Excellent skills in excel

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These days no matter on which profile you are working, from accountant to data analyst, HR to product manager, having Excel skills have huge benefits.

When we talk about Excel skills, we can further categorize them in 3 levels:

• Basic Excel Skills
• Intermediate Excel Skills
• Advanced Excel Skills

And in this tutorial, we will be covering all these three levels in detail, one by one, so let’s get started.

Below you have the top ten basic Excel skills to learn by anyone who is just starting out with Excel needs to learn.

1. Saving and Opening a Workbook

Saving and opening an Excel workbook is just like as you do in any other application.

When you click on the file tab it shows you the option to save the file.

And when you click on the save button it opens the save as dialog box from where you can specify the location and you can also select the file format to use.

Basically, Excel has different file extensions that you can use for saving a workbook. You can use the above steps if you are saving a file for the first time and if you have a file that is already saved in the system, you just need to press Control + S to save the changes.

In the same way, if you want to open a file that is saved on your system you can go to the FILE tab and click on the open.

It shows you the open dialog box from where you can locate the file and open it.

2. Managing Worksheets

Every workbook consists of worksheets where you can add your data and analyze it and once you open an Excel workbook you can see there are tabs at the bottom of the window.

To insert a new worksheet simply click on the plus button or you can also use the shortcut key Shift + F11.

And if you want to delete a worksheet just right-click on the worksheet tab and then select the delete option or you can also use the shortcut key Alt ➜ H ➜ D ➜ S.

But there’s one thing that you need to take care that once you delete a worksheet you can’t get it back.

3. Formatting Cells

In Excel, you have a bunch of options on the home tab for formatting.

1. The font group gives you the option to format the font by making it bold, italic, and underline. You can change the font size, and color of the font and cell color.
2. From the alignment group, you can define the alignment of the text, add indent, merge-unmerge cells, and wrap the text.
3. And from the number group, you can apply accounting format, text format, number format with or without comma style, etc.

Apart from the above options, you can also open the format cell options by right-clicking on a cell and selecting the format option or you can also use the shortcut key Control + 1.

4. Printing

When you go to the File tab, you can find there is a print button that further includes all the printing options that you can use for printing data from a worksheet.

You can also use the shortcut key Control + P to open the print option and once you open it you can see the following options there:

1. Print Area
2. Range of Pages to Print
3. Collision
4. Page Orientation
5. Page Type
6. Margins
7. Scaling

5. Excel Functions (Basic)

The biggest power of Excel is its functions that you can use to perform a lot of calculations below you have a list of the top ten Basic Excel Functions:

1. SUM: With this function, you can sum values from multiple cells, or you can also input values directly into the function.
2. COUNT: This function returns the count of numeric values in a cell. You can refer to the cells where you have values or simply insert the values into them.
3. AVERAGE: It returns the average of numeric values. You can refer to the cells where you have the values or simply insert them into the function.
4. TIME: It returns a valid time serial number as per Excel’s time format. You need to specify hours, minutes, and seconds.
5. DATE: It returns a valid date (date serial number) as per Excel’s time format by using the day, month, and year specified.
6. LEFT: It extracts specific characters from a cell/string starting from the left (start). You need to specify the text and number of characters to extract.
7. RIGHT: It extracts specific characters from a string starting from the right (last). You need to specify the text and number of characters to extract.
8. VLOOKUP: It looks up a value in a column and can return that value or a value from the corresponding columns using the same row number.
9. IF: IF function (tests a condition) returns a value when the specific condition is TRUE and returns another value if that condition is FALSE.
10. NOW: It returns the current date and time (using your system’s settings) in the cell where you insert it.

And here are the Top 100 Excel Functions for you to learn more.

1. String (Text) Functions
2. Date Functions
3. Time Functions
4. Logical Functions
5. Math Functions
6. Statistical Functions
7. Lookup Functions
8. Information Functions
9. Financial Functions

6. Charts

Once you start working on data probably you need to present it to someone, and a chart is one of the best ways to this.

In Excel, you have a whole list of charts that you can create. Once you go to the Insert tab, and in the charts group you can find all the charts which are available to use.

But to create a chart in Excel you need to have data in the right format, and then you need to select the right type of chart (make sure to check out this guide on chart types). For example, below you have 12 months of data for the sales quantity.

You can create a column chart to present this monthly data.

But you can also use a line chart if you want to show the trend for the 12 months.

But below you have product-wise data.

And in this case, the perfect chart would be a pie chart where you can present the quantity share of these products.

You can also use the recommended charts button to let Excel recommend a chart type according to the data you have.

You just need to select the data and click on the recommended chart button.

You can customize a chart in different ways. Once you select the chart you will have Chart Design and Format tabs where you have all the options for customization.

7. Sorting Data

Excel gives you a powerful option to sort data. To open the sort option, you need to go to the Data Tab and then click on the Sort button.

Now here you have 3 things to define:

1. Sort by: The column to use as the base of sorting.
2. Sort on: In the sort drop-down, you have 4 different options to sort values on. You can use cell value, cell color, font color, and conditional formatting.
3. Order: The order of sorting or a custom order.

You can also use more than one level of sorting. If you want to add a new level simply click on the Add Level and then define all the three things that we have discussed above.

Related: Sort By Date, Date and Time & Reverse Date Sort

8. Find and Replace Option

Just like any other application, Excel has its own find and replace option. The shortcut key to open the find is Control +F and to find and replace it is Control + R.

In the “Find what” input bar, enter the value that you want to find, and in the “Replace with” enter the value with which you want to replace.

Now if you want to replace or find all the values, use the replace all or find all buttons, otherwise, you can use the “Find Next” and “Replace” buttons for a single value.

And once you click on the options button, you’ll see that there are some advanced options that you can use.

1. Perform case-sensitive find and replace.
2. Find and replace in the entire workbook.
3. Find and replace using the cell format.
4. And you can also find values from comments and notes.

9. Paste Special Option

The paste special option gives you complete control over how you want to paste values in a cell.

To open the page special option, you need to go to the Home tab and then click on the dropdown “Paste” and click on the paste special (You can also open the page special from the right-click menu).

In the paste special dialog box, you have multiple options that you can use.

Let’s say, you have a cell where you have a formula, but you only want to copy and paste the value from that cell. In this case, simply copy that cell and use the “Values” option from the paste special options on the destination cell.

Or if you want to copy and paste the format from one cell to another you can use the “Formats” option.

Related: Format Painter | Transpose

10. Keyboard Shortcuts

From Excel 2007 to Excel 2019, you can locate a keyboard shortcut by pressing the ALT key. On pressing it, it shows the shortcut keys for the options which are there on the ribbon, just like below.

