Driven by Data | The Newsletter - Edition 4

Welcome to this week's newsletter! April has kicked off with a bang, and there's plenty to be excited about. With the start of a new month comes new opportunities, and it seems like everything is beginning to pick up the pace. From exciting events to hot content, there's a lot to look forward to in the coming weeks. So, let's dive in and explore what's in store!

Driven by Data | The Mentorship

Last week we kicked off the third cohort of our senior leadership mentor program. We're joined by some amazing mentors and mentees, and you can check out who they are here. This program is designed for up-and-coming data leaders of the future to gain access and learn from some of the best in the business.

If you're suffering from FOMO fear not, you can register now on our website to be included in the next cohort which kicks off in June 2023.

Driven by Data | The Podcast

In Episode 22 of Season 3, of?Driven By Data: The Podcast host Kyle Winterbottom is joined by?Vin Vashishta ?Vashista, Founder of?V Squared ?and a?LinkedIn ?"Top Voice", where they discuss how to deliver tangible ROI from your data and analytics initiatives. Within this episode you will hear, how Vin reached 160K Followers on LinkedIn and became a “Top Voice” by writing about data monetization. Why he wanted to write a book that was a single blueprint in a book; “From Data to Profit” and why 70% of data teams are NOT delivering any returns for their organization, listen to the episode now!

Driven by Data | Events

This month team Orbition will be at several events. We have our own, Driven by Data | The Roundtable taking place on April 18th. This event is now at capacity, but you can still register on our website where you'll be put onto a waiting list, in case there is any last-minute availability.

We will also be present at the DTX Data Leaders Summit on the 25th of April. Kyle Winterbottom will be taking the stage to Chair the day's event, and Catherine King will be moderating a panel all about combating the challenge of rising costs. If you're attending, make sure you say hello!

Weekly Talent Insight: Gender X Data

This week's talent insight is brought to us by Tahanee Twist .

We know there is a challenge when trying to ensure your data teams reflect society. In the Uk, when considering the whole population of data engineers, we know there is an 86% / 14% split of men to women, with data architects having an 85% / 15% split of men to women.?These figures alone will tell you it is going to prove really difficult to achieve a 50/50 gender split.?

In better news, if you are looking for a data scientist, you will have a better shot at finding top female talent, with the gender split in the UK in this discipline being 61% men to 39% women.

It is a common feeling among senior leaders that careers in data should be encouraged from a younger age and we should be inspiring children at a younger school age, as opposed to college/university leavers.?Something we were told time and time again during our week of International Women's Day celebration.

However, it leaves the question, in the short and medium term, how will you ensure you attract 14% of the data engineers in our industry to join your organization??

Some things to consider...

Marketing: Does your company actively promote the brilliant women already within your organization in a meaningful way?

Job Descriptions: Are your job descriptions attractive – Do they contain an exhaustive list of “must-haves” that could put a lot of candidates off of applying?

Interview & Hiring Process: In your current process are women within your business present and active?

If this is something you're struggling with, come and have a chat with Tahanee Twist who can use our internal insights to help you tailor your talent strategy to build a team for the future.

That's everything for this week, so we'll leave you with this

Why did the Easter bunny hire a data analyst?

To help him hop on the trend and find the egg-citing opportunities!

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Thanks!

Orbition Content Team