An international company in the online and offline retail sector.
Task
The company reached out to us after being unable to find a suitable candidate for four months. The challenge was to find a highly qualified specialist with technical expertise and a strong academic background. The position had become urgent due to the prolonged search and the large number of open-source candidates being reviewed, prompting the company to engage an agency to expand the candidate funnel.
Key requirements
Higher education in mathematics, statistics, computer science, or a similar field.
Deep understanding of working with big data and analytics platforms (Hadoop, Spark, SQL, Python).
Experience managing an analytics team, including data scientists, data engineers, and analysts.
Process
We began by actively researching speakers from leading data analytics courses. Additionally, we explored professional conferences and seminars in the data field, enabling us to identify a rare pool of specialists who were difficult to find through open sources.
Result
Thanks to our intensive search for talented data analytics professionals, we successfully filled the position in 27 working days. We targeted the most relevant specialists in passive search and found the perfect candidate.