And from here you can download (Excel Shortcuts Cheat Sheet) which covers the top eighty two keyboard shortcuts for Excel.

Now once you master the basic stuff the next thing you need to understand is the Intermediate Excel Skills. Basically, these skills include options and methods to manage and work data in an efficient way.

11. Go To Special

The GO TO SPECIAL option helps you navigate to a specific cell or a range of cells within the worksheet. To open it you need to go to the Home Tab ➜ Editing ➜ Find and Select ➜ Go To special.

As you can see it has different options that you can use and select the different kinds of cells.

For example, if you want to select all the cells which are blank, you need to select the blank and click OK, and it will instantly select all the blank cells.

In the same way, if you want to select cells that have formulas and return numbers, you need to select formulas and then tick-mark numbers, and then click OK.

12. Pivot Table

Pivot Tables are one of the best ways to analyze data. You can create a summary table out of a large data set. To create a pivot table, follow the below steps:

• First, go to the Insert Tab and click on the pivot table button.

• You’ll have a dialog box to specify the source data, but as you have already selected the data it takes the range automatically.

• Once you click OK, you will have a sidebar just like below where you can define the rows, columns, and values for the pivot table that you can simply drag and drop. And now, add “Age” to the rows, “Education” to the column, and “First Name” to the values.

Once you define all, you’ll have a pivot chart like the one below.

More on Pivot Tables

• Rank in a Pivot Table
• Update Pivot Table Range Automatically
• Pivot Table Calculated Field
• Grouping Dates in Pivot Table
• Link multiple Pivot Tables to One Slicer
• Add a Date Timeline to the Current Pivot Table
• Refresh All Pivot Tables
• Running total in Pivot Table

13. Named Range

Named Range is about giving a name to a cell or range of cells. In Excel, every cell has its address which is a combination of row and column.

Related: Excel R1C1 Style

But with the named range you can give that cell or the range of cells a specific name (Generic) and then you can use that name to refer to it.

Let’s say you have a tax percentage in cell A1 and now instead of using the reference, you can give a name to it and then use that name in every calculation.

• To create a named range, you need to go to the Formula Tab ➜ Define Names ➜ Define name.

• Now in the define name dialogue box, you need to define the following things:

1. Name of the range.
2. Scope to use that range in the entire workbook or just in the worksheet.
3. Comment if you want to add any.
4. And then the address of the cell or the range.

Now once you click OK, Excel will assign that name to cell A1 and you can use that in formulas to refer to cell A1.

In the same way, you can also create a named range for the range of cells and then you can refer to it in the formulas.

14. Drop Down Lists

A drop-down list is basically a predefined list of values that can help you quickly enter the data in a cell. To create a dropdown list, you need to go to the Data Tab ➜ Data Tools ➜ Data Validation ➜ Data Validation.

Now in the data validation dialog box, you need to select the list from the allow, and then in the source you need to refer to the range from where you want to take values (You can also insert values directly into the source input box).

In the end, click OK

Now when you go back to the cell, you’ll have a dropdown list from which you can select the value to insert into the cell.

More on Drop Down Lists

• Dependent Drop-Down List
• Dynamic Drop-Down List

15. Conditional Formatting

The basic idea of conditional formatting is to use conditions and formulas for formatting and the best part is there are more than 20 options that you can apply with a single click.

Let’s say you want to highlight all the duplicate values from a range of cells, you just need to go to the Home Tab ➜ Conditional Formatting ➜ Highlight Rules ➜ Duplicate Values.

And you also have data bars, color skills, and icons to apply.

Make sure to explore all the options and check out this guide if you want to learn to use formulas in conditional formatting.  

16. Excel Table

Excel table converts normal data into a structured table where you can sort, filter, and analyze data easily.

To convert your normal data into an Excel table all you need to do is use the keyboard shortcut key Control + T or you can also go to the Insert tab ➜ Table.

Excel tables by Microsoft | Rename an Excel Table | Excel Slicer

17. Idea Button

If you’re using Office 365 you can have access to the new Idea Button introduced by Microsoft that can help you to analyze your data in an easy way by recommending the possible ways to create:

• Pivot Tables
• Trendline Charts
• Frequency Distribution Chart

You simply need to select the data and then click on the idea button which is on the home tab.

It takes a few seconds to analyze the data and then show you a list of possible outcomes.

18. Using Sparklines

Sparklines are tiny charts you can insert into a cell, based on a range of data.

To insert a sparkline you need to go to the Insert Tab ➜ Sparklines.

There are 3 types of sparklines that you can insert into a cell.

• Line
• Column
• Win-Loss

When you click on the sparkling button it shows you a dialog box where you need to select the data range and the destination range of the sparkling.

Apart from this, you have options to customize a sparkline by changing its color, adding markers, and much more from the sparkline tab.

19. Text to Column

With the text-to-column option, you can split a single column into multiple columns using a separator. It’s one of the best ways to clean and transform your data.

Look at the below table where you have a column with names and between first name and last name there is a space.

You can split this column into two different columns (first name and last name) using text to column by using space as a separator.

• First, go to the Data Tab and click on the Text to Column.

• Now, from the dialog box select delimiter and click next.

• After that, tick-mark the space. As you can see it has separated values from the column using the space.

•  In the end, click next and then finish.

The moment you click the finish, it converts that one column of full names into two different columns (first and last name).

20. Quick Analysis Tool

As the name suggests the Quick Analysis Tool allows you to analyze the data with one or two clicks. What I’m trying to say is, it has some of the selected options that can help you to analyze and present the data.

Below you have student data with their score the moment you select it you get a small icon at the bottom of the screen which is the button for the quick analysis tool.

Now when you click on it, it shows you a few tabs from which you can select options. Now let’s explore each tab one by one.

• Formatting: This tab allows you to add conditional formatting to the selected table, like, as data bars, color scale, icon sets, and other conditional formatting rules.

• Charts: This tab shows you some of the recommended charts which you can insert with the selected data or you can also click on more charts to select a specific chart.

• Total: From this tab, you can quickly add some of the basic formulas, like average count, running total, and many more.

• Table: From this tab, you can insert a pivot table with the selected data, and you can also apply an Excel table to it.

• Sparklines: This tab allows you to add sparklines which are basically tiny charts that you can create within a cell.

Advanced Excel Skills

Advanced Excel skills are more about solving complex problems and making you efficient to do all the work done in Excel, and below you have top advanced Excel skills that you need to master.

21. Advanced Excel Formulas

An ADVANCED EXCEL FORMULA (Excel Formulas List) means combining different functions to calculate a specific value that is not possible to calculate otherwise. Below is a list of some of the most important ones:

22. Advanced Excel Charts

As you have already seen that you can create most of the charts in Excel with a few clicks, but apart from all those charts you can also create some advanced charts.

