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Diversity and inclusion has become a top priority for businesses and measuring the success of diversity hiring initiatives is more important than ever to monitor progress. Utilising data and talent analytics is key to ensuring success when it comes to hiring for diversity. There are many steps that can be taken to improve the success of diversity hiring initiatives, from rem...

Welcome to the final post in our dedicated Natural Language Processing Blog Series. In our first post, we asked Xcede’s Data team about the current state of the hiring market for NLP specialists. We then spoke to University of Edinburgh Speech Technology PhD student Jacob Webber to learn more about the uses of NLP within academia, current research in the field, and his conne...

Welcome to the second post in our dedicated Natural Language Processing Blog Series. Natural Language Processing — otherwise known as NLP — is a fascinating area of the data space defined by IBM as a branch of AI that enables computers ‘to understand text and spoken words in much the same way human beings can.’ Studies in the space continue to reveal new uses of NLP. Here we...

Welcome to the first blog in our NLP Blog Series! Natural Language Processing—widely known as NLP—continues to be a rising star within the data space, creating more and more job opportunities in data as new tools and technologies arise. Saying this, we wanted to dedicate a 3-part blog series to this exciting aspect of the data space. In this first blog, we will explore what ...

The demand for Product Managers has sharply increased across all sectors over the past year as businesses have adapted to the new challenges brought about by COVID-19. Companies across the globe have had to reshuffle their teams, rethink their long-term growth plans, and reassess their status in the market. ITJobsWatch has revealed that Product Manager roles have jumped a wh...

Back in 2019, the digital market was evolving rapidly. Innovations in automation, big data and digital marketing transformed the skills requirements for many businesses, creating opportunities for professionals across a range of skill and experience levels.  Fast-forward to 2020, and the COVID-19 pandemic further accelerated the pace of digitisation across all sectors and, i...

2020 was a challenging time for recruitment businesses across the globe. However, top technology talent remained in high demand across sectors throughout the pandemic to this day. Due to this boom in demand for top tech candidates, Xcede’s technology teams have been busier than ever. As illustrated by the latest Xcede Salary Survey, technology salaries continued to grow desp...

The importance of utilizing data to make critical business decisions has become increasingly evident over the past year more than ever before. Although 2020 proved to be a challenging time for recruitment businesses across the globe, demand for workers with specialist data skills remained high. As illustrated by the latest Xcede Salary Survey, data salaries continued to grow...

2020 saw the COVID-19 pandemic accelerate the pace of digitisation across all sectors and, in turn, the expectations of employees, particularly those working within the fields of data, digital, and technology.  Results of the latest Xcede Salary Survey provide key data and insights into the current market trends that are driving candidate movement. Here, we examine some of t...

It has now been a year since the UK entered its first UK lockdown. As companies have made rapid decisions on where to cut costs and increase short-term revenue, the importance of harnessing data to make business decisions has become increasingly evident. Here we look at how the pandemic has affected the data recruitment market over the past year, exploring which data roles a...