Send us a text Vicky Torres sent over 1,000 job applications in 12 months. She got four interviews—every one through referrals. Zero came from job boards. This wasn’t about weak credentials. Torres holds a B.S. in IT and an M.S. in Data Analytics, founded a women-in-tech org, and built real projects. What changed everything: she stopped playing by the old rules. Here's what actually got her hired: She stopped playing by the old rules entirely. Traditional job hunting advice tells you to polis...
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Send us a text Vicky Torres sent over 1,000 job applications in 12 months. She got four interviews—every one through referrals. Zero came from job boards. This wasn’t about weak credentials. Torres holds a B.S. in IT and an M.S. in Data Analytics, founded a women-in-tech org, and built real projects. What changed everything: she stopped playing by the old rules. Here's what actually got her hired: She stopped playing by the old rules entirely. Traditional job hunting advice tells you to polis...
How I Went from Speech Pathologist to Data Analyst!
Data Career Academy
39 minutes
2 months ago
How I Went from Speech Pathologist to Data Analyst!
Send us a text In this episode of the Data Career Academy Podcast, Albert Bellamy sits down with Samantha Fitzsimmons, a former speech-language pathologist who successfully transitioned into the world of data analytics. Samantha spent 14 years helping patients improve communication and cognitive function before making the bold decision to pivot her career. Today, she’s a job seeker in the analytics field, focusing on healthcare and call center data, with a growing portfolio of Tableau dashboa...
Data Career Academy
Send us a text Vicky Torres sent over 1,000 job applications in 12 months. She got four interviews—every one through referrals. Zero came from job boards. This wasn’t about weak credentials. Torres holds a B.S. in IT and an M.S. in Data Analytics, founded a women-in-tech org, and built real projects. What changed everything: she stopped playing by the old rules. Here's what actually got her hired: She stopped playing by the old rules entirely. Traditional job hunting advice tells you to polis...
