How to build a data analytics dream team

Data analytics have become a key part of business success — and capitalizing on data depends on building the right team. From high-tech roles to business-facing experts, here’s where to start.

The days of companies wondering whether they should jump on the data analytics bandwagon, or having a single data analyst on staff, are gone. For firms today, the focus has turned to building the right team to fully harness all that data has to offer.

As companies add to their data teams, analytics jobs are increasingly popular — “data scientist” and “data engineer” were both in the top 10 of LinkedIn’s 2020 Emerging Jobs Report, determined by earnings potential, job satisfaction, and number of job openings. Companies are expected to continue to add and grow data teams amid the rise of the “internet of things,” artificial intelligence, and machine learning.

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