Business Skills; Microsoft Excel
A few years ago, a friend of mine was invited for an interview. She had been highly recommended to the company for the job. She scaled through all the preliminary stages. The final stage was a one-on-one discussion with the Managing director of the organization. After the initial pleasantries, he wanted to know if she was proficient in the use of Microsoft Excel. He brought out a laptop, gave her some data, and asked her to generate some charts using excel. That was the end of the interview for her as she had no idea about using excel. She lost a very good opportunity.
The use of Microsoft Excel just like every other skill can be acquired. It is essential both for business and career. It can either be learnt through self-development or using a tutor. Just like most skills, it also requires constant practice.
If you have access to a laptop, you can download the excel package and start learning using online tutorials and videos.
One of the basic things you can start with is learning how to create tables, add rows or columns, use the summation sign, add formulas to your tables, and sort your data.
After this, you can progress to creating charts. There are various types of charts that you can generate using data from your tables. These include the following;
- Column Charts
- Line Charts
- Bar Charts
- Pie Charts
- XY Scatter Charts
You can also learn how to resize a chart, delete a chart, copy and move charts within a worksheet, copy and move charts between worksheets, or how to copy and move charts between workbooks.
The use of excel is quite interesting. It gives the user ability to interpret data with ease, using tables, charts, and graphs. This skill is useful, both to entrepreneurs and people in careers. You can start acquiring the skill today.
Written By. Engr. Mrs. Nkese Umofia/Photo: Carlos Muza [Unsplash], ©www.cymi.org.ng https://web.facebook.com/groups/cymiofficial
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