Hiring data scientists and dropping the obsession with unicorns.

Four years ago an article was written for the Harvard Business Review by both Tom Davenport and DJ Patil entitled "Data Scientist: The Sexiest Job of the 21st century." The article predicted that the demand for skilled people in this area was only set to rise and as a recruitment/staffing specialist within this space, I can only confirm that this has come to pass. With this evolution, I now see the waters have become even harder to navigate, with companies now looking to hire people proficient in an even greater number of disciplines. That is why I wanted to do this post. As with any shortage, you need to get creative but from my perspective, I am often a little surprised at how little flexibility there is when looking to employ people for specialist niche roles.