What is Data Scientist ?
A data scientist is a professional responsible for collecting, analyzing and interpreting large amounts of data to identify ways to help a business improve operations and gain a competitive edge over rivals.
The current issue in hiring Data Scientist :
- Industries such as finance, insurance, professional services and IT are the ones most desperately seeking Data Science skills, accounting for 59% of the total job demand.
- The most concerns from HR , Data science position takes longer time to fulfill.
- This increase in wait time can translate into delays on large projects, which normally results in companies hemorrhaging funds as they are left sitting on their hands, unable to progress.
- Today’s data scientist shortage won’t go away soon, yet companies need them more than ever to leverage the value of big data.
Problem We are Facing :
Data Scientist Skills & Education Requirements :
Data scientists require a scarce combination of skills. They must master advanced statistical and quantitative methods and tools, along with the new computing environments, languages and techniques for managing and integrating large data sets. Data scientists must also possess industry knowledge and business acumen to create models and solve real-world problems. And they need excellent communication and data visualization abilities in order to explain their models and findings to others.