Struggling to recruit data scientists? Look to sociology and economics grads

Stuart Sumner
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Mark Ridley, CIO of recruitment website reed.co.uk, explains why looking in unusual places for data scientists can yield great rewards

Organisations struggling to find data scientists should look at sociology and economics graduates. That's the opinion of Mark Ridley, CIO of recruitment website reed.co.uk. "Today data scienc...

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