A company\u2019s success directly correlates with its people which is why employers and HR\/talent acquisition personnel are constantly improving how they find, hire, and retain the best candidates. Data analytics plays a major role in this process.<\/p>\n
In this episode of The Analytic Mind Podcast, Sam McKay is joined by Tim Freestone, founder of Alooba, to talk about hiring in analytics and data literacy.
\nFrom the big issues with CVs, and interviews, where companies typically go wrong to future trends in hiring and improving data literacy.<\/p>\n
Tim Freestone has spent his career in analytics, starting initially as a financial analyst. Throughout his career, Tim has gotten great first-hand experience in being both a candidate and a hiring manager in analytics. It\u2019s this direct exposure to the myriad of issues in analytics hiring that led Tim to found Alooba, a skills assessment platform for data literacy, analytics & data science.<\/p>\n
Alooba\u2019s vision is to create a world where everyone can get the job they deserve. This is a world \u2013 we can all agree \u2013 far from the one we live in right now.<\/p>\n
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\n03:03 Inefficiencies around hiring practices
\n04:37 Figuring out who’s a good candidate
\n06:18 Getting alignment between talent acquisition and hiring managers and analytics
\n09:11 How integrated is Alooba’s testing or assessing for analysts with data-related work in their jobs
\n12:31 Data literacy and key things that will make a company more data literate
\n16:16 One of the most tangible benefits of walking individuals through different segments within a business around data literary
\n18:16 How Tim and the business evolved over the last few years
\n20:23 Various Alooba products explained
\n23:28 Learning paths that people can go through to know that they can very competently take assessments that Alooba is creating for businesses
\n30:34 Alooba’ customer acquisition and lead generation strategies
\n38:13 The difference in realizing the need for better data literacy on a holistic and individual level
\n40:13 Alooba customer success stories
\n44:10 Gender balance in data analytics careers
\n46:40 The Alooba Team and point of raising venture capital
\n49:23 Overview of Alooba\u2019s value proposition<\/p>\n
\nLinkedIn: https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tim-freestone-alooba\/<\/a>
\nAlooba: https:\/\/www.alooba.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n
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