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Business Analyst Resume Examples & ATS Keywords

What ATS software and recruiters look for on a business analyst resume: the exact keywords to include, the mistakes that get resumes rejected, and a real bullet-point rewrite.

Keywords ATS software scans for

Include the ones that genuinely match your background, don't keyword-stuff.

requirements gatheringprocess mappingSQLstakeholder interviewsgap analysisbusiness process improvementdata modelinguser storiesJIRA/ConfluenceUAT (user acceptance testing)BRD/FRD documentationcost-benefit analysis

Common Business Analyst resume mistakes

  • Describing meetings attended ("gathered requirements from stakeholders") instead of what was delivered from them: a BRD, a redesigned process, a system spec.

  • No quantified process improvement: cycle time reduced, error rate cut, manual steps eliminated.

  • Blurring the line with Project Manager duties. A BA resume should show analysis and documentation, not just coordination.

  • Missing evidence of technical fluency (SQL queries written, data models built) when the target role is a technical BA, not a purely process-focused one.

Weak vs. strong bullet example

Weak

Gathered requirements from stakeholders and documented business processes.

Strong

Ran a gap analysis across the order-fulfillment workflow, identifying 4 redundant approval steps; the resulting process redesign cut average order processing time from 3.2 days to 1.1 days.

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