Your data science/big data recruitment specialists
Data is an important asset for companies today, and Nexus IT Group’s specialized data science recruiters bring companies the analytic, AI, machine learning, and data engineer experts they need to make full use of the data they collect. As the need for data scientists grows, attracting them to new roles has become increasingly challenging. Most aren’t actively looking for a job, and are so frequently bombarded by cold reach outs from headhunters that they won’t even consider the opportunities sent along. Nexus takes a different approach to data science staffing, building relationships with professionals first so they trust that, when we send along an opportunity, it will be an ideal fit for their career and needs.
The challenges of data science recruitment
It’s no surprise a talent gap has developed in data science. The volume of available data has exploded, and the ways companies analyze and use this information to improve decision-making, boost revenue, and increase customer engagement are advancing at an equally rapid pace. It’s more challenging than ever to find professionals with a computer science or information technology background, especially those with in-demand skills like programming and data modeling. Staffing the right professionals to make sense of your data is necessary to maintain your competitive edge, but in-house recruiting teams often lack the knowledge and network to meet these hiring objectives. Our staffing services can connect you with niche talent in AI analytics, data mining, statistics, computer vision, natural language processing, and other specialized skill sets you need to make the most of your data.
Partner with Nexus
Whether you’re a hiring manager with a difficult data science role to fill or a data professional considering a career shift, we would love to chat about your needs and how Nexus can help. Similar to technology roles across industries, the data science sector is evolving quickly, and having an experienced professional on your side can help you successfully navigate this changing landscape. Even if you just want some insights into how our recruiters help connect talent with data science opportunities, we hope you’ll reach out so we can share our expertise and help your company or career continue to move forward.
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Nexus IT Group will quickly staff your open data science/big data roles with high-quality committed candidates
81%
of our successful candidates are submitted within one week
92%
of our candidates will accept your offer
96%
of our candidates are employed with your firm after 12 months
We offer a range of services to meet your recruiting needs
Executive Search (Retained)
Direct Hire
Contract Staffing
Recruitment as a Service
We have filled a variety of data science/big data roles
- AI Engineer
- Algorithmic Trader
- Artificial Intelligence Product Owner
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Engineer
- BI Developer
- Big Data Engineer
- Business Intelligence Developer
- Creative Strategist
- Data Analyst
- Data Architect
- Data Engineer
- Data Engineering Manager
- Data Scientist
- Data Scientist, Deep Learning
- Data Solutions Architect
- Database Administrator (DBA)
- Database Developer
- Deep Learning Engineer
- Director of Analytics
- Director of Artificial Intelligence
- Director of Data
- Director of Machine Learning
- ETL Developer
- Engineering Manager, Machine Learning
- Fraud Analyst
- Hadoop Engineer
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What our data science/big data clients have said about working with Nexus IT Group
Over the past 12 months we worked with nexus IT group on 8 different senior level data searches. Everytime, they were successful in finding the right person. Slava was very knowledgeable about the data landscape and data trends in the NYC market. Slava managed the search in an effective and efficient way. I will not hesitate to work with nexus IT group in the future.
I’ve been in Talent Acquisition for 15 years and have used many IT staffing firms over the years. I highly recommend Nick and nexus IT group over any other IT staffing services. nexus’ commitment to quality and delivery is top tier. They take the time to understand your needs, provide thorough screening, and make sure that candidates have a positive on-boarding experience.
nexus IT group is always there for us when we need extra help finding strong Data Scientist. The quality of their contractors is far superior to other firms that we work with. There follow up and customer service is second to none, you can’t go wrong with nexus IT group when looking for AI/ML talent.
Working with nexus IT group has made my job much easier. Having a recruiting firm who specializes in IT and within my industry, and who understands our specific culture and hiring needs has been instrumental in our talent acquisition talent strategy.
Capital One has used nexus IT group’s recruitment services for a number of IT positions at varying levels, over the past 4 years. We’ve had a high success rate working with nexus IT group which is a testament to the caliber of their work and their internal sourcing and vetting practices.
I’ve dealt with a lot of hiring firms in my 18 years in the investment banking profession, and the majority of them have been awful to mediocre at best. Dealing with Nexus IT Group, on the other hand, was a breath of fresh air. After only one one opening, I was blown away by the quality and quantity of resumes I received. Nexus IT Group pays close attention to my demands and requirements. As a result, the individuals who were referred to me were excellent fits for our open positions. I appreciate the personal and professional expertise you offer to the process.
