Recruiter Update - August 2008

Recruiter Update - August 2008

• Our social network, AnalyticBridge, has experienced substantial growth over the last two months. With more than 2,300 members and 4,200 subscribers, it is the largest analytic social network. Featured job ads appear on every single page on AnalyticBridge (30,000 monthly page views, passive candidates), as well
  as on DataShaping (25,000 monthly page views, active candidates) and other properties. We also have partnerships with Google, Yahoo, Indeed, SimplyHired, Juju, TopJobsUSA and FaceBook.
  
• We have launched a banner ad program on AnalyticBridge. Check out our e-store for details on how to participate. Our pricing is currently very competitive.
  
• Job ads on our network are posted for 60 days, making it the most cost-effective advertising strategy for analytic recruiters and hiring managers.
  
• With 29 new resumes freshly added, we have now more than 400 active analytic resumes in our database.
  To search our resume database, click here.
  New resumes:
  
  
  
  • Research Analyst/ Statistician (Ontario, Canada)
    
  • Sr. Supply Chain Analyst (Mesa, AZ)
    
  • University Professor (Monterrey, Mexico)
    
  • Sr. Analytical Content Manager (Bangalore, India)
    
  • M.S. Computer Science 2008 (Harrison, NJ)
    
  • Quantitative Finance and Economics / SAS Programmer (Frederick, MD)
    
  • Database Marketing Analyst, 5 y.exp., PhD (Leuven, Belgium)
    
  • Business Analyst, ETL, DW, SAS Enterprise Miner, 15 y.exp. (Jackson, MI)
    
  • Research Scientist, 20 y.exp. (Baltimore, MD)
    
  • Master in Economics, Stata, 2008 (New York, NY)
    
  • Scientist, Econometrics, Medical Research, 10 y.exp., PhD (US)
    
  • Manager of Analytics, 10 y.exp. (San Jose, CA)
    
  • St Pricing Analyst (Leeds, UK)
    
  • Sr. Computational Chemist / Data Miner, PhD (Titusville, NJ)
    
  • Director Analytics in DM, 6 y.exp., 3 y. Pharma Consulting (Nashua, NH)
    
  • R&D Image Processing, PhD, 6 y.exp. (Paris, France)
    
  • Director, Cluster & Parallel Storage Technology (Newark, CA)
    
  • BI Manager with engineering/ math background (Elmont, NY)
    
  • Sr Web and Marketing Analyst, MBA (Portage, MI)
    
  • Clinical SAS Programmer (Montreal, Canada)
    
  • SAS Certified, Health Data Analyst (Columbia, MD)
    
  • Neural Network & Predictive Modeling, 20 y.exp. (Loveland, CO)
    
  • Certified Six Sigma Black Belt, Sr Consultant (Carrollton, TX)
    
  • Sr Consultant, Planning & Revenue Management (Cheyenne, WY)
    
  • M.S. Computer science, Data Mining, 2008 (Gainesville, FL)
    
  • Master in Computer Sciences 2008 (Detroit, MI)
    
  • Technical Leader Biomathematician, Data Mining (Lyon, France)
    
  • Sr. Director of Engineering (Saratoga, CA)
    
  • VP/Director, Market research and business analytics (Alpharetta, GA)
    
  
  
• Now is a good time to post job ads: our monthly job email alert will be sent next Sunday to 8,000 subscribers,
  and we expect more competition from recruiting companies in September.
  
• We offer a 20% commission for referrals. Contact us for details.
  

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Recruiter Update

• We have added 32 resumes in the last five days. Currently, our database has more than 350 pre-selected resumes. We will soon be adding a few more resumes. See AnalyticResumes.com for details.
  
• Our resume product information has been updated. Click here for details.
  
• Check our list of 70,000 analytical keywords ranked by volume, to optimize job ads (make them search engine friendly and thus reach more candidates). Recruiters and Agencies with three active job ads can obtain our keyword list at no cost.
  
• We have launched AnalyticCircle.com, a job board specialized in web analytics. Job ads posted on AnalyticCircle will be featured throughout our entire network.
  
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Vincent Granville, Ph.D.
Founder and Principal
www.datashaping.com
www.analyticbridge.com

Invitation to join Analytic Bridge

Analytic Bridge has grown from 20 to about 400 people in just one week. We invite you to revisit our network, and sign up if you are not already a member.

In the last seven days, we have added many groups, several white papers, dozens of useful links. Also, members have contributed to several forums, including

• Explanation of Variance Inflation Factor
  
• Data Validation
  
• Post your best graphs in our photo section
  
• How to produce nice graphs with R?
  
• Data Warehousing, ETL and Business Intelligence opportunites
  
• Professional Certificates (chartered statistician, SAS certified, series 6, etc.)
  
• Spatial ETL Pros Needed for Leader in Geographic Business Intelligence Solutions
  
• Genetic Data Mining Method for the Proper Use of the Correlation Coefficient
  
• Who makes $100K or more a year?
  
• Companies hiring statisticians and data miners
  
• Best books for learning data mining
  
• Basic Introduction to Text Mining
  
• Non-Linear ARIMA using neural nets?
  
