Last Week in Talent - June 5, 2017

Hello friends! I’m just back from a splendid vacation in beautiful and surprisingly sunny Ireland, so today’s Last Week in Talent will be slightly briefer than usual. So, my deepest apologies for that, but trust me when I say that what I do have is pretty darn good, so be sure to dive in for all the best data, insight and news this side of Timbuktu. Please and thank you. Now, without further ado, here's what we're cooking with in the wide world of talent, recruiting and everything in between.

Happy hunting and thanks for reading. 

Links

What jobs are least susceptible to automation [Vice Money]

Why there’s no such thing as big data in HR but your data still matters more than ever [Harvard Review of Business].

This might be as good as it gets for the American job market [New York Times]

Guess what: Remote work is here to stay [Wall Street Journal]

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How to Hire Data Scientists When It Seems Like There Are None to Hire

It’s been three and half years since the Harvard Business Review declared that data scientist was the sexiest job of the 21st century. Since then the need for data scientists has skyrocketed but the supply has not, which puts recruiters in the delightful position of having to compete with more and more recruiters for a dwindling supply of talent.

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