Advanced Excel Charts are for a specific purpose and need you to spend a few minutes learning how to create and how they presented data. Below you have a list (tutorials) for some of the Advanced charts that you can learn to create in Excel.

23. Visual Basic for Applications

VBA is an object-oriented programming language for Microsoft office applications, and you can use it in Excel to write VBA codes to automate the activities that you normally perform manually.

24. Power Query

If you work with data, I’m sure you face this situation where you need to clean and transform data before you use it.

Now the thing is cleaning data and transforming data is a tedious process and you need to spend a big chunk of your time on it every day. But with the power query, you can do this entire process of cleaning and transform with a few clicks.

Power query basically works as an ETL where you can extract data from different sources, transform it, and then load it back to the worksheet. Check out this complete tutorial on Power Query and do not forget to learn to combine multiple Excel files.

25. Power Pivot

Power Pivot is basically a data modeling technique that you can use to import data of millions of rows, from multiple sources, and then perform calculations (DAX).

To get started with Power Pivot:

• Introduction to Power Pivot
• Power Pivot – Overview and Learning

Learn More

• Excel Tips and Tricks
• Excel Watch Window
• Excel Formula Bar

Excel is one of the most perplexing pieces of software in the Microsoft Office suite. And is the most widely used spreadsheet software.

So, if you are the one who needs to regularly use this scary program then this article is going to be very helpful for you.

Whether you are just starting your Excel journey or have been using it for a while, there are few skills that will help you succeed in this complex program,

…and the best things about the Excel skills are this help to avoid the certain hazard and impress the other person with your work (especially your Boss).

Here learn about the 21 top Excel skills to make yourself more dynamic and an experienced user.

Highlights Of Advanced Excel Skills Checklist:

Choose the Right Layout	Use Fill Function
Use Named Ranges	Formatting
Converting to PDF	Protect Your Work
Control Data Input	Use Keyboard Shortcuts
Use PivotTable Tool	Customize the Ribbon
Create Charts	Use Custom Views
Grouping and Outlining	Automate Complex Tasks with Macros
Automating Sub-totals	Import Data from a Website

1) Choose the Right Layout

This is the very first thing that you need to include in your regular Excel work. Many Excel users have seen that just open Excel and start typing and hope for the best.

But this is not done…

You need to do a little planning before starting creating a spreadsheet. Understand your data, and given little time what you actually want to get out of it.

And try to layout your spreadsheet in a way to easily achieve what you want.

This little effort will make your work a lot easier and accurate.

2) Use Fill Function

The Fill function is a GREAT Excel skill that will make your work a lot easier and less time-consuming.

Suppose you need to create 12 months complex report in one workbook. And for this, you need to create 12 sheets from Jan-Dec. You laid out the Jan sheet and proceed to copy & paste the spreadsheet to the other 11 sheets.

Well, this is the very tiresome process and a small mistake while pasting data can become a big Blunder.

So, in this case, make use of the Excel’s “Fill Across Sheets” tool. This will allow you to duplicate one sheet across many others quickly and more precisely.

Additional Reading: 

1. 11 Vital Tips for Optimizing Excel Spreadsheets and Speed-up your Excel
2. 11 Simple Yet Powerful Excel Troubleshooting Tricks for Analyzing Data
3. 30 Tips & Tricks to Master Microsoft Excel

3) Use Named Ranges

This is the most advanced Excel skill that every Excel used to use while creating data.

Named ranges (definite names) are fundamentally absolute, and here you don’t require to put the symbols on anchor refs. In fact, use names in formulas, or rapidly select a named range.

The named ranges when applied to a single cell or a range of cells and you can see in the formula, it can be used as a direct replacement for the cell or range address.

This is by default set, and when you create a named range on one sheet, you can use that name on other sheet and always back to its original location.

4) Formatting

This is also very effective Excel skill that you need to implement in your regular Excel work.

Once you have created your spreadsheet – you will commonly do two things:

• Enter data or review data.

Neither of these things helped by a creation of fonts, sizes and colours, so to make your spreadsheet easy to understand, picks one font and stick with it.

Make use of the Bold or Italics, for highlighting the differences between headers and data and utilize light cell colour to pick out summary rows and formulas

And leave all the formatting till last one.

5) Protecting Your Work

While creating a perfect Excel report, one has to go through a great deal of trouble, so protecting the Excel file is highly important.

 Excel is having great tools to protect your work and preventing others from doing any change.

You can protect formula cells to stop any other changes, stop the rows and columns from being resized and also stop the user from changing the structure of the workbook.

Well, at a highly advanced level, you can even allow certain users to edit the particular regions.

6) Converting to PDF

After creating your report, you need to send that Excel spreadsheet or report to the clients. Well, till here it is Fine, but do you really want them to look at your data and formulas. I think possibly NOPE.

If you answer is NO, then the simplest thing is converting your Excel report to PDF.

Though there are other numbers of ways, that will stop other to take a look at your data or formulas or change things on your spreadsheet such as (hide things, protect things or disguise values with formatting).  But all these steps can be circumvented.

So here the best thing is simply to convert your spreadsheet to PDF and send it out without any worry.

Well converting Excel to PDF is easy and the entire current versions of Excel can do it without any additional software.

7) Use Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts are very helpful to make your work easy.

Many users reach for the mouse to perform an action in Excel, but using the keyboard is not only easy but also speed up your work and saves time.

Here in this video watch the Excel keyboard shortcuts:

[Video] Useful Time Saving Shortcuts Keys of Microsoft Excel

Control Data Input

For me and I guess every Excel user the most irritating thing is – incorrect data in Excel.

And in this Dates are one of the biggest culprits. Many users enter dates in a wrong way and it looks like just a text.

This not only makes you entire report down the line but also end up causing formulas to go wrong and filters not to work.

So, the solution makes use of the Data Validation, using this not only control the information types user enters into cells like numbers, dates or text but also the data range.

Also Read: Stuck With MS Excel Data Validation Error? Here Is The Quick Fix To Get You Going!

9) Use PivotTable Tool

This Excel skill is very time-saving; make use of the PivotTable Tool. This will help you to save yourself from large amount to analysis time.

This tool is available in the Excel itself, just go to “Insert” menu and look for the “PivotTable” icon.

The best way to use this is to click the icon after highlighting entire data table and the headers too. The PivotTable tool analyzes data and brings it into a new sheet and there you can manipulate the data as you like.

The PivotTable will automatically do the work, and save time to study the results.

10) Customize the Ribbon

Ribbons are very useful but quite frustrating when you need to switch from one tab to the other to find the commands that you want to use.

