How Top Companies Pursue Analytics Recruitment

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How Top Companies Pursue Analytics Recruitment

How Top Companies Pursue Analytics RecruitmentHow Top Companies Pursue Analytics Recruitment

The smart, driven workers needed to excel at the intersection of tech, analytics and business can make all the difference between analytics leaders and laggards.

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43% of surveyed global senior execs say at least one out of 10 of their company’s digital/analytics positions are unfilled.

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On average, these execs say their company will need to increase digital/analytics staffing by 33% over the next five years.

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100% of execs at “leader” organizations say domain knowledge is a “critically important” skill to have on staff, as opposed to only 66% of execs at “laggard” companies who feel this way.

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94% of execs at leader companies say they view data management skills as critical, compared to just 71% of those at laggard organizations who agree.

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94% of execs at leader organizations indicate that visualization/reporting skills as critical, as opposed to only 60% of those at laggard companies who feel this way.

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91% of execs at leader organizations say that business case development is a critical skill, but just 46% of those at laggard companies agree.

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88% of execs at leader companies feel that advanced modeling skills are critical, while only 55% of those at laggard organizations say this is the case.

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81% of execs at leader organizations perceive of creativity as a critical skill, compared to just 34% of those at laggard companies who feel this way.

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78% of execs at leader companies say collaboration is a critical skill, but only 33% of those at laggard organizations say this is the case.

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Experienced external hires: 37%, Colleges/universities: 34%, Internal hires from other departments: 29%

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