems match on them. List SQL, Python, Tableau and the rest in plain words, not logos or skill bars.
03
Put money or time on it when you can
Savings, revenue, hours saved and error rates are the numbers hiring managers remember. An estimate you can explain is better than no number.
04
Check what a tracking system sees
Before you apply, run your finished resume through the free ATS resume checker to see the exact text a parser pulls out, and fix anything that comes out scrambled.
Tailor it to each data analyst job
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