 However, in Excel 2010, it is easy to customize the ribbon. And here you can add your own custom tabs and drop onto it a selection of the commands that are more frequently used and can even include macros.

11) Create Charts

Creating charts make your presentation, report easy to understand and as well impress your Boss.

Well, using the graphs and charts can be bit tricky, only if you want them. However, a basic chart can be produced in a couple of clicks.

The latest Excel version makes it very easy to try different charts and formats easily.

Also Read: How To Use Dynamic Data Labels To Create Interactive Excel Charts

12) Use Custom Views

A custom view is useful when you need to print your report. This records the entire current print settings and allows you to re-apply them easily at a later stage.

And in the print settings, it can record filters and hidden rows and columns also.

This is very helpful to avoid the issues while printing like page breaks, scale it correctly, headers and footers and others.

13) Grouping and Outlining

If you are having a lot of rows and columns on your spreadsheet, then it becomes a responsibility constantly scrolling left and right or up and down to get to the point where you want to be, just to go back where you started.

In this case, grouping and outlining will help you with this and allow you to quickly expand and collapse a number of rows or column. This is just like the super hide/unhide features and as you understand it, it is fairly easy to apply.

14) Automate Complex Tasks with Macros

Macros are highly useful and great tool available in Excel. With the help of macros, you can make Excel do the thing that it can’t-do previously. You can also complete the tasks in the couple of seconds that take an hour to complete.

Well, making use of the Macros can be complex but once you use it. This becomes a lot easy for you to complete the tasks with a blink of the eye.

15) Automating Sub-totals

While working on Excel one of the most important tasks is adding subtotals to a column of values.

For Example: If you have a sheet full of sales data and want to show how much of each product was sold. Then, in this case, you need to insert new rows after a group of product and then sum up the values above and repeat the process for every product.

I have seen many people who spend hours in doing that, which is highly frustrating. So, in this case, the sub-totals tool is highly helpful in doing the same job in a couple of seconds and as you are finished, this removes the totals rapidly, leaving the spreadsheet same as it was.

16) Import Data from a Website

Well, this is the last Excel skills that are very helpful and greatly speed up the workflow.

Learning how to import data from a website is very important. As if you see a website with the tone of useful data than just convert it into a worksheet.

• Just click File > Import External Data > click New Web Query.
• When you click this tab a new window open that displays browser homepage with the URL of the page.
• Select the web page that wants to display and copy paste the link into the Address box.
• Lastly, click OK and now your data is imported into an Excel file.

Well, these are some of the top, advanced and as well as essential Excel skill that you need to implement in your regular work to become more productive and save time.

What Excel Skills Are Employers Looking For?

Here is the list of Microsoft Excel skills which employers usually look for in the candidates they are hiring.

Case 1: Auditor Excel Skills

Check out the Excel Skills highly preferred by Employers in candidates applying for the post of auditor:

• Worksheet
• Charts
• VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP
• Functions
• Balance Sheet Audit
• Conditional formatting
• Pivot Tables
• Internal Auditing
• Internal Audit of Inventories
• Macros
• Operators

Case 2: For Senior Level / Excel Specialists / Excel Experts

Following are the Excel skill checklist for candidates applying for the post of Senior Level / Excel Specialists / Excel Experts:

• Advanced Formulae
• Advanced Charting
• PIVOT Tables & PIVOT Reporting
• Conditional Formatting
• Tool Bars
• VBA & Macros
• Excel Worksheets
• Functions
• Data Tables, Simulations & solver
• VLOOKUP
• INDEX + MATCH

Case 3: For Entry Level / Administrative Job Roles

Below here is what advanced Excel skills you needs to have for Entry Level / Administrative Job Roles:

• COUNTIF / COUNTIFS
• SUMIF/SUMIFS
• Cell Formatting
• Data validation
• Data Filters
• Excel shortcut keys
• Data Sorting
• Managing Page Layout
• Charts & its Analysis
• Pivot Tables

Case 4:  Business Analyst Excel Skills

Following are list of advanced Excel skills which employers look while hiring candidate for Business Analyst post.

• SUMPRODUCT
• Charts & Chart Analysis
• Conditional formatting
• IFERROR
• VLOOKUP
• MACROS
• Regression
• MATC
• INDIRECT
• Data Validation
• SUMIFS, COUNTIFS
• Merge Data
• IF Function
• Data Analysis
• Pivot Tables
• Histograms

Case 5: Data Analyst Excel Skills:

Have a look over the top Excel skills you must know if you are applying for Data Analyst post:

• Functions for data cleaning and manipulation: LEN, Remove Duplicates, Filter & Sort, Concatenation, Logic Functions, Conditional Formatting, IfError, Index Match, Find & Replace, Short-Cuts
• Pivot Tables
• LOOKUP Functions
• Macros
• Flat data tables
• Cross Reference Table
• Graphics Data
• Advanced Charts
• Data filters
• Operators
• Number Series
• Data Interpretation

Wrapping Things Up:

I tried my best to discuss some of the essential Excel skills.

Now it’s your turn to make use of the given advanced Excel skills and make your life easier and as well impress everyone with your work.

And also remember, there is always something new to learn about this powerful Microsoft office program.

So, whatever you do try to make your Best.

And also if you have any query, other MS Excel skills that I haven’t mention in this article than do let me know, you can visit our comment section box below. 

That’s it…

Demonstrate Knowledge Of Excel On Your Cv

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If youre competent in Microsoft Excel, dont just write the programme name on your CV. Prove your skill level by mentioning the features youre familiar with.

A knowledge of Macros, Pivot Tables, Data Manipulation and VLOOKUPs is highly desirable by many employers, and displaying your awareness and familiarity with these functions is invaluable.

This can be applied to other Microsoft Office programmes too. If you have experience in PowerPoint, you can mention your knowledge of Slide Masters, SmartArt, Animations, and importing data into a presentation.

How Do I Describe My Computer Skills On A Resume

Here are some examples of computer skills you can include on your resume to show you are good with computers:

• Proficient in HTML coding.
• Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Thorough understanding of social media and social media analytics.
• Knowledge of SEO techniques.
• Skilled in website troubleshooting.

Firstly, What are Microsoft Office skills?

Microsoft Office skills are the techniques that an individual learns when working with Microsoft Office programs. They demonstrate a candidates experience and comfort using some of the most popular Office programs, such as those used to create documents and presentations and manage communications.

Then What are your computer skills interview questions? 10 Computer Skills Interview Questions and Sample Answers

• How comfortable are you using the elements of Microsoft Office?
• How adept are you in learning rising computer software programs and systems?
• Which operating software systems are you conversant with?
• How comfortable are you using spreadsheet software?

Actually How do you describe skills on a resume?

