{"id":39660,"date":"2026-03-15T10:27:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T09:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/best-dataset-for-a-first-excel-portfolio-project\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T10:27:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T09:27:58","slug":"best-dataset-for-a-first-excel-portfolio-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/best-dataset-for-a-first-excel-portfolio-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Dataset For A First Excel Portfolio Project?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- SC_OFF --><\/p>\n<div class=\"md\">\n<p>Hi everyone<br \/> I\u2019m self-teaching data analytics and just wrapped up my Excel training. Before diving into SQL, I want to build a solid, hands-on project to serve as my very first portfolio piece and my first professional LinkedIn post. I want to build something that stands out to hiring managers and has a long-lasting, evergreen appeal. What datasets do you highly recommend for someone aiming for a data or financial analysis role? Are there specific datasets\u2014like sales, finance, or operations\u2014that never go out of style and perfectly showcase data cleaning, complex formulas, and dashboarding? I\u2019d love your advice on where to find the best fit for a strong, impactful first project! <\/p>\n<p>Thanks in advance<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- SC_ON -->   submitted by   <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/Living-Bass1565\"> \/u\/Living-Bass1565 <\/a> <br \/> <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/datasets\/comments\/1ru9bal\/best_dataset_for_a_first_excel_portfolio_project\/\">[link]<\/a><\/span>   <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/datasets\/comments\/1ru9bal\/best_dataset_for_a_first_excel_portfolio_project\/\">[comments]<\/a><\/span><\/p><div class='watch-action'><div class='watch-position align-right'><div class='action-like'><a class='lbg-style1 like-39660 jlk' href='javascript:void(0)' data-task='like' data-post_id='39660' data-nonce='72e055e984' rel='nofollow'><img class='wti-pixel' src='https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Like' \/><span class='lc-39660 lc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div> <div class='status-39660 status align-right'><\/div><\/div><div class='wti-clear'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi everyone I\u2019m self-teaching data analytics and just wrapped up my Excel training. Before diving into SQL,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-datatards","wpcat-85-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39660\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}