What Is Data Analytics?

Data analytics is a technology field that helps individuals and organizations make sense of the data that analysts collect, organize, and analyze. This career requires technical expertise to analyze and visualize data to help improve company decision-making and performance.

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What Is a Data Engineer?

A data engineer is a technology professional who builds storage solutions for vast amounts of data. These engineers are also responsible for creating the pipeline this data travels through: from input, to storage, to transformation into usable information. The need …

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What Is DevOps?

There’s no one right way to develop software, but DevOps is quickly becoming the dominant software development methodology. Known for its iterative, team-based process, DevOps isn’t just an efficient way to develop software — it’s also a philosophy that software …

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What Is a Data Analyst?

A data analyst is a problem solver who prepares and analyzes data to provide organizations with insights that help them make better business decisions. If you’re interested in a tech career involving both technical skills and interesting challenges, a career …

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Guide to Working at Adobe

When you think of Adobe, you may think of .pdfs or of Photoshop. And while it’s true these are some of the main products, Adobe is so much more as a company. Adobe got its start working with digital fonts …

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Employer & Interview Insights

The Vault Guides to Jobs series provides essential information about key careers and industries, with an emphasis on preparing for …

The Vault Guides to Jobs series provides essential information about key careers and industries, with an emphasis on preparing for …

The Vault Guides to Jobs series provides essential information about key careers and industries, with an emphasis on preparing for …

The Vault Guides to Jobs series provides essential information about key careers and industries, with an emphasis on preparing for …

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Troika’s ABC Brand Campaign: Start to Finish

Taught by Troika Design Group
Get an inside view behind the making of ABC TV’s fall promotional and brand image campaign, and watch a 60-second…

Contracting for Creatives

Taught by Seth C. Polansky
Media and entertainment companies spend billions of dollars every year on creative talent. In this course—specifically designed for creatives—professor, contract…

Get Ready for Your Coding Interview

Taught by YK Sugi
If you’ve nabbed an interview for a software development position, it’s likely that you’ll have to face a common hurdle—the…

Tech Career Skills: Searching, Interviewing, and Landing a Job

Taught by Nishant Bhajaria
Too many engineers focus on building hard technical skills, but do not receive the guidance or coaching necessary to make…

Tanner Woodford: The Value of Building and Growing Community

Taught by Justin Ahrens
Tanner Woodford wanted to create new opportunities for people to experience the power and impact of design. As executive director…

Leading the Shift: Creating the new field of data for social impact | data.org

Taught by Microsoft Azure | Leading the Shift
You’ve heard of data-driven products, data-driven services, and data-driven business models, but data.org is pioneering an entirely new field: data…

UX Foundations: Style Guides and Design Systems

Taught by Chris Nodder
A style guide is the document that sets the tone for how your organization communicates and how it designs its…

Essential Graphic Production Techniques

Taught by Nigel French
If you’re a graphic designer—or you want to become one—you need to know how to leverage the full power of…

Inclusive Typography

Taught by Sabrena Deal
What makes typography inclusive? Font and formatting choices can maximize readability to the largest possible audience. In this course, senior…

Developing a Style Guide

Taught by Nigel French
A style guide helps clarify a company’s voice, look, and identity. It also ensures that the brand is memorable and…

Prototyping a WordPress Project in Adobe XD

Taught by Emily Kay
Learn how to use Adobe XD to create a WordPress website prototype that you can share with clients, developers, and…

Swarthmore & External Resources

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Alumni Connections

  • Product Application Engineer Astera Labs
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  • Data Labeler Enabled Intelligence, Inc
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  • Field Team Ambassador Transportation Alternatives
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Alumni
  • Software Engineer GoogleX
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  • Software Engineer Rillavoice
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  • Investment Mentor - Technology Developer Accelerator Programme Advanced Propulsion Centre UK
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(610) 328–8352
Address

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Parrish Hall 135
Swarthmore, PA 19081

Career Service Hours

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Tuesday 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Wednesday 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Thursday 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Friday 8:30 am – 4:30 pm

Office closed daily from 12–1pm for lunch.