How to List Skills on a Resume

Keep your resume skills relevant to the job youre targeting.

Include key skills in a separate skills section.

Add your work-related skills in the professional experience section.

Weave the most relevant skills into your resume profile.

5. Make sure to add the most in-demand skills.

What Makes You Unique As An Individual

On top of everything else, there are three important factors that make us unique. The most important factor is our values. We get our values primarily from our parents, then from our family, our extended family, the schools we go to, from our friends and from our community. The second factor is our beliefs.

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How To Include Microsoft Office Skills On A Resume

When it comes time to show off your Microsoft Office skills while youre applying for a new job, it can be difficult to know how to present them. As always, start by checking the job description youre applying for to make sure you highlight any specific skills listed there. Then, incorporate them into your job experience if they fit well. You could say something like this:

• Managed departments budget and purchases with intermediate skills in Microsoft Excel

• Coordinated with three other offices to complete projects using basic Microsoft Teams skills

• Compiled, formatted and distributed quarterly reports to all staff using advanced skills in Microsoft Word and Microsoft Outlook

Something like the above section is perfectly fine, but its not exactly going to stop and make hiring managers go wow. For that, youll need to demonstrate your Microsoft skills with quantifiable achievements, like:

• Saved Product department $20,000+ annually on metallic resources and contractor spending by creating budgeting sheet with Microsft Excel

• Increased efficiency of cross-team projects by 12% through effective weekly memos drafted on Microsoft Word

The above experience section showcases proficiency in Microsoft Office by showing examples of achievements, rather than telling the recruiter basic job responsibilities.

Your skills section might look something like this:

Detail Your Intermediate Excel Skills With Examples

When writing your cover letter, list your skills with examples of when you’ve used them in the past. Your cover letter should include information about how you these skills have helped you in previous job positions and how you plan to apply them in future positions.

Example:“In previous job positions, I used Excel to manage and analyze reports and budgets. I created several complex pivot tables that categorized various budgeting components into manageable data.”

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What Skills Should You Look For While Hiring An Excel Expert

Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet program developed by Microsoft that is used by many businesses to automate their daily processes such as maintaining employee data, financial data, debit sheets, data analysis, and much more. This super easy to use software, therefore, is widely used in departments from human resources to sales, marketing, data analytics departments, and so on. The level of expertise may vary from basic to advance.

As a recruiter, depending on your job requirements you need to create an advanced excel skills checklist to assess the candidates. But do you have any idea of what skills to look for? What excel skills are employers looking for?

Heres your quick guide to hiring excel experts for different job roles! Lets discuss each case one by one from advanced to basic excel skills checklist:

Case : Auditor Excel Skills

An Auditor is responsible for planning & performing audits, examining the financial records. He ensures that the records are bug-free and the timely payment of taxes. For this reason, they need to analyze the financial reports, create documentation of audit tests, audit work papers, etc.

Here are the Excel skills for Auditors you need to look for:

• Internal Audit of Inventories
• Macros
• VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP

iMochas Auditor Excel Test evaluates the skills of candidates on how effectively they can use this tool while working on Audit information.

You can also use the test to hire:

• Audit Clerk
• Internal Auditor
• Auditor Associate

For your convenience, we have also created Microsoft Excel 2013 Test and Microsoft Excel 2016 Test that contains basic to advanced level questions on MS Excel.

We hope this guide gives you a clear idea of what to look for while hiring Excel Experts who meet your job criteria. Online assessment tools provide an insight into the candidate’s abilities and are a good way of sourcing the right candidates.

You can also check our rich library of pre-employment assessment tests to explore the various tests that we have.

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What Kind Of Career Requires Excellent Language & Research Skills

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List Experience With Excel Using Clear Examples

Intermediate Excel Skills, Tips, and Tricks Tutorial

Your Excel skills can also be featured in your past job experience. You can clearly explain how Excel was used to help you achieve in your previous position. This can show potential employers how you can apply those past skills to an upcoming position. Here is an example of showcasing your Excel skills in the experience section of your resume:

Utilized Microsoft Excel to categorize previous budget reports into a detailed pivot table to develop an improved company financial strategy

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Problem Solving Is The Most Important Skill Everyone Should Master

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Best Excel Skills To List On Your Resume

Taking the time to explain your knowledge and skills in Microsoft Excel is worth the effort and time on your resume. Excel skill additions can help you stand out and put you ahead of other candidates in the process of selection for interviews. This article will discuss Excel skills and the best ways to include them on your resume.

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How To List Ms Excel Skills On Your Cv

Posted on September 24, 2021 by Admin – Blog, Excel Tips, Tech News

Almost all office jobs now require basic levels of computer literacy because so much of our working lives are spent working on computers and in programmes like Excel. If you’re job-hunting or working on your CV, Microsoft Office Skills can really make your application stand out.

Displaying excel skills on your resume immediately signals that you have knowledge and experience of Microsoft Excel – and skills in the wider Office suite can be invaluable. Where many candidates trip up, however, is how to list Excel and computer skills on their CV.

With so much information to include like qualifications, employment history, practical skills, and a personal statement, knowing how to make your CV stand out by clearly showing and communicating your skills and experience can be a challenge.

Today we’ll cover how to write about Microsoft Office Skills on your resume and some tips for making sure your CV secures that all-important interview.

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What Is Basic Computer Knowledge

Basic computer knowledge is about how computers work and how to use them. This may include typing, learning keyboard commands, powering a computer on and off, knowing how to connect and disconnect the Internet to a computer. It can help you understand different operating systems and application software.

How Do You Ask Organizational Skills In An Interview

Behavioral Interview Questions About Organizational Skills

Tell me about a time when you managed a complicated project.

Tell me about a time when you worked under a tight deadline.

Tell me about a time when you had to multitask.

Tell me about a time when your organizational skills helped you succeed.

Tell me about a time when your planning led to positive results.

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If Your Analytical Skills Have Shown Up In Specific Projects That Were Very Successful You May Want To Mention Them In Your Cover Letter

They demonstrate a candidate’s experience and comfort using some of the most popular office programs, such as those used to create documents and presentations and manage communications. Make appropriate use of formal vs. A genuine desire to achieve, excel and evolve. When describing your excel skills on a resume, you should be specific about the skills and tasks you’ve worked with and your knowledge of the program. How to describe excel skills on cover letter, difference in cover letter and resume, literature review on digital payments, essay on man pope written when. This is a transferable skills cover letter example for a. While your resume can list the variety of skills you possess, it is your cover letter that you can use to tell stories and bring anecdotal evidence to your skills and proficiency. Ms excel skills examples from real resumes. When a prospective employee scans a cover letter, he looks for not only experience and accomplishments, but also for other skills that enhance a candidate’s appeal. However, i was wondering if it is appropriate also to mention my computer skills in a brief sentence, saying that i am experienced in using databases, excel and powerpoint from both my previous internships aswell as from my information. You can forget about late submissions! As you list skills on your resume, try to be specific and detail your excel skills. These skill groups complement the core foundation skills that employers seek in their employees.

