Common Industries & Domains for Analysts

Summary

Analysts work across marketing, product, finance, operations, healthcare, retail and more — each domain has its own key metrics and vocabulary you'll need to pick up quickly.

• 1Pick one domain you're personally interested in and research its 5 most common metrics.
• 2Read a domain-specific analyst job posting and note the industry-specific terms used.
• 3Consider how your prior work or study experience maps to a specific domain.