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Data Analyst resume keywords and fixes

Data Analyst resumes need to show tools, data sources, business questions, dashboards, models, reporting cadence, and decisions influenced by your work.

ATS keywords

Terms a Data Analyst resume should consider

SQLExcelPower BITableaudashboard developmentdata cleaningreportingbusiness intelligence

Do not force keywords you cannot honestly support. Use the exact terms when they describe real experience, tools, environments, or responsibilities you actually have.

Common mistakes

What usually keeps this resume from ranking

  • Listing tools without explaining what analysis, dashboard, or decision they supported.
  • Not matching the exact BI, SQL, spreadsheet, or data quality language in the posting.
  • Leaving out stakeholders, reporting frequency, dataset size, or measurable business impact.

Bullet rewrite

Turn a duty into evidence

Before

Created reports and analyzed data for the team.

After

Built SQL and Power BI dashboards for weekly operations reporting, cleaning source data and surfacing trends that helped leaders identify bottlenecks and prioritize workflow improvements.

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