How Can I Improve My Excel Skills

How to Create Skill Columns in Your Resume Using Word

You can also use the following tips to improve your Excel skills:Master the Shortcuts. Using the mouse and keyboard to explore all the menus and different options seems convenient, but its often time consuming. Import Data From a Website. Result Filtering. Autocorrect And Autofill. Excel 2016 Intermediate Training.

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Pivot Tables And Reporting

A pivot table is a powerful Excel feature used in creating reports of large data sets. In a sense, a pivot table is like an ordinary report table with one vital difference you can look at the same data from different perspectives.

A user can group data into categories, filter data to include/exclude categories, and even build charts with pivot tables.

In real life, pivot tables can be used to build:

• Employee database
• Project sales record

Managing Data And Information

Several companies use Excel spreadsheets to manage, track, and organize their data. Candidates can take data from files and word documents and import them into Excel sheets. It’s also possible to input the data manually.

Because you can use Excel to navigate a company’s financial information, you can also develop a financial strategy. While creating the financial strategy, you can create labels and helpful visuals, like charts and graphs. Finally, you can manage data and information by transferring schedules from external files and importing or replicating them in Excel.

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Include Any Excel Courses Youve Taken

Make sure to highlight any knowledge you have gained. This includes courses in college or any online courses.

For instance, if you took our Advanced Microsoft Excel course, you might say, Completed Wisdifys Advanced Microsoft Excel course which included learning advanced functions like INDEX/MATCH, PivotTables, and nested IF statements.

When you list these courses, you can either put them under the Education section of your resume or under the Additional section. Whichever way you choose, the main line would say something like Microsoft Excel and Financial Modeling Courses: Youd then list the various courses as bullet points.

Update Your Linkedin Profile To Showcase Your Skills

LinkedIn is a fantastic network for job hunters because there are millions of recruiters that use the network every day to find candidates for positions they’re trying to fill. Having an up to date and compelling LinkedIn profile will help your chances of being discovered.

Using LinkedIn to follow hashtags, industry figures and companies you want to work for it a great way to build you knowledge in your field, network with new people and come across an opportunity you may not otherwise have discovered.

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Detail Each Excel Skill You Possess

As you list skills on your resume, try to be specific and detail your Excel skills. Mention how long youve had each skill and what functions you can perform. Heres an example of featuring Excel in the skills section of your resume:

6 years of advanced Microsoft Excel knowledge including SUMIF, COUNTIF and Vlookup functions

How To Learn New Computer Skills

Are you worried about not having the computer skills needed for a position? If so, there are plenty of tools to help you get up to speed quickly.

The first option is to enroll in a course at a local school or library. For beginners, many public libraries teach basic computer skills, so ask your neighborhood branch when the next lesson is. If you are more advanced, consider enrolling in a technology certification course at a local community college. They are cheaper and require less time than a full-out degree program.

The second option is to use an online platform. There are so many free and cheap computer skills courses available, ranging from YouTube videos to eLearning platforms like Lynda, Udemy, and Skillshare. But of course, you will need to have mastered fundamental computer proficiency, like internet browsing and typing, before you can get there.

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Click here to go to the complete excel expert resume example directly.

This blog is the ultimate resource where you can find 3 ready-made excel specialist resumes, which you can replicate to create your own excel expert resume.

• Excel Resume Template 1
• Excel Resume Template 2
• Excel Resume Template 3

Not just that, if you are looking for an existing resource of resume bullet points which you can use as it is in your own resume, you can find it deep in this blog.

This blog will tell you everything you need to know about creating an excel expert resume.

Here is the summary of this blog:

• Optimize the resume with keywords that you will find on the job description
• Since this is a non-technical profile, add your core skills in the Key Skills section
• Add your Linkedin profile link on the excel specialist resume
• Use one-liner bullet points when writing the professional experience section of the resume
• Place the summary on the top of the excel experience resume and wrap it up within 3-4 lines
• Use proper formatting in the resume and use professional fonts such as “Ariel,” “Times New Roman” etc.

These are just the tip of the iceberg. You need to know a lot of things to create an excel specialist resume.

In this 2023 Excel Resume guide, you will get to know about the following:

• What are the main sections of an excel specialist resume?
• How to create the personal information section of the excel resume?
• How to create the resume excel skills section?
• How to present your professional experience in the excel specialist resume?
• How to curate the education section in the excel specialist resume?
• What are the best practices of writing the excel specialist resume summary?

If you are looking to get your hands dirty for creating an excel resume, visit Hiration Resume Builder and give it a try.

If you are interested in applying for some other profiles as well, you can look into these profiles:

• Administrative Assistant Resume
• Web Developer Resume
• Office 360 Resume
• Accounting Resume
• Financial Analyst Resume

Excel Resume Job Description

Here are some of the typical job responsibilities of an Excel specialist:

• Maintain an extensive database on Excel
• Administer transactions with 100% accuracy
• Maintain income and expense report
• Calculate interest payment for securities
• Develop dividend projection for future
• Maintain accounts and reconcile balance sheets

Minimum Qualification for Excel Specialist:

• Proficiency in MS Excel & Pivot Tables
• Ability to enter data on an excel sheet
• Ability to complete projects within a timeline
• Ability to work without supervision
• Skilled in Microsoft Dynamics NAV, C++
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting preferred
• Proficient in excel add-ons, mail merges, macros, and scripts

Excel Specialist Salary in the USA

• According to Zipricruter.com, an Excel Specialist makes around $42,943 per year in the USA.

• Payscale.com says that an Excel Specialist makes $53,928

• According to Salary.com, an Excel analyst makes $32 per hour in the USA.

## Excel Specialist Resume: Bullet Points

Job candidates nowadays struggle with creating the one-liner bullet points for creating a resume. However, it is not that difficult. You can easily create a resume with bullet points.

Here are some of the tips to create one line bullet points:

• Create an action-result relationship in your bullet points
• Always start the bullet points with a power verb
• Bold, vital statistics and words to highlight your skills

Even after this resource, if you cannot create resume bullet points successfully, Hiraiton has made a massive resource to help you create bullet points for yourself.

