in statistics and 15 years of experience
in credit risk may seem at least minimally
qualified, whereas it may be less obvious
whether the theater major who started
his career on stage actually has the abilities he professes to have gained from
five years at an entertainment company
in an analytics role. However, if the theater major achieved the CAP, employers
can have greater confidence in this likelihood. So certification can be a helpful
screening mechanism but should not be
relied upon alone.
Likewise there are tasks the JTA
concluded are essential to analytical
jobs but are beyond the scope of the
certification exam, such as testing and
selecting approaches and running and
calibrating models. Beyond even those
concrete areas is the fuzzier area appropriately termed “soft skills,” because
they are harder to define and measure.
These skills can run the gamut from interpersonal skills to the ability to present and communicate results effectively.
While the CAP does consider this area
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