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What Businesses Should Know About Speech Technologies

Accelerate AI Career Insights Conferences Modeling NLP/Text Analytics Business language processing NLP speech technologyposted by Elizabeth Wallace, ODSC September 23, 2019

One of the top workshops at ODSC West last year (2018) was a talk by Omar Tawakol, the founder of Voicea. His company created a voice assistant that transformed meetings by handling lower order tasks like note-taking. Cisco acquired Voicea, most likely to integrate it into Webex as part... Read more

3 Things That Look as Good as Experience on a Data Science Resume

Career Insights data science career data science resume Jobsposted by Elizabeth Wallace, ODSC September 17, 2019

So you need a job in data science, but you don’t have company experience. It’s a Catch-22. You have to get hired to get experience, but you can’t get hired without the experience. Getting over that hurdle means getting a little creative and applying other factors to your data... Read more

How to Convince Your Boss It’s Time to Expand Your Data Science Team

Accelerate AI Career Insights Featured Post Businessposted by Elizabeth Wallace, ODSC September 16, 2019

Tell me if this sounds familiar. Your job description includes data science and data visualization. You’re the go-to expert for building the architecture and the point person when something goes haywire. You’re expected to make sense of the data lake and ensure it’s labeled correctly. Plus, they need you... Read more

Why is Silicon Valley Still the Go-To Place for Data Science and AI

Career Insights Data Science Data Science Jobs san francisco silicon valleyposted by Elizabeth Wallace, ODSC September 9, 2019

Be honest. How many articles have you read in the past week proclaiming the decline of Silicon Valley? What about the inevitable decline of San Francisco as if it were a fat empire slowly eating itself alive? There’s plenty to discuss about the flow of money and the impact... Read more

Why Should You Go to a Career Fair if You Already Have Job Offers?

Career Insights Conferences Career Fairposted by Elizabeth Wallace, ODSC September 4, 2019

It sounds like the beginning of a middle school joke, doesn’t it? It’s not. The reality: you landed your first job offer, maybe two, but it’s not over yet. They may not be the offers you were hoping for. Maybe you’re having second thoughts about the position. You don’t... Read more

Avoiding Dangerous Judgment Errors in Using Data to Make Important Leadership Decisions

Career Insights data science leadershipposted by ODSC Team August 27, 2019

Effective decision making to avoid failures and maximize success is the key role for leaders: that’s why “decision makers” is synonymous with leaders. Yet how can leaders ensure that their decision making results in the right calls as opposed to decisions disasters? Here’s a hint: it’s not only about... Read more

How to Interpret What Your AI Engineer is Telling You

Career Insights AI Engineer Business Hiringposted by Elizabeth Wallace, ODSC August 27, 2019

You’ve hired your first AI engineer, and communication has been…tricky. It’s not that you can’t get things accomplished or that the work has been shoddy. Instead, it seems like you’re talking around each other in meetings and status updates. The good news is that you can learn what your... Read more

Why Should You Do a Data Science Mini Bootcamp?

Career Insights Conferences Featured Post data science bootcamp data science mini bootcamp job training mini bootcampposted by ODSC Team August 19, 2019

Companies are ready and willing to hire data scientists and jobs are going fast. So, job-seekers need to make themselves hire-able and stand out in a crowded field. Bootcamps have opened up and become an alternate method for getting the job-skills you may need, however, they still have some... Read more

7 Reasons Your Data Science Resume is Suboptimal

Career Insights Featured Post Resumes West 2019posted by ODSC Team August 12, 2019

The backgrounds of those seeking or continuing a career in data science are varied. The one constant: a solid data science resume that will help you secure your first or next career move. Use this checklist to ensure your resume isn’t holding you back from getting the job you... Read more

3 Unique Ways to Get a Job in Data Science

Career Insights Featured Post Career Insights NYC 2019posted by Alex Landa, ODSC June 12, 2019

All too often, job seekers focus too much on building their skill sets without thinking about the softer skills of how to get a job in data science in the first place. It doesn’t matter how good of a data scientist you are – you won’t get a job... Read more