{"id":1023,"date":"2018-04-13T14:47:46","date_gmt":"2018-04-13T13:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/?p=1023"},"modified":"2025-10-22T15:56:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T14:56:59","slug":"do-i-really-need-to-know-excel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/2018\/04\/13\/do-i-really-need-to-know-excel\/","title":{"rendered":"Do I really need to know Excel?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Do I really need to know Excel?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2018\/04\/Excel.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1024 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2018\/04\/Excel-300x295.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2018\/04\/Excel-300x295.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2018\/04\/Excel-768x754.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2018\/04\/Excel-1024x1006.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2018\/04\/Excel-219x215.png 219w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2018\/04\/Excel.png 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Updated December 2020<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Students sometimes come in to our office asking about the usefulness of Excel in graduate job hunting and how to get additional training. \u00a0My advice to you is don\u2019t sit back and think you will never need to learn Excel! It is one of the most key skills out there and it is an essential piece of software in many industries. With the help of our excellent information team, here is a brief blog entry of the usefulness of Excel and how you can get the training you need to succeed.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>How useful is Excel?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Excel remains one of the most in-demand software for graduate proficiency. If you look closer at job adverts there are few jobs that don\u2019t ask for some skills in Excel.<\/li>\n<li>The skill is essential in any analyst jobs and data scientist jobs, but even in jobs as diverse as sales &amp; marketing, business development, student support (trust me I have used spreadsheets many times) and in the civil service, to mention a few.<\/li>\n<li>We know of several examples where a test in Excel has been required in the interview process for a graduate role.<\/li>\n<li>Excel can be useful in your personal life as well, I have used it for personal budgets and when planning big trips for a large group of friends.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>So where can you find additional training?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Courses on campus<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Keep an eye out for courses on campus\/virtually through <a href=\"https:\/\/unihub.bath.ac.uk\/students\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MySkills<\/a> or through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bath.ac.uk\/corporate-information\/microsoft-excel-courses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IT support<\/a> (the latter for postgraduate students only but also offer online courses). MASH offer support on statistics through MySkills.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><strong>MOOCs<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are a few free online MOOCs (Massively Open Online Courses) available, examples are on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/courses?languages=en&amp;query=excel\">EdX<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/courses?languages=en&amp;query=excel\">Coursera<\/a>. Some of these are self-paced and you don\u2019t necessarily need to complete the whole course but might find them useful to dip in and out of. Go and have a try!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Other online tutorials<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I can\u2019t vouch for the quality but there are plenty of online Excel tutorials out there, both free and tutorials you pay a fee for.<\/p>\n<p>There are websites like <a href=\"https:\/\/chandoo.org\/wp\/\">https:\/\/chandoo.org\/wp\/<\/a> or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.techonthenet.com\/excel\/index.php\">https:\/\/www.techonthenet.com\/excel\/index.php<\/a> that have tutorials and Youtube can be great for this too. Another website is <a href=\"https:\/\/computeexpert.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/computeexpert.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><strong>Hard copy books in our library<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are also a couple of books in the library which might be useful:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bath-ac-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com\/44BAT_VU1:CSCOP_44BAT_DEEP:44BAT_ALMA_DS5148239600002761\">http:\/\/bath-ac-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com\/44BAT_VU1:CSCOP_44BAT_DEEP:44BAT_ALMA_DS5148239600002761<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bath-ac-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com\/44BAT_VU1:CSCOP_44BAT_DEEP:44BAT_ALMA_DS2136295420002761\">http:\/\/bath-ac-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com\/44BAT_VU1:CSCOP_44BAT_DEEP:44BAT_ALMA_DS2136295420002761<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So what are you waiting for? Refresh your Excel knowledge or if you have never tried it, now is your chance to have a go.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to our Information Team who provided most of the links.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do I really need to know Excel? 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