While gut instinct still has a place in business, most decisions today are made with data. Whether you work in sales, marketing, finance, or science, you need to know how to crunch the numbers.

Microsoft Excel is useful for more than just making tables. In fact, it’s one of the most valuable skills you can have, as it plays an important role in literally every function, in every industry.

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Most of us know our way around the basics of Microsoft Office, at least enough to get by in the daily grind. But with a little bit of dedication it’s possible to build a comprehensive fluency in the ...

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Doug Wintemute is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor. After completing his master’s in English at York University, he began his writing career in the higher education space. Over the past decade, Doug ...

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