Hiring data scientists and dropping the obsession with unicorns

This article was written by Richard Downes. Richard is a Specialist Recruiter / Headhunter in the areas of Analytics, Data Science and Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning and NLP (Natural Language Processing). His work within Analytics covers Predictive Analytics, Consumer Insight / Shopper Insight, and Loyalty right the way through to Credit and Risk. 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 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.