Here is some example of resume bullet points for you:

• Managed multiple calendars and coordinated meetings
• Managed multiple calendars and coordinated travel
• Managed multiple projects and schedules for the Director of Human Services
• Managed outgoing and incoming calls for the Director of Human Resources
• Managed database of incoming and received correspondence
• Managed all aspects of the receptionist and office
• Performed research and analysis of information to support the organization
• Performed extensive data analysis and research
• Performed administrative duties for the office
• Performed data entry and maintained filing system for the Office of Personnel Security
• Performed the duties of a secretary, including scheduling meetings and travel
• Provided daily support to the office staff and assisted with administrative duties

Apart from that, you can find resume bullet points for the following profiles:

• Office Administer Resume points
• Office Manager Resume Points
• Bookkeeper Office Manager Resume Points
• Executive Assistant Resume Points

Excel Resume Formatting

It doesn’t matter if you are applying for an excel specialist or data entry job; your resume should look professional to impress the recruiter and get yourself a job.

So, to structure the resume beautifully, you need to ensure the formatting of the resume is stellar.

We suggest you use reverse-chronological formatting to create the Excel specialist resume. It highlights your accomplishments in an easy way.

Here are the main resume sections you need to add to your resume:

• Resume Header
• Personal Information
  • Contact Number
  • Email ID
  • Address
  • Linkedin
• Job Title: Your recent job title
• Resume Summary: A 3-4 sentence summary where you talk about your achievements
• Key Skills: A list of your core excel skills
• Professional Experience: Details of your job achievements
• Internship (fresher): Only if you are a fresher
• Education: Your relevant high school and graduation degree, along with any training/ certifications
• Additional Information / Extracurricular Activities

Here’s how you format the Excel Specialist Resume:

• Use an ATS-compliant resume template, preferably a reverse-chronological resume
• Always set your resume margin to ** 1-inch** around the page. Do not go below 1 inch. Set the line spacing between 1-1.5 points
• Always use professional resume fonts such as Calibri, Times New Roman, Arial, etc
• Keep the fonts between 11-12 points, and for the heading, use 14-16 point fonts
• Keep the resume within 1 page. Not 1.25, not .75. If you have 10+ years of experience only, then use a two-page resume.

## Excel Resume Skills

The following skills are the essential requirement for an entry-level excel expert:

• SUMIF/SUMIFS
• COUNTIF / COUNTIFS
• Data Filters
• Data Sorting
• Pivot Tables
• Cell Formatting
• Data validation
• Excel shortcut keys
• Workbook
• Managing Page Layout
• Charts & its Analysis

However, these skills will not help you get far as these are entry-level resume excel skills.

If you want to get hired for a senior-level position, you must include advanced level excel skills in the resume, Such as:

• Excel Worksheets
• Advanced Charting
• Functions
• Advanced Formula
• Tool Bars
• VLOOKUP
• INDEX + MATCH
• Conditional Formatting
• PIVOT Tables & PIVOT Reporting
• VBA & Macros
• Data Tables, Simulations & solver

How to Describe Excel Skills on Resume?

Recruiters only spend 7.4 seconds reviewing a resume. That means the candidate must highlight the skills to grab the reader’s attention immediately, and recruiters can quickly identify the candidate’s skills.

The best way to do that is by creating a separate key skills section in a resume and adding the core skills there.

Excel skills resume examples:

## Excel Resume Header

There are four crucial elements in the resume header, which you must include in your resume.

• Name
• Contact Number
• Location
• Email ID
• Linkedin ID (optional)

Name:
It situates at the top of your resume. It will help the recruiter identify your resumes from piles of resumes.

• Never write “Resume” or “CV” in place of your name
• Use the 16- 20 font size for the resume header.

Contact Number:

• Make sure to write your contact number without any typo or spelling mistakes, as these silly mistakes can cost you your job.
• Always write the ISD code before your contact number and use a plus (+) sign before it.
  Email ID:
• Do not use your current work email address
• Make sure that your email id looks professional

Location:

• Add your location in city, country code format if you are applying for a job in your country.
• Add your location in state, country code format if you apply for a job outside your country.
• Do not add your full address to your resume.

Here is an example of an Excel Resume Header for your resume:

Elliot Anderson
Senior Excel Expert
+1 (333) 555 7777 | elliot@hiration.com | SF, CA

Excel Specialist Resume: Profile Title

Resume profile title is an essential part of a resume. If you want to get an in-depth understanding of the resume profile title, you can read it from Hiration’s Profile Title guide.

Here are the tips to create a profile title:

• Frame the resume profile title with the second-largest text in the resume
• Keep the resume title font size within 14-16 points

## Excel Specialist Resume: Summary

Excel specialist resume summary or objective; which one should you use in your resume?

Most of the time, it depends on the candidate’s experience.

A resume summary highlights your skills and accomplishments to the recruiter.

• If the candidate has less than three years of experience, use the Excel Resume objective.
• If the candidate has more than three years of experience, use the Excel experience resume summary.
• Wrap the resume summary within 3-4 lines
• Do not use first-person or second-person pronouns in the resume summary
• Start each resume summary point with «Proficient in,» «Adept at,» etc.

This is how your resume summary should look:

Process-oriented 5+ years experienced excel specialist highly skilled in analyzing data to bolster business growth for pharmaceutical companies. Proficient in optimizing financial operations for reduced operating costs. Adept at furnishing insights and business intelligence for assisting in data-driven decision-making.

I am an experienced excel expert skilled in crunching numbers for drug companies for increasing profit.

Excel Resume Objective

Use the resume objective if you do not have much relevant experience. The difference between resume summary and objective is unlike resume summary, Objective talks about your academic accomplishments and soft skills more than your professional skills.

This is how your resume objective should look:

Enterprising excel expert possessing experience in managing and analyzing large amounts of data for assisting with data-driven decision making. Possessing excellent leadership and communication skills.

College graduate with a passion for numbers and looking for a job in the data management field.

## Excel Specialist Resume: Professional Experience

Here are the tips to follow when creating the professional experience section of your resume:

• Start the professional experience with your most recent experience and follow the reverse chronological format for writing the professional experience section.
• Read the job description and tailor your experience to fit the job description.
• Excel experts with data and numbers. Similarly, quantify your professional experience in the excel expert resume.
• Write the experiences in single line bullet points
• Make sure you highlight essential keywords and statistics in the excel expert resume to make it more scannable
• Club 2-3 related bullet points under one skill sub-heading. It improves readability
• Start the bullet points with power verbs but try to use different power verbs for other profiles.
• Use the cause & effect format when writing the excel resume bullet points.

Here’s the experience section of a Excel Specialist Resume :

Data Optimization & Database Management

• Organized rate card data into excel sheet for facilitating effective export operations
• Managed & cleaned old financial data from the database and uploaded current data into the financial systems

Data Backup & Error Management

• Performed weekly data-backup to reduce the risk of data loss
• Compared source data with system entries to detect errors for ensuring 100% accurate end results

I performed data entry for managing the export of material. Additionally, I removed old financial data and update the system with new financial data. I compiled and prioritized data and performed data backup on a weekly basis. I also reverify entered data with the source data to ensure maximum accuracy.

