When you are recruiting for a key analytics role, it is very tempting to simply target people who are doing the same job for a competitor. They will have solved similar problems, worked with similar stakeholders… maybe even have experience in the same industry and with the same tool stack. People like this are plug and…

We recently filled two part-time analytics consulting roles. In both cases the client had 5-10 hours of work and was not ready to create a FT role. The first client was a fast growing, early stage Internet retailer. They wanted a digital marketing analyst to assist their small marketing team in improving ROI across…

Frequent turnover of analytics talent is a common issue. If you plan for it and manage it correctly, it can be a healthy way to bring fresh blood into the organization and ensure the ongoing career development of your analytics employees. If you don’t, it can be a momentum killer, a brain drain, and a…

Among recruiters, purple squirrels are candidates that have (according to Wikipedia): ”…precisely the right education, experience, and qualifications that perfectly fits a job’s multifaceted requirements… In theory, this prized purple squirrel could immediately handle all the expansive variety of responsibilities of a job description with no training and would allow businesses to function with fewer…