Developing a Big Data Workforce

Big Data has exploded as a field, and with it will come a massive flux of new openings within IT organizations. Half the battle is finding the right talent when to some extent these jobs and these skills don’t even exist yet, but an equal challenge is in defining the various Big Data roles for your organization and industry given the broad variety of skills and competencies that maintaining Big Data will require. How exactly does a Big Data job differ from something related to “analytics,” “statistics” or a “data scientist?” What approaches on the whole will help integrate Big Data hiring into regular IT staffing duties? Guest 1: Dr. Phil Shelley, Former CTO, Sears Holding Guest Bio: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/contributor/phil-shelley/ Guest 2: Doug Henschen, Executive Editor, InformationWeek Guest Bio: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/contributor/doug-henschen/ More on this Episode: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/developing-a-big-data-workforce/ More on Big Data: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/topics/big-data/ Visit CIO Talk Network Website: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/ Subscribe to our Newsletter: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/subscribe/ Nominate Guests or Sponsor: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/contact/