We’ve enlisted the help of a number of IT recruiting firms in the past. Nexus IT Group has contributed to the success of many great hires by working professionally, diligently, and efficiently. We contacted Nexus IT Group after being introduced to them, and we were instantly impressed by their promptness and ability to focus on our needs. We received 3 resumes the same day and 3 more the next day, and we were able to hire four people in less than a week. We added an additional individual through Nexus IT Group a few weeks later as a result of vast network, service and professionalism. I highly recommend working with Nexus IT Group.
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Our data science/big data staffing skills keep our clients coming back
MarTech Consultant
A leading data analytics partner powered by mind+machine, that helps clients get the most out of their core processes. Due to client demand our client was seeking a Digital Martech specialist with experience in adobe sutie analytics( Adobe analytics, Launch, Audience Manager, AEP, Adobe target), web analytics, and marketing analytics. Because of our previous expertise in the Digita Marketing space we were able to quickly cold call and put an outreach campaign together that allowed us to get in front of 451 candidates. We picked our top 4 candidates and were able to get an offer to 1 candidate within a one and a half weeks.
Data Scientist
A direct-to-consumer beauty, health and wellness incubator that recently launched its sixth brand reached out to nexus IT group to help them hire a Data Scientist for their growing analytics team. The ideal candidate would use their data and analytical skills to help analyze results and develop marketing strategies upon our current subscription and retention offerings. Essentially, this person would build predictive models to support key initiatives such as predictive churn, price elasticity, predictive LTV. Our Data Scientist recruiters screened 252 data professionals. We ended up submitting 5 candidates and received 2 offers.
Data Analytics Manager
A large pork producer and food-processing company that has been a multi-year client with openings across the US asked us to help them in their need for 3 Data Analytic Managers. The Director of Data Engineering was looking for data professionals who could develop a deep understanding of operational processes and identify needs, then use technology to deliver impactful reporting solutions. With our expertise in data analytics our data scientist recruiters got right to work. We sourced 790 candidates, narrowed it down to our top 35 candidates and ended up submitting 12 candidates to the client and they ended up making all 3 hires.
VP, Head of Data Engineering
A 3 year old startup who is transforming insurance buying by providing a digital insurance engine and world-class underwriting capabilities tasked Nexus IT group to identify, vet, and hire a Head of Data Engineering for the data engineering group. Our data scientist recruiters quicly got on this executive level search. Diversity sourcing and hiring was very important for this client so the team focused on diversity sourcing. We ended up sourcing 176 candidates, submitted six candidates and the client ended up hiring one candidate.
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Frequently asked questions about data science/big data recruiting
To nexus IT group placement is an art—one that requires the proper alignment of talent with opportunity, experience with need, personality with environment, and aspirations with value. The Data science hiring space is fast-paced, highly competitive recruiting environment that offers big opportunities for data science candidates. Our full-cycle recruiting system is a 51 step touchpoint process from start to finish. Our engagement process starts with a discovery call to understand the needs of the role. With this series of questions our data science recruiters are able to build a sales cadence that we will use to deploy a multi-touch recruiting cadence precisely and accurately to hundreds of candidates that fit the expectations of the role. a relationship. Once our targeted search is executive, we spend a series of 3 calls to get to know the candidates’ needs, wants, and future career interests. Once we’ve created a shortlist of qualified and fully vetted candidates, we will deliver our top 3 to 4 candidates to the data science hiring manager. Once the interview process starts we work with the candidate and the hiring team to make sure communication is responsive and transparent. Once a candidate is placed, we stay in touch with the placed candidate for 2 years just to see how things are going.
Our candidate sourcing can be described in 3 words: Identify. Engage. Toolstack. Typically, the best job prospects are those who are passive. This indicates that they are not actively seeking employment. As a result, they are not surfing the Internet in search of online job postings. And because they are not viewing online job postings, we have developed a robust and 100% outbound recruiting strategy. We begin our sourcing strategy by creating a candidate persona. Once we have successfully created the candidate persona, we will then create a content strategy that will attract top talent in the cybersecurity space. Once we’ve developed our cadence we will use a number of sources to scour the web to get our message in front of the right candidates. Strategies includes searching our database, sourcing for referrals, sourcing from specific organizations, LinkedIn, Meetup, GitHub, Angel List, Dice, alumni boards, and many other specific Data Science sites. We craft highly personalized messages that drive above industry reply rates. Our recruiting strategy is to begin conversations with passive candidates to learn about their future career interests, needs, and wants and align those needs with future openings with a high-touch approach.
