ATS resume guide
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
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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