The gap in skilled workers in Germany continues to grow. Many companies will continue to have major problems filling important IT positions in 2023. This is why more and more IT professions are becoming interesting for lateral entrants, as companies are becoming more open to lateral IT entry.
But also professions for career changers require certificates, qualifications and skills. Companies need a guarantee that career changers can perform their new job role professionally. This is where online training comes into play. For IT professions, online training is particularly practical, as participants can learn the material in a virtual programming environment.
After passing such a training, the learned skills can be proven with an official certificate at the employer. In the following article, you will learn which professions you can enter with online training and what you should be able to do for these professions.
Career change as a data analyst
Data enables companies to make better business decisions. However, most companies lack trained professionals capable of analyzing the data they collect. One job role that is therefore in demand by many companies is the Data Analyst.
As a Data Analyst, your job is to clean data and perform analysis based on that data. These data analyses enable you, as a Data Analyst, to draw insights from the data that you use to inform and support executives in business decisions.
However, the Data Analyst job role requires specific skills. A data analyst needs basic programming skills, in programming languages such as Python. Furthermore, certain mathematics and statistics skills are required. Additionally, logical thinking, analytical skills, and strong communication skills are required.
In the past, it was mainly graduates of STEM courses who worked as data analysts. Today, however, it is not absolutely necessary to have a degree in order to learn all the necessary skills and to be able to venture a career as a data analyst.
Online continuing education like StackFuels "Data Analyst Focus Python"course, which provides training participants with all the necessary knowledge to work as a data analyst within three months on a part-time basis. The best thing about it: Your previous professional experience helps you learn and get a job after the training.
Career change as a Data Scientist
A Data Scientist has very similar tasks to a Data Analyst. However, a Data Scientist must have a few extra skills that a Data Analyst does not necessarily need to do their job. For example, a Data Scientist uses more advanced math and statistics skills. This is because a Data Scientist often works with artificial intelligence and should also be able to set up machine learning algorithms. This enables Data Scientists to achieve even more accurate predictions and automate processes in the company.
A lateral entry as a Data Scientist is also quite conceivable. The online course "Data Scientist Focus Python"enables career changers to work as Data Scientists in companies after completing the retraining.
However, it should be noted that it is useful to already have programming knowledge before this course. You can acquire this basic knowledge in another course with us beforehand. You should also have a basic aptitude for mathematics and statistics if you are considering a career change as a Data Scientist.
Lateral entry as Python developer:in
You have already heard about Python in the context of data analytics and data science. In fact, this programming language is also very well suited for a specialization.
Python developers are sought after by many companies, especially because of the many application areas that this programming language offers. Python is very popular in backend, mobile app and game development. This makes the ability to program in Python versatile. Despite all this, Python is very easy to learn compared to other programming languages.
All this makes Python one of the most suitable professions for career changers. There are numerous ways to learn Python online. Among them are free training courses that offer the advantage of an official certificate from a recognized provider upon completion. It can be especially advantageous for beginners to be supported in your learning process by experienced mentors, as is the case with StackFuel as part of the retraining. With an education voucher from the employment agency, you can this training even free of charge.
Career change as BI Analyst
It is becoming increasingly important for companies to be able to analyze business data in real time. However, many companies lack the necessary specialists for this. That's why many companies are happy to use lateral hires in this case as well.
As a BI Analyst, in most cases you will be working with data that has already been cleansed and from which you can draw business-relevant insights. You visually prepare the insights you draw from this data using dashboards, among other things, in a way that makes them easy to understand for stakeholders without data knowledge.
The job role of BI analyst is particularly well suited for career changers because there are now suitable self-service BI tools such as Power BI. These allow you to draw insights from large amounts of data without programming skills.
The online continuing education course "BI Analyst Focus Power BIThe "Power BI" course is particularly good because, apart from the basics of Power BI, you will also learn SQL and statistical basics. In addition, you will also be taught how to effectively communicate the findings of your data analyses to a stakeholder using data storytelling.
Lateral entry as SQL developer:in
SQL developers are experts in the administration and implementation of relational databases. As an SQL developer, you ensure that the databases run efficiently, securely and that the data is accessible to all authorized persons. An important part of the job description of an SQL developer are queries with the database language SQL.
SQL developers are in demand everywhere, as companies are increasingly looking to expand their data infrastructures in the course of digitization. SQL developers are especially needed for this. The first step to start a career as an SQL developer is to learn the SQL query language. The easiest and quickest way to do this is to take an online course that provides you with a virtual programming environment in which you can gain practical experience and thus be optimally prepared for your day-to-day work. In the "SQL online courseStackFuel's "Learn SQL Basics" course will teach you the most important SQL basics within a month.
Conclusion: The 5 best professions for career changers
In this article, we have highlighted five well-paid professions that are relevant for you as a career changer. Each of these five professions can be learned online within a few months and offers you the chance of a crisis-proof and easily accessible career field.
If you have more specific questions about how to learn these professions or which of these professions is the best fit for you, our continuing education team is available to provide you with a free consultation.
Sources
Bitkom (2022): "Despite war and crises: Germany lacks 137,000 IT specialists" [ 01.03.2023]
t3n (2022): "6 reasons why you should learn Python no later than 2022" [ 01.03.2023]
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