Why You Should Hire a Contract Data Scientist
Thinking of hiring a contract data scientist? The ability and desire to work remotely has risen to prominence. Contract work is an increasingly popular choice for Data Scientists as they seek to have a better work-life balance. With this in mind, more and more companies are taking on contractors for Data Science projects. Before you […]
2018 Data Science Salary Survey Report (USA, Europe, APAC)
Throughout 2017, we conducted an online salary survey open to a range of data science professionals in order to capture data to help us better understand the market and generate a report. We’ve selected data spanning the USA, Europe and APAC to offer a detailed cross-examination of the Data Science landscape. As a result, we’ve […]
How to Hire the Most in Demand, Top Tier Candidates
Hiring the best candidates for your company It’s no secret that the demand for top tier Data Scientists continues to increase year on year at a rapid pace. It’s brilliant news for qualified candidates as they have more leverage to navigate the job market. This can, however, be problematic for companies sourcing data science talent. […]
Attract ‘Star’ Data Science Candidates to Your Company
How will you make your company attractive to potential data science employees? Today, star candidates steer the data science market. The availability of professionals within this field cannot keep up with the demand for their services. Counteroffers are standard practice and often a good candidate will have multiple offers. Even signed employment contracts are not […]
The Rise of The Chief Data Officer
Sometimes change has to be accompanied by numbers. That is the foundation on which the Big Data revolution is built. Without their reassuring presence, there would be little progress. Cold hard numbers are what make the world of business go round. Big Data is increasingly providing more and more intricate insights, but there has to […]
How to Interview a Data Scientist
You know the feeling. You’re sat across the table from an interviewee and the conversation starts to run away from you. Your eyes start scanning the room as they’re reeling off another jargon-crammed answer. You notice the fresh chip in the Channing Tatum mug you received from the office Secret Santa last Christmas. You then […]
Hiring Companies: Don’t Stand Up Candidates!
On the face of it, recruitment is not such a difficult activity if you are sufficiently experienced. You understand the job description, you understand the culture of the hiring company and you have a wide network of potential candidates to tap into. The “dating process” begins, and you do your best to find a match […]
The Science in Finding a Data Scientist
Read any Big Data Gartner report or salary survey and they all tell you the same thing, Data Scientists are the MVP’s in the team. So how have these self-dubbed “super-geeks” managed to go from the receiving end of scrunched up paper snowballs in the classroom to become the High School Jock or the Prom […]