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Top Job Search Engines: Why you need to start looking EARLY

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Top Job Search Engines: Why you need to start looking EARLY The best way to get ready for life after your graduate program is to explore the job market before hand. Many of us go into this mainly for expanding our career opportunities and to reach higher salaries. Word of advice : once in the program, looking for a job will become as job itself. Tough love ahead (warning): IT. WILL.NOT. BE.EASY.  You've got to pass your classes, look for a job, and maintain some resemblance of having a life. We get it. The best way to get an offer before graduating is to get started with the search early enough. Depending on your program, you may get exposed to different HR managers or company executives themselves at career fairs and other networking events. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EVERY CHANCE YOU GET TO MEET SOMEONE WHO CAN HIRE YOU.  Sending applications online as you may (sadly) have already discovered, is not the optimal way. Take a look at our top search engines: Dice.com...
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Ace Your Admissions Interviews: Tips & Tricks

As you may know, the interview is an important aspect of the for graduate school admission process. A good interview may greatly improve your chance to get an offer. Here are some tips and tricks based on our interview experience! The interview for an analytics program is typically held by the Director of the program or whoever is in charge of admissions. You will have an opportunity and talk to them in person or via Skype. The whole process is often more relaxed than you'd imagine, so try not to worry about tricky questions or stumbling through an answer. Just relax and be yourself, as cliche as that is. As far as important aspects of the interview, here are a few to focus on: 1. Discuss and demonstrate your ability to handle intense school work.There are several challenging classes in these programs, so you'll want to prove that you're up to the task. You may get overwhelmed at times while in the program, so you'll want to discuss your academic abiliti...
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Getting a Head Start: Best FREE Online Prep Courses

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Getting a Head Start : Best FREE online courses to get you ready! Whether you were just accepted into the program of your dreams or whether you simply want to get a better feel of what the actual classes will look like, exploring these links is a MUST. We all have busy lives, whether you work or study full time, these online classes will help you put your (little or non-existent)free time to good use. Graduate programs are challenging, so starting with a good basis will set you up for success.  Here are the top online courses we recommend you take a look at before the start of your program: 1. DataCamp DataCamp is used by companies, universities and governmental organizations worldwide to help employees and students learn the fundamentals of data literacy. The classes are divided into chapters and easy to follow videos along the way. Our top choice!  https://www.datacamp.com/ 2. Coursera Each course is like an interactive textbook, featuring videos, quiz...
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Picking the Perfect Program

If you haven't already seen our list of all 61 graduate analytics programs in America, you'll quickly learn that there are plenty of options to pick from. You might be tempted to look up rankings, like these ones published by TFE Times , and apply to what are supposedly the best programs in the country. While that may seem like an obvious place to start, there are a number of factors to consider when picking a program....and ranking is just one of them. Career Placement: Naturally, most students pursuing a Master's degree are interested in the placement opportunities provided by each university. Given the cost of many of these programs, ensuring a good return on investment is important. With that being said, be sure to check out each university's placement rate and get a good understanding of where students are being placed. Are they typically be hired into specific industries? What companies tend to hire from the school? Those are the types of questions you...
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List of Graduate Analytics Programs

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So you've decided to head back to school and you're looking to stay (or come) to America to pursue a graduate degree in Analytics. Now what? Well, the first step is creating a shortlist of programs you're interested in. To make that easier, we've compiled a list of all the full-time, on-campus, master's programs available to you. Keep in mind, this list does not include certificate programs, part-time programs or online programs. With that being said, the number of credit hours and the prerequisites required by each of these programs will differ. So if you're set on a one-year program, or looking for a program with limited prereqs be sure to look into the school's requirements before applying. Finally, this list is divided by region. The biggest reason for the geographical distinction is for career purposes. Typically schools have the greatest placement success in getting their students hired by companies with offices nearby. So if you're hoping to...
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