The Better Business Analysis Institute presence, the Better
Business Analysis Podcast with Benjamin Walsh.
Hi everybody, and welcome back to the Better Business Analysis
podcast with Benjamin Walsh. And this week we're going to
continue on our BA Byte series and we're going to talk about a
topic that I think is really important for everyone around
the world at the moment. Specifically in New Zealand,
there are hundreds if not thousands of people losing their
jobs in the public service. A lot of those are BAS and
testers as people look to AI and automation to replace BAS.
Also in both the America and the UK, you have general elections
coming up. So it is a word of change.
The global economy is down and so today I want to talk about
your CV. That's right, as you may find
yourself unemployed or between jobs in the next little bit, I
want to talk to you about your CV.
So let's get on with it. When you are putting it
together, ACVI highly recommend using a LinkedIn profile.
You can convert it to ACV. So your LinkedIn profile should
have everything you've ever done ever for every job or experience
in it. It's like the novel.
And you use that to produce the specific CV you want to target a
job, which should be one to three pages.
Now what I would recommend you have on your CV is make sure
that you list not just the job and and you know how long you
were there and the responsibilities.
You should be listing the project achievements.
OK, so things like increased process efficiency by 30%
through the implementation of a new workflow system, reduced
operational cost by 15% by optimizing resource allocation.
And they need to be things that you did not that the team did.
You should, You can reference the team, but you need to say
what you did in that. I was ABA who gathered
requirements and worked in an agile development team who did
the following outcome. The other thing is
certifications. List any certification that
you've ever received. Listing the BA relevant ones
first business and then others. Now it's still worth listing.
Certifications or degrees in other fields do not hold back.
I think that's really important. BAS who have come from other
worlds are generally successful. You can obviously list your
agile certifications, BA certifications, you know, your
CBBA level one from the Better Business Analysis Institute or
your CBAP from the IIBA. Then you want to list your
industry experience. OK, so you can do this under the
jobs, but I like to have it as its own section.
So you could say I specialized in the finance, financial
services area and focused on risk management.
Use keywords, buzzwords here that are relevant or talk about
legislation change, maybe extensive experience in
healthcare analytics using Power BI.
So the industry and maybe the tools that you use.
I know that sounds stupid. I know it's solution based and
context based but that's how recruiters are looking for
keywords on your CV. The other area are soft skills.
Make sure you demonstrate strong problem solving skills and cross
functional team settings, proven track record of communication
and stakeholders and all the great soft skills that BAS need
to do like workshopping and requirements analysis.
And finally, create content that you can link from your LinkedIn
profile or send through to recruiters which give examples
of your work. If you've done a presentation or
a process diagram, anonymize that.
Or create a copy in a mythical or made-up world and show copies
of your work. For me, that will tilt the
difference between someone who has a very similar CV and I can
see copies of their work and I know how they work by just
looking at them. Then I'll go with that person
who's got a copy of their work. Now finally, don't be afraid to
list personal interests, any professional achievements in any
kind of sitting outside of BA. OK, but you need to really make
your CV human and not just like, sound like you're just a robot.
OK, we've gone over 2 minutes, but I hope that helps you make
your CV kick ass in a strange world we live in right now.