This is a very COMMON issue that I observe in the projects of aspiring candidates

They download a DATASET from Kaggle or any other website

Export it to a Data Analysis TOOL

And START the project with data cleaning

After cleaning the data, they PLUG it into a dashboard

In the dashboard, they put EVERY column into the visuals

Also they APPLY the filters of top/bottom 10

Once done, they crack their KNUCKLES

And put this project in a list of SUCCESSFULLY completed projects

Over time, I have REVIEWED so many portfolio projects

And I see this ISSUES almost every time

When I go to their portfolio, for every project there is a DASHBOARD

But WHAT should I do after seeing a dashboard?

What is it trying to SAY?

What should I do after SEEING top or bottom 10 cities, states or products?

Every dashboard lacks CONTEXT

And why NOT?

Because they DON'T even know the business problem or problem statement

So the dashboard you created is of NO use

Your job is not just to create DASHBOARDS

Your job would be to create DASHBOARDS to take out important INSIGHTS

And from those insights, you will build RECOMMENDATIONS

And these recommendations will be given to stakeholders as a SOLUTION to their business problem

If they implemented your IDEAS and the problem gets solved

Now you can say your work is DONE

If you are SHOWING bottom 10 states, then what?

You should write the INSIGHTS too

For example, the sales of North India zone are FALLING

The insights can be used like this

Delhi that used to be in TOP 5 states is now in the BOTTOM 10 states

And this might be the REASON why our North India sales are DROPPING so hard

This is just a RANDOM example showing how your charts become UNDERSTANDABLE

Well, everyone can EXTRACT insights from charts

Even a KID can do this after looking at the tallest and smallest bar

The real task is to give RECOMMENDATIONS to solve the BUSINESS problem

And I have NEVER seen this in anyone's portfolio

If you are doing this, then you are easily STANDING out in the crowd

In my PORTFOLIO, I used to keep business problem, insights, dashboard and recommendations

Even in the bullet point of projects in my resume, I included RECOMMENDATIONS

Now this is what you can call a STRONG portfolio

Because your analysis skills are the SAME as those used in the real life by a Data Analyst

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