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#hiring [Re-posting as some folks faced issues with the attached JD] Please note: You are welcome to comment or DM me with questions. Please do not send me connect requests. In the few minutes that the earlier version of this post was up, I received ~20 connect requests. I do not intend to accept any of those, and I hope readers of this post will not send new ones. Unless we are, in fact, acquainted in real life! I'm hiring for a Manager (Academic & Research Partnerships) on my team at eGov Foundation. Looking for someone with research management and M&E experience to help us build out partnerships with academic institutions, think tanks, and researchers. This role requires the ability to communicate research design and findings to audiences who may not be familiar with social science research / evaluation and impact assessment. Basic econometric and research methods training non-negotiable. (While you won't be asked to share a STATA do-file, you will be asked to read & interpret a results table. Of course, if you do have data analysis and/or visualisation skills, those are very welcome.) Ideally, you'll have some fieldwork experience yourself, or experience supervising enumerators / data collection teams. Full JD attached, with instructions on how to apply.

Make the hiring process easier on yourself with this one question. ⁣ ⁣ Will you hire for skillsets you can train for? Or skillsets you can't?⁣ ⁣ The real life how to...⁣ ⁣ I worked with an organization for years that hired people to do written financial analysis they then shared with the public. ⁣ ⁣ Those analysts needed to understand finance and investments but also needed to be able to write coherently and without a bunch of technical jargon.⁣ ⁣ So who did this organization hire? Did they hire finance grads or MBAs? ⁣ ⁣ No, they hired liberal arts majors, people who'd studied literature, music, etc. They hired people who knew how to write and 👉 then they taught them to how to write about investments.⁣ ⁣ Things like attention to details, an affinity for data and number crunching, communication or writing - those can be hard to train for.⁣ ⁣ As for values or personality fit... impossible.⁣ ⁣ Whereas training for your process or certain layers of subject matter won't be.⁣ ⁣ Make sense? Drop a comment below and let me know.

Are you a hiring manager? I am collecting data for a research project at UCLA Anderson School of Management and I need your help. Are you getting hundreds of resumes for each job you post? If so, what is your process to narrow down the field? What tools are you using to help with this? #UCLAAnderson #Hiring

Find Your Career Path #3: Operations Research Analyst Ever feel like life is just one big puzzle? Well, Operations Research Analysts do that professionally with math! They help companies run smoothly, from logistics to finance, using optimization techniques to solve problems and cut costs. Roadmap To Pursue this career Path : Start from this : Study optimization and linear programming. Basically, learn how to solve problems that feel like riddles from your high school math teacher. Get good at programming languages like Python or R. These are your tools for solving big company headaches. Intern at a logistics or finance company. You’ll get to see how numbers can actually make or break a business. After Having Some Experience: Start working as an Operations Research Analyst. Basically, you’ll be the person fixing things behind the scenes. Specialize in areas like supply chain optimization or financial modeling. Companies need experts in these fields, and it’s a solid way to stand out. Learn to handle simulations and risk analysis, because no one likes surprises, especially in business. After having some more experience : Move up to Senior Analyst or Operations Manager. You'll be the go-to person when things need to run smoother. Transition into consulting and help companies improve their operations for a nice paycheck. Aim for the top Chief Operations Officer (COO). You’ll be the one overseeing everything and making sure the whole business runs like a well-oiled machine. If solving problems and optimizing processes sounds like your thing, this career path might be perfect for you! 👉 For more details on how to make this your future, visit hamtiv.com. Let’s plan your career journey together. #OperationsResearch #FindYourPath #CareerRoadmaps #HamTiv #ProblemSolvers #FutureReady

🌟🔍 Exciting Opportunity Alert! 🚀💼 Join us as a Researcher in Consultancy - Business Development - Public Finance Management! 📊🔍 Roles & Responsibility: ✅ Analyze past operations' results ✅ Identify trends & recommend improvements ✅ Research market dynamics & competitor data ✅ Guide decision-making with data interpretation ✅ Develop pricing models & optimize processes ✅ Utilize statistical & economic techniques ✅ Present findings to leadership teams 📈👥 ✅ Provide actionable recommendations 💡 ✅ Organize data for future insights 🗂️ ✅ Test processes for efficiency 🔄 Experience: 1-2 years Skills: 🎯 Leadership: Goal Setting, Decision Making, Relationship Building 📝 Report Writing: Professional, Insightful, Grammatically Correct 🤝 Collaboration: Embrace Diverse Perspectives 💻 Proficiency in MS Office Suite 🗣️ Strong Oral and Written Communication Skills Ready to make a mark? 🌟 Reach out for referral opportunities @ nitesh.rawat@lochanco.com Let's shape the future together! #Researcher #Consultancy #BusinessDevelopment #PublicFinanceManagement #DataAnalysis 🚀📊

