The Complete Data Science Hiring Guide
Introduction Where do you start? Your offer / Business size / Culture / Benefits and Perks / Diversity and inclusion / Candidate profiling So what does the ‘perfect’ candidate look like? Strong education / Experience / Publications / Culture fit / Salary / Contractors / Are they eligible? / Why are they leaving? The hiring […]
Pre-Recorded VS Live Interviews
Video hiring isn’t for everybody, but you don’t have to take on all aspects of video if you don’t want to. If you’re selective about your hiring process, there are two options for you to choose from. So which is it going to be… Pre-recorded or live interviews? Pre-recorded With pre-recorded interviews, the candidate […]
Why Big Data Recruitment
Recruitment has undeniably gotten a bad rep over the years. Whether it’s not replying to candidate applications or bombarding people with unwanted positions – the stereotype of overbearing salesmen in cheap suits, beige offices, and blood pressure higher than the Burj Khalifa has without a doubt tainted the industry. Why we chose a niche […]
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 22 Skills of a Data Scientist
My first article on “How To Become A Data Scientist” explored the basic four different types of Data Scientist – Data Business People, Data Creatives, Data Developers and Data Researchers (as per the O’Reilly study “Analysing the Analysers”). It highlighted the need for a data science team with diverse and complementary skill sets. It is […]