Any Data analysts/scientists out there

[DodgyAgent]

I am looking to set up a speciality business placing contract data analysts.
Are any of you knowledgeable enough to help me:
1. Find data analysts to place
2. Understand the key attributes of a good data analyst
3. Understand where in organisations these people sit
4. Who to talk to in organisations about requirements (please god not HR/internal recruitment)
Or is this a bit off topic for CUK?

[eek]

I am looking to set up a speciality business placing contract data analysts.
Are any of you knowledgeable enough to help me:
1. Find data analysts to place
2. Understand the key attributes of a good data analyst
3. Understand where in organisations these people sit
4. Who to talk to in organisations about requirements (please god not HR/internal recruitment)
Or is this a bit off topic for CUK?

Depends. A lot of current online big data is around customer acquisition / retention so marketing departments are usually a stating point. They usually run away when they see the cost of a permie guy though so I dread to think what their reaction to a contractor would be.

[sasguru]

I am looking to set up a speciality business placing contract data analysts.
Are any of you knowledgeable enough to help me:
1. Find data analysts to place
2. Understand the key attributes of a good data analyst
3. Understand where in organisations these people sit
4. Who to talk to in organisations about requirements (please god not HR/internal recruitment)
Or is this a bit off topic for CUK?

I can help with 2 and 3 and a bit of 4. PM me - it might take some time for me to give you a good answer.
1 will be your hardest task.

PS. Glad you saw the light - I guess you're seeing bigger margins in that area?

[d000hg]

You missed:

5. Give you a cut

[DimPrawn]

Many organisations are data rich and information poor.

sasguru is your man, but he's very busy posting on CUK, so he might not be able to fit in a 3rd client right now.

[eek]

I can help with 2 and 3 and a bit of 4. PM me.
1 will be your hardest task.

Why don't you post your answers to 2 3 and 4 here as it would be interesting to others. Or will you be posting tulip that we would disagree with.

I would agree that 1 will be virtually impossible to find....

[Jeebo72]

I am looking to set up a speciality business placing contract data analysts.
Are any of you knowledgeable enough to help me:
1. Find data analysts to place
2. Understand the key attributes of a good data analyst
3. Understand where in organisations these people sit
4. Who to talk to in organisations about requirements (please god not HR/internal recruitment)
Or is this a bit off topic for CUK?

I hadn't head the term Data Scientist for a long while until an agent emailed me at my current place of work, trying to place a "data scientist with 20 years experience." Was that you?!

[sasguru]

Why don't you post your answers to 2 3 and 4 here as it would be interesting to others. Or will you be posting tulip that we would disagree with.

I would agree that 1 will be virtually impossible to find....

Ok will do.

2. Key attributes of a data analyst in a nutshell:

- experience and knowledge of programming (scripting/hacking skills not software dev) in at least a couple of languages (mainly R, SAS, Python)
- Statistical qualification (with a strong element of mathematical stats, not just cookbook stats) and experience with modelling
- hadoop/mapreduce ( I admit I don't know much about this yet).

3. Where:
- internet sites that collect masses of data (not my area)
- as eek says mainly marketing departments (banks, supermarkets), specialised consultancies (e.g. dunnhumby, TNS)
- increasingly (and this is my area) Health data/HEOR. This area is booming and its biggest problem is staffing.
Sorry I am not going to say who my clients are as I am direct with them.

[d000hg]

I hadn't head the term Data Scientist for a long while until an agent emailed me at my current place of work, trying to place a "data scientist with 20 years experience." Was that you?!

Bizarrely, I got a text 5min ago from a recruiter about a "data specialist" gig. Considering I've never had a text from any recruiter before, they always use email/phone, it's even more of a coincidence!

[DodgyAgent]

I hadn't head the term Data Scientist for a long while until an agent emailed me at my current place of work, trying to place a "data scientist with 20 years experience." Was that you?!

are you "[email protected]"?