This document provides career tips for analytics, data science, and marketing research professionals. It recommends proactively managing your career by learning new skills, staying current on trends, and networking. The document outlines best practices for resumes, interviews, and job searching, noting that changing jobs can increase salaries by an average of 14% in analytics. It introduces Burtch Works as a recruiting firm that can help connect professionals to opportunities in quantitative fields.

1. Top Career Tips:
Analytics, Data Science,
and Marketing Research

2. The best time to start looking
for a new job is before you have to

3. There is no “perfect” time to change jobs,
but here are things to keep in mind:
Are you learning new skills?
Is your skillset current?
Do you feel challenged?
Are you growing your
expertise or experience?

4. Career moves can
pay off
average salary increase
when changing jobs
in analytics
14%

5. Managing
Your Career
& Job Search

6. Proactively manage your career
Join professional organizations
and other groups
Attend conferences or meetups
Keep your LinkedIn profile
updated
Network in your industry
Stay current on industry trends,
developments, tools, and skills

7. Resume Guide

8. Crafting an impactful resume:
Demonstrate your impact, not just your job
responsibilities
Establish progression throughout your career
Tailor your resume to each role
Include data sources used, tools, methodologies,
industries, and other relevant details

9. Resume Best Practices
Include legal name and contact info
Use consistent formatting for headings, etc.
Bullet objectives: show tools/methods you
used plus how your work impacted the project
Bullet format: problem > how you addressed
the problem > project outcome
Include interests and hobbies only if relevant
Be cautious about using design elements!
PDF the final version(s) with the job title

10. Job Search Guide

11. Assessing Opportunities
Learning new tools? New industry?
• Do you want to expand your skillset?
• Opening new doors or more of the same?
To manage or not to manage?
• Management is not the only viable path!
Team size?
• Stand out and make an impact or have a bigger
team to learn from?
• Do you enjoy wearing lots of hats?
Company size?
• Set processes vs. building/shaping the role?
Growth potential?
• Does this role have room for growth?
• A stepping stone or a promotion?
Other topics to consider:
• Compensation
• Benefits/additional perks
• Location or relocation
• Work/life balance

12. Titles may not be consistent
in different companies and
industries.
Ask questions during the
hiring process so that you
understand the role.
Navigating job
title differences

13. How to create targeted resumes
Interview Guide

14. Research as much
as you can!
• Company
• News/developments
• Strategies and goals
• Interviewers/hiring managers
• Review LinkedIn profiles
• Are they published?
Mentioned in an article?
Wrote a blog?
• Job description and
requirements
• Original posting
• Any correspondence

15. Know how long you’ll be
speaking for.
Research the company and role,
to see which of your examples
will be the most relevant.
Does your interviewer have a
technical/research background?
Does your interviewer have a
role on the team you’ll be
working on? Are they in HR?
Have examples prepared for
tools/methodologies from the
job description.
Plan your
interview pitch

16. Make sure to answer
the “So What”
Questions
• What were the
results/outcome of your
project?
• What were your
recommendations?
• What is the reason that
you’re bringing it up in this
interview?
• What does it demonstrate
about your skills?
• What did you learn?

17. Make sure to
practice!

18. Stand out during the interview
process by asking your interviewers
thoughtful, tailored questions.

19. Presentations and
assignments during the
hiring process are
common, so be prepared!

20. Our #1 piece of advice:
Don’t fall victim to the permanent pink slip.
Keep your skills fresh!

21. How can Burtch Works help?

22. • Direct relationships with marquee companies
• Clients including Fortune 50 firms, hedge funds,
growing startups, and more
• Resumes go directly to the hiring manager
• Opportunities nationwide
• Work across industries
We partner with top-shelf firms

23. We have unmatched knowledge of
the talent landscape
► We’re specialized in a variety of quantitative fields
► Trusted experts in these fast-growing areas
► Continuous interactions through webinars, flash surveys, industry
meetings
► Years of monitoring career progression
► Referrals from trusted sources
► Deep understanding of industry trends through conversations with the
quantitative community
► Swift process; continuous communication; flexibility

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Data Science
Deep Learning
Digital Analytics
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eCommerce
Fraud Analytics
Internet of Things (IoT)
Machine Learning
Market Research/Insights
Marketing Science
Media Optimization
Online Marketing
Operations Research
Pricing Analytics
Shopper Insights
SEO | SEM
Supply Chain Optimization
UX Research
Web Analytics
Some of our areas of expertise:

25. We’re a trusted resource
Comprehensive salary and demographic
reports for our main specialty areas:
- Data science
- Predictive analytics
- Marketing research
Website, blog, and job board trafficked by
thousands of quantitative professionals
Recognized by Forbes as one of America’s
Best Recruiting Firms
Frequently interview by the press:

26. We’re the authority
on salaries.
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research available for:
Predictive Analytics, Data Science, and
Marketing Research Professionals

27. Our studies contain
unparalleled data
Accurate data collected
directly from professionals
Compensation & hiring trends
Demographic characteristics
Salaries examined by years of experience,
industry, education and other factors
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