Unlocking Hidden AI & Data Analytics Jobs: A New Innovative Strategy for Non-Tech Degree Holders
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Introduction
As a non-tech degree holder, you might be asking yourself: “Can I really secure a lucrative job in AI and data analytics?” It’s a valid concern, especially when you’re starting out on this exciting but challenging transition. You want to make sure that once you’re ready to dive into the job market, there will be plenty of AI and data analytics opportunities waiting for you.
Let me assure you, you’re not alone in this. Many of your peers are transitioning into AI and data analytics because it’s a field bursting with potential. However, it’s also becoming fiercely competitive. Even those with tech degrees aren’t guaranteed a job anymore.
To illustrate this, I pulled up two recent job postings on LinkedIn. The number of applications these data roles received in just a few days is mind-blowing! It’s clear: the competition is real and it’s tough out there.
So, is it still worth transitioning into AI and data? Absolutely, but you need a fresh approach. The old way of waiting and applying for jobs is becoming less effective. In the next sections, you will explore:
- The types of companies with unlimited opportunities you should target.
- The job market formula to help you find the opportunities FREE of competition.
- The new innovative strategy you should use to target these opportunities.
Ready for it? Let’s go.
The Hidden Goldmine: SMEs vs. Large Companies
We all dream of landing a job at the big names—Microsoft, Apple, Google, McKinsey, etc. Maybe that’s your dream too, and that’s perfectly fine. However, focusing all your efforts on these giants might not be the best strategy. Here’s why: everyone else is targeting them too, including highly experienced professionals. These companies are flooded with the best candidates, making it extremely hard for newcomers to get noticed.
Just so you know, these large companies make up less than 30% of the global economy according to the World Economic Forum. Pinning your hopes on them is like going to a nuclear battle with a broomstick. As Peter Thiel wisely said, “Competition is for losers.” You should avoid it at all costs.
On the flip side, SMEs are the backbone of every economy, making up about 70% of the global economy. These companies are everywhere, often hidden from the flashy headlines you see on social media. They are the ones actively seeking talent and willing to bend their employment rules. SMEs are looking to grow, and they need people like you who can identify business problems and solve them using AI and data skills. If you can just think outside the box, you will find an infinite number of opportunities in SMEs.
Now you know SMEs should be your primary focus, it’s essential to understand that not all SMEs are at the same level of AI and data maturity. In the following section, we’ll uncover how AI and data opportunities are distributed across different types of companies.
The AI and Data Job Market Distribution
Understanding how AI and data opportunities are distributed across various companies is crucial. This knowledge will help you see why there’s such stiff competition on job platforms and guide you to focus on overlooked opportunities. Let’s break it down:
- Level 1: Only 3% of companies have clearly identified a business problem that requires AI and data solutions and have specified the roles, skills, and technology needed. These are the opportunities you often see on job platforms.
- Level 2: 17% of companies recognise a business problem requiring AI and data solutions but are still researching the necessary skills.
- Level 3: 20% of companies are aware of a business problem and see AI and data as potential solutions.
- Level 4: 25% of companies acknowledge a business problem but aren’t actively exploring AI and data solutions.
- Level 5: 35% of companies aren’t aware of existing business problems or considering AI and data solutions at all.
This distribution reveals insights you should leverage. If your strategy is solely to hunt for jobs on platforms or through referrals, you’re targeting just 3% of the opportunities. Worse, everyone else is doing the same, making the competition incredibly tough. The winning formula lies in targeting the remaining 97% that no one is focusing on. But, you can’t reach them using the conventional method of waiting for job postings and applying with your CV. In the next section, you’ll learn about the innovative approach to uncovering these hidden opportunities, free from fierce competition.
The Innovative Approach to Unlock Abundant AI & Data Analytics Opportunities
The goal of this section is to help you unlock the 97% of opportunities your peers are ignoring. To do so, let’s examine the old vs. new innovative approach to unlocking AI and data opportunities.
Your university training and most AI and data analytics training programs online empower you with skills to join the competition in the tiny 3%. Before you even enter the job market, you are already losing because they use the old approach that was designed and sold to our parents back in the industrial age. Let’s break down the old approach:
- You wait for an employer to identify a business problem.
- Employer thinks of the solution (AI and data analytics skills needed), then makes a job posting.
- Job posting appears on job platforms, and you join the masses to apply.
Conventionally, there is nothing wrong with this approach, but your success rate depends on luck. You live in an era where everyone can draft a very polished CV/resume using AI tools. It’s now becoming very difficult to sieve through the truly qualified and the fake CVs. Employers are tired of manually examining CVs. AI tools have now replaced HRs in the selection process. Think of it: your fate is in the hands of a robot. This is crazy but it’s the reality.
Rather than letting a robot decide your fate, why not take charge and be in control with the new innovative approach? In this approach:
- You identify a specific business problem.
- Design the solution and determine the AI and data analytics skills needed to solve the problem.
- You announce the opportunity to potential employers whose needs align with the solution you have identified.
In this approach, you are in charge. You create your own game and set the rules. There is no competition involved with this approach. While your peers are scrambling for the limited opportunities on job platforms, you are swimming in an abundance of AI and data analytics opportunities.
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Closing Remark
You are blessed to be living in an era where geographical boundaries have been broken. With an internet connection, you can remotely be in a village in Africa and serve clients in the busy city of New York in the United States. But for that to happen, you can’t rely on opportunities on job platforms. These opportunities are limited and very competitive. The good news is, you have the power to decide what opportunities you want and who you want to work for from anywhere in the world when you use the new innovative approach you have learned in this write-up. I will repeat the statement from my favourite author and mentor, Peter Thiel: “Competition is for losers.” The game is won by going after AI and data opportunities no one is looking at.
Go and uncover the hidden 97% of AI and data opportunities with the new innovative approach for non-tech degree holders
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Author: Ivo Kubam
Date: 03-07-2024
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