Why Attend a Microsoft Excel Class?
Job Marketability
In our Excel classes, you will master the techniques and skills in Excel to be successful in a new role and increase your marketability in the job market. Having solid Excel skills will help you stand out from the pack in the job market and can make you appealing to employers. Excel skills can be valuable to employers in a variety of industries and across many roles. Most analyst roles require Excel proficiency as Excel is commonly used for data analysis across many companies. Start building your Excel skills and boost your marketability.
Increased Efficiency
Strong Excel skills can make you more efficient in your day-to-day work at your job. Excel can enable you to manage large sets of data and sort, filter, or analyze that information. As you strengthen your Excel skills, you'll see opportunities in your everyday work for efficiency with your newfound skills. For example, if you've ever tried to match data from two separate lists together, you'll find that you can automate this with a VLOOKUP. If you have records of sales or customers with additional info or tags, you'll find Pivot Tables extremely useful for quickly organizing that information. If you look at sales trends, you'll find graphs and charts in Excel very helpful for quickly identifying trends.
Prepare for Financial Positions
There are lots of finance-related positions where an understanding of Excel is essential. When it comes to business analytics or financial analysis, Excel is usually at the heart of the work. When looking at business data and trying to make sense of data, Excel will likely be the tool of choice and a strong set of Excel skills will help you succeed in your financial position. Excel is also often central to build financial models so if you are looking to go into finance, then Excel skills will certainly be of use.
Prepare for Non-financial Positions
In addition to the financial positions, a handful of other professions can benefit from Excel knowledge including:
- Journalists often have to handle large amounts of relevant information, which can be done more easily in Excel.
- Photographers can use Excel to track leads and clients, as well as keep schedules and manage details of a shoot.
- Teachers can track lesson plans, input grades, and create seating lists using Excel.
- Freelancers can use Excel to monitor payments, track time, and organize topics for writing.
No matter where you are in your career, there is a lot to gain by learning Excel. It is a powerful tool with a ton of different use cases across industries and positions. Join us for Excel training live online from New Jersey, in-person in NYC, or at your offices in NJ for corporate training.