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Sample ATS-friendly CV: Data Analyst

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[Your Name]

Data Analyst · SQL, Power BI & Reporting

[City] · [email@example.com] · [Phone] · [linkedin.com/in/yourname]

Summary

Data analyst with 3 years turning business questions into clear dashboards and recommendations. Strong in SQL and Power BI, careful about data quality, and used to presenting findings to non-technical teams.

Skills

SQL · Excel (Power Query, pivots) · Power BI / Tableau · Python (pandas) · A/B test analysis · Data cleaning & validation · Dashboard design · Stakeholder presentations

Experience

Data Analyst2023 – Present

[Company], [City]

Built a sales dashboard used weekly by 40 managers, replacing 6 manual Excel reports.
Found a pricing gap through cohort analysis that added ₹1.8 Cr in yearly revenue.
Set up data-quality checks that cut reporting errors by 70%.

Junior Analyst2021 – 2023

[Company], [City]

Wrote 150+ SQL queries for marketing and operations requests each quarter.
Automated a monthly KPI pack, saving 12 hours of manual work per month.

Projects

Retail sales dashboard

SQL, Power BI, DAX

Modelled 3 years of sales data into a star schema and built a dashboard with drill-down by region and product.
Published on a public Power BI link with a one-page write-up of findings.

Customer cohort analysis

Python (pandas), Excel

Analysed 50,000 customer orders to compare retention by signup month and channel.

Education

B.Com / B.Sc, Statistics — [University], 2021

Certifications

Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate
Google Data Analytics Certificate

Keywords recruiters search for

Use the ones that are true for you, in the same words.

SQL
Excel
Power BI
Tableau
Python
Data visualisation
Dashboards
KPI reporting
Data cleaning
A/B testing
Stakeholder management

What each section is for

Summary: Three lines: role title, years of experience, and the two or three strengths the job ad asks for.
Skills: Use the exact wording from job ads ("Power BI", not "BI tools"). ATS filters match words, not meaning.
Experience: Most recent first. Each bullet: action verb, what you did, and a number that shows the result.
Projects: Show the tools you used and the outcome. This is where freshers and career-changers prove their skills.
Education: Degree, subject, institution, year. Keep it to one line once you have work experience.
Certifications: List the full official name so it matches what recruiters search for.

ATS formatting checklist

One column, no tables, text boxes, images or icons
Standard headings: Summary, Skills, Experience, Projects, Education
A plain font (Arial, Calibri) at 10–12 pt
Dates in one format, e.g. 2022 – Present
Contact details in the body, not the page header
Save as a text-based PDF or Word file, never a scanned image
Tailor the keywords to each job you apply for

This is an example. Replace everything in [brackets] and every number with your own, true details.

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Sample ATS-friendly CV: Data Analyst

Pick a role and we'll show you what a strong, ATS-friendly CV for it looks like: the skills, projects and keywords recruiters look for. Use it as a template, then come back and check yours for free.