Much has been written in the past year about the “Great Resignation.” Quantitative ranks (data scientists, biostatistics, bioinformatics professionals) have been among the hardest hit in this wave. Spurred by the pandemic, this undeniable trend has forced pharmaceutical, biotech, and healthcare companies to develop new strategies to attract and retain their valuable quant talent. Leaders…
Quantitative professionals – including data scientists – are inundated with inquiries from recruiters. Many of the people that we interviewed report that they are presented with at least one new job opportunity per week and some weeks they get 2 or 3. As a result, they tend to tune out the vast majority of the…
In the post-COVID world, location is not as important as it once was since most companies have adapted to a virtual workforce among their hard-to-recruit and talent groups. That said, there are still many who look for local talent. In addition, it is at the very least interesting to see the talent distribution by location…
This graph shows the number of quant professionals that work in the bio/health space in the United States based on their career levels. The groups are divided into 5-year increments and represent professionals who work across data science, bioinformatics, and biostatistics – a total of approx 18,000 workers. These workers are currently employed in…
We thought it would be interesting to see which industries employ the greatest number of “Quant Professionals.” In this graphic, we divide them among each of the industries that we cover in our Life Science recruiting practice: Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare, and Medical Device. There are four groupings, each representing a group of closely related…
