Speaker insights: Job Seekers
For stream 1 focusing on job-seeking , there were speakers including Sadie St Lawrence, Founder & CEO of Women in Data, and Jorge Vasquez, Director of Analytics at Datacamp. These talks were aimed at helping job seekers at all stages to start or advance their careers. Within these sessions, topics included how to launch your career, tips on acing a data science interview, and Q&As on nailing your resume and how to land your dream data job.
Sadie Lawrence shared her philosophy that “the best way to get value from a community is to first provide value to that community.” She also provided top strategic tips, such as using a “Find Your Bridge” venn diagram to compare your current skills with your target job skill.
Speaker insights: Recruiters
For stream 2 focusing on hiring, the session topics were aimed at supporting recruiters across the entire hiring process. From how to hire and retain Data Talent, how to solve your employer branding problems, how to hire and build
high-impact data team, to building and scaling remote teams. The lineup discussing these points included Meenal Iyer, Senior Director of Enterprise Analytics and Data and Mariano Allegra, SVP at Lawrence Harvey.
Glenn Hofmann, Chief Analytics Officer at New York Insurance Company, explained that the “biggest retention measure is meaningful and impactful work that people do, so create work that is meaningful and that is impactful”.
DataCamp Radar, Helping you navigate the future of data careers
DataCamp Team
4 min
Radar Recap: Acing the Data Science Resume with Jen Bricker
DataCamp Team
6 min
Radar Recap: Acing the Data Science Interview with Jay Feng
DataCamp Team
6 min