Currently our 1 year retention rate with our data science clients is running right at 96.91%
The Data science hiring environment moves fast so our team of data science recruiters are trained to work quickly and accurately. The time required to send qualified candidates to the data science hiring manager, varies on the position you are seeking to fill and the challenges we will face such as lower than market compensation, bonus/equity concerns, slow feedback, onsite expectations, etc. We can deliver applicants on the day of contract signing, within a few days, or within a few weeks.
We’ve spent a great deal of time recruiting in the Data & Analytics space, and have had the distinct pleasure of collaborating with a number of amazing companies looking to take their data to the next level. From our perspective, data science is the future of work, which simply put: makes it awesome.
Data science recruiters specialize in a specific market sector. Every day, our data science recruiters contact a specialized set of data science & analytics candidates working with AI, ML, NLP, ETL, Python, BI, and all things data and analytics. When starting a new search, our team has a pool of personally-known candidates to call immediately. The point is that specialized data science recruiters sprint out of the gate more effectively than staffing firms that go back to the drawing board for each search.
When employers receive a resume from a data science recruiting firm, there is a high probability that they are familiar with the individual. Our clients trust that we have thoroughly screened the candidate over a series of multiple conversations, and that they will be worth the hiring managers time to interview.
Another benefit of using a specialized data science recruiting firm is you will experience less of a “resume broker” relationship and more of a “sector expert.” We spend countless hours every day conversing with data science prospects and data science hiring managers, making us more “in the know” about the Data Science space. Data science recruiters can provide insight into the landscape of employment, equity, compensation, and the most recent candidate hiring and retention challenges.
Ultimately, data science recruiters have access to a concentrated pool of candidates, resulting in increased efficiency during the hiring process and the ability to establish long-lasting relationships with the industry’s top talent.
Though we have several different practice areas such as government IT staffing, devops staffing, cloud staffing, digital marketing staffing, private equity staffing, and software development staffing. Our data science recruiters are hyper focused on clients in the data science space. Our Data science recruiting team has successfully worked with clients ranging from budding startups to Fortune 10 organizations.
Whether you’re recruiting for a Sr Data Science Engineer, AI Engineer, or a Data Engineer – our recruiting solutions have you covered. Our hires range from just about anything you can imagine that a company would need when hiring Data Science talent — including non-tech roles like Chief Data Officer, Head of Data Science, Data Architect, and many more—with a niche focus in data science staffing.
Our data science recruiters use a series of stages to make sure we minimize candidate fall out during the recruiting cycle. Our recruiters will perform an in depth conversation where they work to uncover the needs, wants and desires of their next career move. We ask candidates specific skillset questions. If the team feels that there’s a fit then another person from our team will speak with the candidate. If the 2 nexus reps feel that there’s a good fit then we ask the candidate to complete a 4 question feedback form so we can better understand if the role is a good or great fit. Once we receive the candidates feedback then we will perform a “Lockdown” conversation where we ask a series of questions around counteroffers, interview stages, target salary expectations, and much more. If this goes well then we will submit the candidate for client review.
First, it is incredibly difficult for data science hiring managers with little time to receive responses to job ads. Second, an increasing number of professionals do not respond to recruiters, particularly in the data science field. They prefer to hear directly from the data science manager, which brings us to the third challenge: recruitment is a full-time, highly specialized profession for which data science hiring managers do not have time for.
Our data science recruiting fee is 22% to 25% of the candidates first year base salary. We do our best to find a payment structure that works best for your team.
Our data science recruiters are paid by the companies for which they place candidates. Your data science recruiter does earn a commission if you are hired, but the commission is paid by the company that hires you. Our recruiting fee isn’t taken out of your salary, and it doesn’t lower the salary that you would be offered. Another misconception is that if you are presented by a recruiter, and another candidate is not, that you would be at a disadvantage because you have a fee associated with you getting that role. In our experience companies are seeking the best person for the job, and they are not concerned about a fee being paid at that point. In fact, candidates that work with recruiters actually tend to make more than those who job hunt alone.