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How to get a Data Science Job without Experience
What you really need to make your job application stand out and start a career as a Data Scientist.
What is “Working Experience” in practice?
Let’s assume that you are a candidate who has recently graduated from the University holding a Bsc/Msc degree in Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, or other related fields, and you would like to start a career as Data Scientist. The grades and the University degree indicate your theoretical background and your ability to learn new things. However, in the real world, things are different from the University, not necessarily more difficult, and somehow the hiring managers would like to know more about you and especially the way that you work.
A related “working experience” proves that you can do the required job. That you are reliable you have enthusiasm for your science and that you are good at your job. In other words, for the company, a candidate with related working experience implies a lower risk.
But as we said above you lack working experience, let’s see how you can prove to them that you are reliable and good at your job so that they can trust you, i.e. hire you!
