Data Analyst Resume Example: Sections and Sample Bullets

Analyst hiring managers look for evidence you can pull data, clean it, and explain it. Tools matter (SQL, Excel, Power BI, Python) but so does a sentence about the decision the work supported.

Suggested sections

• Summary: domain (ops, marketing, finance) + tools + years or project count.
• Skills: SQL, Excel, visualization tool, maybe Python/pandas.
• Experience or internships.
• Projects: Kaggle-style work only if you can talk through the data and the question.
• Education and certificates (Google Data Analytics, etc.) with the year.

Sample bullets

• Wrote SQL joins across orders and customers to build a weekly delayed-shipment list for operations.
• Built an Excel model with pivot tables for monthly spend by vendor; flagged two duplicate invoice series.
• Published a Power BI dashboard of ticket volume by hour so the support lead could staff evenings.

Portfolio

Link a GitHub or a public dashboard only if the data is public or anonymized. Do not paste employer data into a public repo. On the resume, one URL is enough.

Template choice

Professional Sidebar works well because skills sit where a screener looks first. Keep chart images off the PDF; describe the dashboard in a bullet instead.