Data science projects – what skills do you need and where can you get them from?

Data science is on the rise. A couple of years back Harvard Business Review suggested that ‘data scientist’ is the sexiest job title of the twenty first century and the hype around data science shows no sign of abating. The term ‘data scientist’ itself was only coined in 2008 but since then the number of data science roles in organisations has grown exponentially, as the volume of data available for analysis also grows.

But this presents a challenge for organisations – in such a new and fast-changing field how can they identify the skills they need, find appropriate people who have those skills, attract them into the organisation and then retain them in the long term?

by Rachel Clinton

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