Knowledge and skills that will make you dream of any HR-specialist

If you want to increase your chances to take the job dreams, teach programming languages ​​and understand finance.

Andrew Alyasov

CEO and founder of educational Changellenge platform, one of the authors of an online course on development Changellenge Tool Kit.

1. Knowledge of the basic concepts of economics and finance

This advice is not only for those who will daily work with financial models. According to studiesFor the knowledge economy, Russia will have to be retrained the BCG consulting company, 91% of employers concludes that graduates lack practical skills. However, all are seeking career opportunities and a decent wage.

Desires and aspirations of those who have just graduated from university, according to a study Changellenge, are as follows Respondents could choose up to three answers. 38% dream of working in consulting, 28% - in the sphere of finance and investments, 20% - in banking and insurance. To convey to the employer why you are worthy dream job, Will have to "make friends" with concepts such as NPV, cash flows, and interest rate.

2. Knowledge of programming languages

LinkedIn social network conducted a survey25 skills LinkedIn says are most likely to get you hired in 2018, Which showed that 70% of the skills that are popular with employers who are IT. According to studiesJobs of the future. What will the financial sector look like in 2030? International recruitment company Hays, after 10 years of the most sought after in the labor market will be programmers, modellers big data and information security specialists.

The only difficulty lies in the fact that the dynamic technology, but because learning something new will have throughout life. Incidentally, it is not necessary to have a specialized education to do so. manyHow to come to IT: about interns and June Young IT-specialists do not, but the labor market they are in demand.

Of course, to understand the world of technology from and to - an impossible task. But here is to learn one of the languages ​​(JavaScript, Java, Python) will be very helpful for those who want to improve their chances to occupy a prestigious position.

3. Working with Excel

It would seem that everything is simple. But did you know that the skill work in Excel is divided into several levels? To be user-base layer sufficiently able to create tables and lists, and fill them with a simple arithmetic formulas. Advanced users can do spreadsheets, know the complex (nested) formula and even use conditional formatting. And Excel virtuoso works wonders: automate operations, prescribing macros, and go beyond the boundaries of Excel. Of course, this skill will be very useful when working with large amounts of data.

4. Data handling

Working with data includes the search and collection of the necessary information, as well as its processing and analysis.

The flow of information is increasing every day and often confusing speed and volume. Qualitative analysis of the data allows you to optimize the company's performance and increase the profitability of the business, so the work in the field of data science and machine learning, according to the informationBig Data Analyst Superjob, very well paid.

To pump such a skill is not easy. You should start with the development of programming languages Python and R. They are useful in the process of data collection, information processing and working with statistics. Also, knowledge of mathematics and statistics are needed. To work with database management systems have to learn MySQL, and to prepare reports on the results obtained will need to master the tools of visualization.

Difficult. But we believe in you.

5. Knowledge of foreign languages

Ignorance of the English language is often baffling even in everyday life, not to mention the process of learning, such as programming. But knowledge of English today can be attributed more to the basic skills, rather than to the Securities. Bonus will resume knowledge three or more languages (Russian, English and more). More than half of respondents say HaysJobs of the future. What will the financial sector look like in 2030?That in the next 10 years it polyglots will receive additional points in the competition for the prestigious job.

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