Top Udemy courses to kick-start your Data Analytics career.

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 It has been long since i last posted. I want to share top online courses that can boost your career by giving you cutting edge skills needed in today's work. With increased focus on optimization and business intelligence, the demand for skills in analytics will continue to increase. As young people starting your careers, you need to focus on what is changing and what recruiters are looking for. When you land on any job advert, try to identify skills they are looking for and compare with what you have. Then you can look up for ways of skilling yourself. 
Here are my top courses on Udemy that you can complete and get those needed skills.  My selection is based on the skills that being sought after in job adverts for business analysts, program analysts, and Monitoring and Evaluation specialists.   I will be sharing a list for Coursera later in the week. 

  1. Excel Data Analysis For Dummies. 

    For the beginners, this is the must go to course. Excel is the number-one spreadsheet application, with ever-expanding capabilities. Ions that can benefit your business or personal finances by uncovering trends and other important information hidden within the numbers. Excel Data Analysis For Dummies eliminates the need for advanced statistics or analysis courses by allowing you to harness the full power of Excel to do the heavy lifting for you. 

  2.  R Level 1 - Data Analytics with R. This is an excellent course if you are new to R. you may need to have some quantitative skills already. The course gives all the important aspects of statistical programming ranging from handling different data types to loops and functions, even graphs. 


  1. Learning Python for Data Analysis and Visualization. It is hard nowadays to talk about analytics without talking about Python.  This course my kick start your career in data science by giving you the resources to learn python and effectively use it analyze and visualize data.    

  1. Complete Introduction to Business Data Analysis This course moves beyond basics.  The Complete Introduction to Business Data Analysis teaches you how to apply different methods of data analysis to turn your data into new insight and intelligence.

  1. The Data Science Course 2022: Complete Data Science Bootcamp. This course provides all resources in one place.  The course teaches you everything you need to know to become a data scientist. 

  1. Microsoft Power BI - Business Intelligence for Beginners. Microsoft PowerBI continues to grow but its application seems to have been limited to reports and dashboard. The skills to transform raw data into beautiful Interactive Dashboards will land you gigs and remote work opportunities.  Give this course a try. 


Let me know what you these about these and also comment with your favorite.  Also share with your friends, especially fresh graduates interested in the field.


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