How to land a job as a SAS professional
SAS' Charu Shankar shares six tips for landing a job as a SAS user.
Tag: career
10 reasons to learn SAS code even when you have Enterprise Guide
New York City Mayor, Michael Bloomberg made a new-year's resolution to learn code. Apple’s Steve Jobs said, “I think everybody in this country should learn how to program a computer because it teaches you how to think.” President Barrack Obama said, "Don't just buy a new video game, make one.
Top 10 SAS Training Post blogs
December is all about traditions. Some of mine include holiday shopping, baking (I really mean eating) Christmas cookies and putting together my annual list of most read blogs on the SAS Training Post. So as traditions go… here’s my list of the top 10 most read blogs in 2014. How
Top 10 SAS Training Post blogs of 2013
“Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” We all remember that famous quote from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and can probably relate to it. In the chaos of trying to find time for everything life throws at you
Educating the next generation of analytics professionals
There’s a lot of talk about the gap between the demand for analytics talent and the short supply. Jennifer Priestley of Kennesaw State led a panel at Analytics 2013 to discuss how universities are minding the gap. I caught up with her to ask what schools need to be doing
How to land a job in the analytics field
Want to know the secrets to landing a job as an analytics professional? I went straight to the source – the expert speakers of Analytics 2013 to find out. Here’s some of their advice… What advice would you give students considering a job in analytics and those already in the
Q&A with Analytics 2013 speaker & Talent Analytics CEO Greta Roberts
Talent Analytics CEO Greta Roberts (@GretaRoberts) will be presenting at SAS’s Analytics 2013 Conference next month in Orlando, Florida on the results of the landmark 2012 Analytics Professionals Study. I recently had the opportunity to get Greta’s thoughts on a myriad of topics including what to expect at Analytics 2013,
Sweet success with SAS training
John Taylor has been using SAS for about 12 years and admits, he loves SAS! He was first introduced to SAS while working on his BA/MA in Statistics at Boston University. “It became immediately obvious to me that knowing SAS would be invaluable to me as a statistician, so I
Why SAS skills are more in demand than ever before
Wondering why technology is such a big deal and why working with SAS will be in demand forever? The great blackout of Toronto in 2003 proved that so well. We could barely survive without electricity for a whole day. While breakdowns make us acutely aware of our dependence, technology also
10 career tips for analytics professionals
We all strive to be the best in our field. I’m always looking for unique and fun ways to engage people through our social media channels at SAS. But what does it take to grow in the field of analytics? I reached out to the speakers and sponsors of the