Skills to list on your CV

How do I signal to recruiters what I have learned?

Firms seek to hire individuals who know how to work with digital data because digital data are a valuable asset. They are expensive to produce, store, and maintain. They can be bought or sold. They are so critical to delivering services and making decisions that is hard to imagine how a Commerce graduate could start a successful career without an understanding of data technologies, or without mastering essential digital technology skills.

COMM - 3220 Data Management for Decision Making covers many of the foundational skills that are needed to to be successful in our technology-infused business world. As a result of this course, this is what you may list on your CV:

• Data modeling skills: analyzing and organizing business information to be stored in databases
  - Tools: ERD diagramming, Draw IO,  MySQL Workbench
• Database skills: searching, storing, and modifying business data.
  - Tools: SQL, Microsoft Azure Data Studio, Microsoft SQL Server
• Business intelligence skills: analytics, dashboards and visualizations
  - Tools: Microsoft Power Query, Power Pivot, and Power BI.