Boost your chance of getting shortlisted by the recruiters by adding project information to your resume. The project will give the hiring manager more reason to hire you.

## Excel Resume: Education Section

The minimum requirement for becoming an excel expert is having a bachelor’s degree in any field. However, most of the excel experts have a Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance.

Senior profiles need you to have a Master’s degree or higher.

• Here are the tips for writing the education section in your resume:
• If you are applying for an entry-level position, keep the education section at the top of the resume.
• If you are applying for an experienced profile, keep the education section after the resume.
• For an entry-level resume, focus more on the relevant coursework section in the education section.
• Include the GPA only if you have a GPA higher than 3.5
• Also, ensure you are including high school information in the education section

Here are the elements you should fill in the education section:

• Degree type
• Major
• University and location
• Honors, awards, and other academic achievements

This is how the entry-level education section should look:

Education
Master of Arts in Business Administration May ’19
Stony Brook University, New York, NY

• GPA: 3.5 | Dean’s list for 4 Semesters
  Relevant Coursework:
• Accounting, Business Management, Data Management, Financial Management, Business Accounting

Excel Expert Certification

Excel is an advanced skill that requires advanced certification.

It exponentially increases your chance of getting shortlisted for an interview.

Here are the following details which you need to include in the certification section:

• Certification name
• Name of institute
• Location of institute
• Date of enrollment and completion in month & year format

Format of Certification information in resume:

{Certification Name} | {Name of Certification body} | {Location} | {Date of enrollment & completion}

Here are some certifications that you can pursue to get an excel expert job:

• **Microsoft Excel Certifications (Microsoft)
• Excel from Beginner to Advanced (Udemy)
• Excel Skills for Business (Coursera)
• Excel Certification (LinkedIn Learning)
• Introduction to Data Analysis using Excel (Coursera)
• Excel Essentials: The Complete Excel Series (Udemy)
• Microsoft Excel Certification (GoSkills)
• Excel Certification Courses (E-LearnExcel)**

Additional Excel Expert Resume Sections to Consider:

Here are the additional information you can add in your resume:

• Awards & Honors
• Community Involvement
• Leadership & Memberships
• Workshops & Training

Cover Letter for Excel Expert Resume

Getting a job in this highly competitive space is not a piece of cake.

You need to give 110% of your resources to grab the recruiter’s attention.

We recommend you to include a cover letter along with the resume to increase your chances of getting a job.

Here are some tips for creating the excel expert resume:

• Use paragraph format to write the excel specialist cover letter
• Write the first paragraph by telling where did you find the job posting followed by your years of experience to entice the recruiter
• In the second paragraph, write about your previous experience and accomplishments
• In the third paragraph, showcase why you are the perfect candidate for the job and ask the recruiter for an interview
• Keep your word count between 300-500 words, and do not go over one page for the cover letter

Excel Resume Template

~6 years experienced Excel expert armed with a demonstrated history of cleaning, manipulating, and transforming data while ensuring compliance with the company’s policies and quality standards. Adept at utilizing advanced filters and functions as part of enhancing the overall data quality while employing worksheet data and external resources to create & modify pivot tables and charts. Proficient in preparing presentations, recording journal entries, verifying balance sheets, and generating & evaluating reports while ensuring 100% accurate information to deliver top to deliver top-notch services.

• Data Management • Data Entry • Pivot Table Development & Management • Spreadsheet Maintenance • Data Validation

• Data Sorting • Balance Sheet Reconciliation • Issue Resolution • Process Improvement • Report Generation

Technical Skills: MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint

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Data Cleaning & Quality Assurance

• Performing a key role in cleaning, manipulating, and transforming data to improve overall data quality

• Verifying accurate data availability for managers and decision-makers by effectively maintaining data currency

• Utilizing worksheet data and external resources to create and modify pivot tables & charts with extreme precision

• Playing a critical role in cleaning old financial data and uploading required data into new financial systems

Data Modification & SOP Development

• Generating and modifying spreadsheets comprising the company’s performance data to achieve analytical goals

• Utilizing database functions, advanced filters, automatic outlining as part of compiling, sorting, and prioritizing data

• Designing and implementing standard operating procedures (SOPs) to resolve issues pertaining to data gaps

• Performing routine database backups to safeguard and secure data

• Leading and training a team of ~5 professionals on creating reports via Excel in adherence to the company’s guidelines

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Data Entry & Spreadsheets Review

• Prepared reports and presentations by utilizing Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint to facilitate sound decision-making

• Provided data entry support and compiled project status to render support to the top-level management

• Assisted in scheduling meetings, reviews, and conferences as per clients’ and business requirements

• Oversaw email requests and reviewed data spreadsheets while ensuring 100% accuracy

Report Evaluation & Compliance

• Performed a key role in maintaining a record of journal entries adhering to the company’s guidelines

• Developed and evaluated reports while ensuring 100% industrial compliances to verify the accuracy of financial information

• Played a key role in reconciling balance sheet accounts on a monthly and annual basis

• Certified Excel Specialist | Microsoft Corporation | Jan ’21

• Excel Foundation Course | elearn Excel | May ’20

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• CGPA: 3.8/4.0

• Member of Student Union | Organized meetings to delegate work to the team | Aug ‘ 13 — Jan ’15

• Volunteer at Miracle Foundation | May ’20 — Present

• Coordinating with 10+ volunteers to organize workshops for teaching excel skills to children-at-risk

• Performing a key role in raising funds for the NGO; raised USD 60k to date

• Languages: English (native) and Spanish (working proficiency)

Excel Expert Interview Questions

Here are some questions to help you with your interview preperation for excel expert job.

1) What is Microsoft Excel?

Ans. Excel is a Microsoft-developed spreadsheet application that is used for maintaining, organizing, and analyzing complex data.

2) What are cells in Microsoft Excel?
Ans. The individual boxed inside an excel spreadsheet is called cells. These cells are responsible for holding data.

3) How can cells be recognized?
Ans. Each cell have a unique address that depends on the row & column value of the cell

4) How can you add new cells in excel?
Ans. It’s an easy process.

• Right-click on any cell.
• Click on Insert
• This will open a menu where you can add a cell, a column, or a row to the sheet.

5) What are the number formats in a cell?

Ans. A cell has 11 number formats.

• General
• Number
• Currency
• Accounting
• Short Data
• Long Date
• Time
• Percentage
• Fraction
• Scientific
• Text

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