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Business Analyst resume keywords
The skills, tools and terms recruiters search for when hiring a business analyst, and a free check of which ones your resume is missing.
Requirements, process mapping and SQL are the core. Show the saving or revenue the change produced.
Skills and keywords
Tools and software
Soft skills
Use the exact wording from the posting you are applying to. Only include what is true for you.
Example business analyst resume bullets
Keywords work best inside achievements. Each example pairs a keyword with a number:
- Mapped 22 processes and removed 9 manual steps, saving 1,100 hours per year
- Wrote 150 user stories and led UAT for a CRM migration serving 400 users
- Built a Power BI KPI dashboard that cut monthly reporting time by 75%
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Where to put keywords
- Summary: your job title in the posting's words plus your two strongest matching skills.
- Skills section: tools and hard skills, spelled the way the posting spells them.
- Experience bullets: each important skill used in a sentence with a result. A skill that appears only in a list is weak evidence.
More in how to tailor your resume in 15 minutes and how to add numbers to your bullets.