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Data science has become increasingly popular over the last few years with most companies insisting they use it. But what does it actually entail? Here are some of the things I have come to realise after working as a data scientist for the past six months… It’s not all about building fancy machine learning models.… Continue reading Lessons I Have Learnt as a New Data Scientist

Changing Paths If someone had told me a couple of years ago that in 2020/21 I’d be an apprentice data scientist doing a BSc and working at the same time then I would have probably raised my eyebrows and not believed them. I knew very roughly what data analytics involved through working with Bays Consulting… Continue reading From Police Officer, to PA, to Data Scientist

Last year, for the first time ever, we had a “Bays Break” over the Christmas holidays. Everyone (including myself) switched off their laptops and walked away for just over a week. This is the longest time I have been “on leave” since I started Bays, and I learnt two things: 1) I was far more… Continue reading It’s Nice to be Nice: Taking Care of One Another at Work

Working from home certainly has its perks. The commute to work being just a few paces from my bed is indeed a luxury. Nonetheless, it can be hard to adjust to working at home if you are used to working in an office. Perhaps you have less space, or there are more distractions at home.… Continue reading My Top Tips for Working from Home in Lockdown 3.0

In October, I had the awesome opportunity to talk to the OR Society Independent Consultant Network about our use of social media marketing at Bays Consulting. It was really fun to share the story of how we’ve managed to use social media to grow and generate leads since starting my role as Media and Communications… Continue reading Six Top Tips for Beginning a Successful Social Media Journey

By failing to prepare you are preparing to fail…Good planning is essential for a virtual presentation. Start off by writing down a few ideas. If you can, avoid writing a speech – this can sometimes come across too formal and unnatural. By noting down a few bullet points, you have the comfort of knowing your… Continue reading Six Steps to Success at a Virtual Conference

Being Bays Consulting’s Media and Communications manager, I am sure it is unsurprising to hear that I have a love for all-things media; consuming and creating. From watching TV series and listening to radio, to creating graphic designs and producing animations. But there is one type of creative media that really excites me, the one… Continue reading Podcasting: Anything, Anyone, Anywhere.

– a quick internet search shows not only that data science is the sexiest job of the 21st Century but also the breadth of job descriptions that fall under the title.  It’s no wonder those wanting to enter the profession and those seeking to hire get confused about what skills are needed. The nub of the… Continue reading Growing the data science team isn’t as easy as you’d think

Let me begin by saying: I love working for Bays Consulting. I am so grateful to have a fun and flexible job in which I am able to bring my own skills to the table and, moreover, have the opportunity to learn so much more. That’s what’s so wonderful about working for a small business… Continue reading Want to expand your skillset? Work for a small business.

Upon leaving university, I had a strong idea of the type of work I was looking for. I had spent the past year applying for data scientist roles in companies of all different sizes without knowing the importance of finding a company that was best suited to me. I’ve always thought of myself as an… Continue reading Starting out in a small company