Dear data science managers: Hire candidates for their processes and experience, NOT their final dollar impact. It's incredibly easy to fudge the numbers on impact. Here's a couple of ways I could do it if I wanted to (and you better believe hundreds of candidates are doing it): 👇 ⚠️ Misattribute some of the overall impact of a project to my specific contribution ⚠️ Use excessively optimistic projections rather than a rigorous number ⚠️ Outright lie Moreover, it's possible for bad candidates to have lucked into "low-hanging fruit" opportunities where even high schoolers can effortlessly drive value, while a great candidate might have been thrown onto high risk projects and struggled to produce marketable value despite extremely admirable efforts. Solution? Let impact be a footnote. 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱, 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻: 👉 A candidate's ability to overcome obstacles (shows ability to execute on future high value opportunities) 👉 A candidate's ability to prioritize/iterate correctly (shows ability to identify and derisk the 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 opportunities)

👋 Hello LinkedIn Community! We’re currently seeking talented individuals to join the Strategic Insight Group. Here are the positions we have: • 🎯 Sales Executive • 🛡️ Risk Manager • 🏢 Admin and Office Executive • 📊 Junior Economist • ☔ Credit Analyst Since our founding in 2015, we’ve had the privilege of working with many remarkable people—some of whom are still with us, while others remain connected to our extended network. After reflecting on Strategic Insight as an organization and gathering feedback from our team, I’d like to share some key insights about our workplace culture: 🤝 Collaborative Environment: Everyone, from senior management to interns, contribute to discussions. 📈 Focus on Growth: We prioritize training and coaching to help our team develop their strengths. 🗣️ Constructive Feedback: We thrive on giving and receiving feedback for continuous improvement. 🗨️ Open Communication: We encourage everyone to express their thoughts and ask questions. 🔄 Cross-Department Collaboration: Team members collaborate to deliver quality work to our clients. ✨  Creative Space: With trust at our core, we foster innovation without office politics. ⚖️ Work-Life Balance: We believe in balancing productivity with fun. 🌟 Our People Matter: The talent of our team is what drives our success. So, if our team is thriving, why is it challenging to find the right fit? 🤔 💡 Lightbulb moment: For any successful collaboration, mutual understanding is essential. With that in mind, here’s a glimpse of WHO WE ARE and the job openings we currently have. If you think we might be the right fit for you, send me a message! I’d love to connect and explore potential collaborations. Let’s chat! #Hiring #TeamCulture #CareerOpportunities #StrategicInsight

So, we’ve had 3 mentees who have secured a role in the last 3 days; data analyst, architectural assistant, and biotech research assistant. Here's what worked: The data analyst applied for a role with 3 years' experience when she had never worked as a paid full time Data Analyst before. Architectural assistant kept reaching out to a director, sending her updated portfolio every few months. Biotech grad reached out to the hiring manager on LinkedIn because the job portal had closed a day before. You know what’s common in these 3 stories? They pushed past job descriptions, ignored timelines, and were persistent. For some reason, we’re wired to believe that success comes from being perfect. It doesn’t; it comes from being scrappy.

Don't get hung up on job titles. A "better sounding" title doesn't necessarily mean it is a better job. It doesn't mean that the pay is better either. There are roles with "Manager" in the title that don't involve managing people. They are just individual contributors. A manager at one company may have a lot less responsibility than a data scientist at another. A job's title isn't some kind of direct mapping to pay, responsibilities, skills, quality of work, etc. across all companies. How important are job titles do you? Do you know people that get hung up on them? Let me know inf the comments down below! ---------------------------------------------------------------- If you would like to see more content like this, or content related to the following: ✅ optimization/operations research ✅ data science ✅ job searching/interviewing ✅ my hot takes Then please follow me here on LinkedIn! #datascience #job #career

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