• Statistics handbooks now available in the links section
  
• Jobs in Switzerland
  
• Interesting discussions on the Web Analytics group
  
• Data mining blog
  
• LinkedIn, Plaxo, Facebook and other networks
  
• Building Statistical Regression Models: Straight Data are Necessary
  
• Domain names for sale
  
• Career paths: switching to a different industry
  
• Generalized Goldbach Conjecture and Integer Coverages
  
• XML job feeds available for your blog
  
• Starting Salaries for Analytic Graduates
  
• Useful links
  
• Statistical Software - Comparative Analysis
  

To join Analytic Bridge, visit us at http://www.analyticbridge.com/. Members are also entitled to a 20% discount on all products available on DataShapingStore.com. Please contact us for details.

Vincent Granville, Ph.D.
Founder and Principal
http://www.datashaping.com/
http://www.analyticbridge.com/

Recruiter Update - February 2008

DataShaping Recruiter Update

• We have just published 28 new resumes, see AnalyticResumes.
  
• We have signed a contract with a major job aggregator. Our job ads will start being published on this network by the end of February.
  
• Our job ads are now available as XML feeds, and can be freely distributed on the Internet. Please contact us if you are interested in a partnership with us.
  
• We have created the first social network for analytic professionals. Analytic Bridge (www.AnalyticBridge.com) is a great resource to find passive candidates. You are invited to join and contribute in the various forums. Our featured job ads are listed on Analytic Bridge.
  
• Our SAS blog is growing steadily. Our SAS featured job ads are now published on the SAS jobs blog too.
  
• Our next job email alert will be published around March 15 (8,000 subscribers. Send us your job ads in time to benefit from our next email blast.
  
• Check our new estore to learn about our new advertising opportunities, including featured recruiter listing.
  
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Vincent Granville, Ph.D.
Founder and Principal
www.datashaping.com
www.analyticbridge.com

DataShaping Recruiter Alert - January 2008

We start 2008 with a number of good news.

• Our new bulk rates for job ads have been posted. Great discounts (up to 50%) are available when purchasing several job ad slots. Also, you can have your company featured on AnalyticTalent.com.
  Click here for details.
  
• The number of visitors to DataShaping spiked to an all time high last December. See our job board comparative graph.
  
• We will launch our certification program this week. Recruiters can get certified too, see datashaping.com/certified.shtml.
  
• More than 20 new accepted resumes will be posted over the next few days.
  
• Job ads from other job boards can be posted on DataShaping. We have a limited number of opportunities available, to avoid job ad duplication. Prices start at $500 per month. Contact us for details.
  
• We will produce the list of the top 5,000 keywords used by job seekers. More on this in the next edition. The list will be available to
  active clients.
  

Vincent Granville, Ph.D.
www.datashaping.com
Leading Analytical Job Board
Bridging Candidates and Recruiters

DataShaping Network: Statistics, Competitive Analysis

Since our last analysis in August, we have gained market share against all our competitors, and we remain #1. Click on the graph below, based on Compete.com numbers, to compare web traffic statistics for the top analytical job boards.



Key Statistics:

• 8,000 job searches performed in November 2007
  
• 8,000 subscribers to our job e-mail alert
  
• 1,000 recruiters in our database
  
• 221 filtered active resumes posted in 2007
  
• 15,000 monthly visitors on DataShaping.com alone (75% from US, the remaining from Switzerland, UK, Canada, Ireland, India)
  
• 18,000 monthly visitors for the entire network, including
  
  
  
  • DataShaping.com
    
  • AnalyticGroup.com
    
  • SAS Jobs Blog
    
  • AnalyticBrain.com
    
  • AnalyticTalent.com
    
  • AnalyticResumes.com
    
  • FrenchLane.com
    
  
  
• 1,000 targeted keywords used in our pay-per-click advertising campaigns (mostly analytical job titles)
  
• 1,500 job ads on our network, from hundreds of companies
  
• Top position on Google, Yahoo, MSN, Indeed for keywords such as data mining jobs or analytical jobs
  
• Several dozen new clients since we launched in January
  
• 1,000 members in our LinkedIn group
  
• Highly optimized advertising spend
  
• Large network (600) on LinkedIn
  
• 226 members in our Google Group
  
• 1,400 visitors to DataShaping.com on December 9th, our best day in 2007. This is more than most of our competitors get in one month.
  

Recruiter Update from DataShaping

New Offer

We are offering a 15-day extension to any job ad submitted to us before December 15. Any job ad purchased before December 15 will automatically get listed for 75 days, instead of 60 days.

Resume Database

We have added 17 resumes over the last week, many with a Ph.D. in a quantitative field, bringing the total to 221. Our resume spreadsheet has been upgraded and now has clickable links to individual resumes. Finally, we have published instructions on how to use our resume database.

A few Statistics

• Our job e-mail alert is now sent to 7,700 subscribers.
  
• Our Stat Jobs Google group has now 215 members. Job ads can be e-mailed to statjobs@googlegroups.com (include the job title in the subject line; job ads subject to approval).
  
• Our LinkedIn group has more than 500 members. Click here if you want to join.
  
• DataShaping gets an average of 15,000 visits per month. In addition to DataShaping.com, we have a few other web properties where featured job ads are listed. We have just created a new SAS blog. More on this in the next edition.
  

If you have any questions, feel free to contact us.

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Vincent Granville, Ph.D.
www.datashaping.com
Leading Analytical Job Board
Bridging Candidates and Recruiters