Communication Skills
Over the years of working, as a mid-career changer, you will have accumulated a lot of experience in communicating with different groups of people. Communication is a very important skill for a data scientist/analyst because we need to communicate with many groups of people during our work. We have to communicate with machine learning engineers, data engineers, business users, top management, etc and each group speaks different languages. One group does IT technical speak, another group talks in dollars and cents, another group talks in pipelines and tasks scheduling, etc.
Being able to communicate well will be an advantage that mid-career changers will have gained through working experience. Again, try to put as many examples of it inside your resume, show that you are a skilled communicator. Try to portray that during your interview as well.
Written by
Koo Ping Shung
President and Co-Founder, AI Professionals Association
Co-Founder and Practicum Director, Data Science Rex Pte. Ltd.
Industry Innovation Mentor, AI Singapore