With more activity in the quantitative and research landscape than ever before, the Burtch Works recruiting team always has something to say about this rapidly shifting field. Check back often for our top career advice, new flash survey results, and expert opinions on changes in the market that could affect your career or company.
This blog is contributed by our data science & analytics recruiting team The conversation surrounding remote work continues to be a hot topic in the media and has become an area of increased interest. Although looking into the future is challenging as the situation is still heavily evolving, we wanted to share a few insights… Read more »
Research and insights professionals are in strong demand and while companies have always placed a high importance on soft skills, gauging potential hires on their communication style, demeanor, and presence can be more challenging given the virtual element of interviewing today. With WFH and hybrid schedules allowing for more interview flexibility, it’s become more common… Read more »
This blog is contributed by our data science & data engineering recruiting teams. The conversation around work as we know it is changing in 2021, and as more data scientists, analytics professionals, and data engineers evaluate their career options, we were interested to know: what convinces someone to stay in a particular role instead of… Read more »
Data engineering has never been more important or relevant than it is today. While in the past, many of their responsibilities were often tasked to data scientists, most data scientists are not experts at building data infrastructure and pipelines to complete their work. Because of this, we’ve found that many data scientists prefer to exclude… Read more »
In this post, we wanted to cover a key, but often overlooked, step in the interview process: how to follow-up after your interview! If you missed them, you can also check out our previous articles on questions to ask your interviewers as well as research skills that can keep you competitive. Once you’ve gone through… Read more »
This blog is an adapted excerpt from our upcoming 2021 data engineer salary report. Want to learn more about salaries, bonuses, hiring trends, and other insights on the market? Click here to download the full report for free, or check out the highlights in our webinar recording. The data engineering field continues to accelerate and… Read more »
It’s not hard to see that the data science & analytics market is extremely hot right now, but now we also have the data to prove it! Our hiring surveys this year showed many teams are hiring, and, in addition to this data, we’ve been having countless conversations with hiring managers and HR leaders centered… Read more »
This post is contributed by the Burtch Works research & insights recruiting team. Our hiring survey results from February 2021 showed that 64% of research teams were planning to hire during Q1 or Q2 of 2021. So how are plans shaping up for the second half of the year? Hiring on Research & Insights… Read more »
After 8 years, the race is officially over! Python is the tool of choice for data scientists & analytics professionals now and for the foreseeable future. As many of you probably know, we started this survey in 2014 to ask industry professionals whether they preferred using SAS or R, then adding Python in 2016 as… Read more »
This blog is contributed by Burtch Works’ data science & analytics recruiting team A few weeks ago, we spoke to our recruiting team that focuses on data science & analytics positions to ask about the latest news on WFH policies, full stack engineers, whether it makes more sense to be a generalist or a specialist,… Read more »
