The job market has been steadily tightening for 10+ years. Along the way, companies have built up sizeable in-house talent acquisition teams and invested heavily in recruiting tech to keep pace with demand and reduce costs (pay as few recruiting fees as possible). These efforts and investments have yielded great returns in many areas. Generally…
Continue ReadingIt’s Not THAT Hard to Hire Data Scientists
We recently started working with a client that we have coveted for years. Their data science team (which has a great reputation) powers the company’s core product, so it is not only important to the business… it is the business. They have 65 people on the team: 10 or so engineers, 10 or so people…
Continue ReadingAttend DA Hub: A Unique Analytics Conference
DA Hub is the industry’s premier digital analytics and optimization conference. It’s an engaging, hands-on event that you won’t want to miss. Join us to discuss the latest developments, challenges, and opportunities in the industry. An astonishing 100% of last year’s DA Hub attendees said that they came away with practical advice they could implement…
Continue ReadingExperience: More is Not Always Better
We have had several experiences recently that spotlight this issue. Three of our clients over the past few months have given us interesting analytics roles to fill with the same notable problem: They were insistent on too many years of experience. In one case the client was looking for marketing modelers at the senior analyst…
Continue ReadingRecruiting & Retaining Analytics Talent Workshop
There is no reason to quote the dozens of surveys and articles on the subject… every analytics executive knows that finding and keeping talent is at the top of their list of challenges. In the first workshop of its kind, our experts at IQ Workforce can help solve that problem in one day. Our Recruiting…
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