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Written by Jeff Martin
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We want to see your passion. We want to hear your thoughts on the practice of business analysis. What is difficult? What has changed since you have been practicing these skills? What is missing in our profession? What is keeping you up at night as you change the organization you are working for? We want to know and we want YOU to tell us!
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to become an article contributor. The BA Collective has been created for and is operated by Business Analysts. We want your voice because together we can go much farther and do much more as we change organizations and industries.
Contact us today and talk with our community!
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Introducing Business Analysis Jobs |
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Written by Dave Albright
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Believe in always finding a way to make something better. Taking this journey together has led us through some exciting new paths that are bringing about true change for the better. Welcome BusinessAnalysisJobs.com to the BA Collective community.
We believe in change for the better. We believe that means that, now more than ever, leaders need ways to connect with the skilled business analysts that can successfully facilitate change within their organizations and markets. This site was created to help reduce the barriers between those leaders looking to evolve, adapt, and grow their organizations and the business analysts that can connect the people, processes, and technology required to make it all happen.
Employers can post their openings for $10 at BusinessAnalysisJobs.com (versus hundreds at the more general catch-all job boards) and reach the focused group of skilled BA practitioners they need to move their organizations forward.
It's about getting the right people in the right place at the right time to help our companies, markets, and communities keep moving in the right direction. |
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Maintaining and Keeping Your Edge: 5 Tips to Landing a Job |
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Written by Renee Saint-Louis
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 In 2001 I found myself "in-transition". A year prior I had accepted a position with a small Internet start-up firm in New Jersey. As the Dot Com bubble burst, I found myself without a job, as the company I worked for headed towards shuttering it's doors. I was let go on September 5th, 2001. Six days later, I watched in horror as terrorists attacked our country. During this time I had traveled across country to re-settle in Seattle, WA. Little did I know, at the time, that Seattle would suffer with some of the worst unemployment in the country following the 9/11 attacks. My unemployment lasted a full 8 months. I was at a complete loss as to how to respond to the constant rejection as I applied for jobs, interviewed, and was dismissed. I found that my resume was average, my interview skills lacking - there was not anything that made me stand out from the plethora of resumes that stream across a recruiter's desks. That time was very similar to today’s job market: many people are competing for a handful of desirable jobs. If you are employed, you feel fortunate to have a job. If you are "in-transition", you may feel as if you will never find a job again. You will. It may, like me, take much more time than you anticipated.
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You Help Companies Change! |
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Written by Jeff Martin, Founder of Collective Genius
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 It's Friday night and your spouse has organized a dinner out with some new friends. You arrive at the restaurant, greet your new friends and sit down. After the small talk subsides and your spouse gets engrossed in a conversation with her/his friend, your new friend looks across the table and asks “So, what do you do?” You pause and think “What explanation do I provide this time? They look smart; they have glasses on, no pencil protector - hmmm.” You choose among your 80 possible explanations from “I work with computers” to the classic novel “Well, I work on the business side of a managed care organization as part SME and part BA, and act as a liaison between multiple business units and the BI IT group providing requirements documentation and analysis on processes and new technology applications to ensure we build the right solutions internally within our organization allowing management the right reporting visibility." Typically your new friend will smile and say "So you work on computers, huh?" My former response was… “I am a Gladiator”, get a laugh then give the midsized explanation leaving them clueless and getting a similar response "Oh, your company works on computers?" So answer the question already. What do you do? |
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Project Parenthood: Reframe for Clarity |
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Written by Geof Lory
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 Last Friday my oldest daughter Jenna asked if she could go to a late movie that I knew would not end until after 11:00 pm. She was going to be with a group of her friends, so I agreed. Then she informed me that I would have to pick them up from the theatre at 11:15 pm and then drive her three friends home. Having driven her friends home before after earlier movies, I knew they live all over town. It would be at least a 45-minute job to do what she was asking. I was just about to tell her that I was not willing to do that, when I stopped myself and decided to try some reframing instead. (What good are kids if you can't practice on them?)
"So, let me understand this Jenna. You would like me to wake up 30-45 minutes after I have been sleeping in my warm comfortable bed, get dressed, go out into the cold Minnesota winter night, drive 15 minutes to pick you up and then another 30 minutes to drop off your friends just so you can see a movie tonight that you could see tomorrow for half-price at the matinee? Have I essentially captured the gist of your request?" Unfortunately I had, and from the look on her face, I had made my point, too.
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