Hot jobs - marketing science

See below the jobs I am working on where the clients are hot-to-hire! Contact me, Mark Tattersall, on mtattersall@smithhanley.com or at 312-629-2400 x 208 for more information.

Decision Support Analyst - IN - up to $110k
Strong SAS programming & statistical modeling experience required - experience with presentations a big plus

Analytical Services Manager - MN - up to $110k
Good market research background - SAS/SPSS experience - client facing - consultancy or client side (preferably CPG) experience considered

Manager of Analytics, Syndicated - IL - up to $85k
IRI/Nielsen experience huge plus - market-mix and price promotion analysis - SAS - CPG experience

Danny's Top 10 List of Resume Blunders

10. Putting your Social Security Number on your resume.

9. Putting your picture on your resume.

8. Saying in your cover letter that you’re interested in a Call Center position while applying for a Senior Marketing Analyst.

7. Sending a 21 page resume.

6. Referring to your programming experience as “hardcore.”

5. Misspelling your company’s name.

4. Misspelling anything! Seriously, use spell check and proofread.

3. Writing a generic objective such as “Seeking a challenging position at an interesting company where I can utilize my skills and develop my career.”

2. Listing your sole experience as “Taking surveys on the Internet.”

1. Saying that “showing up to work and school on time” is a skill.

CNN Article - 10 Biggest Career Dilemmas Solved

I thought this was an interesting article. I especially agree with the piece about the first year of a new job and most common mistakes made by people.
It is so important for new hires to fully understand what their goals are, where to get the right information and what the expectation is of them, even (sometimes more so) at the senior manager level - no need to reinvent the wheel. I'd enjoy hearing other people's opinions as well.

The area discussing the pros and cons of a liberal arts degree, thought it doesn't pertain much to us or our candidates, was also very interesting.

Emily

<http://money.cnn.com/popups/2006/fortune/annie_10solved/index.html>

Welcome!

Hello and welcome to the first post on this Quant Jobs blog. To provide a little background, my name is Mark Tattersall and I am a recruiter at Smith Hanley Associates, a recruitment company in that has worked in the quantitative business sciences for the past 25 years. I work in a team that specializes in the the placement of quantitative / statistical professionals in areas such as advanced market research analytics, marketing science, forecasting, pricing, market-mix modeling, SAS programming etc.

Our team wanted to try a new way of staying in touch with candidates in this market space. We feel that we can offer a valuable and interesting perspective on the market place whether you are looking for a new position at the moment or not. The business model of Smith Hanley is long term relationships. This is a narrow field of business (but growing all the time!) and we believe it to be beneficial both to us as the recruiter and to you as the candidate or possible client to keep in touch with people in the same area. As we are all aware, it is often not what you know but who you know!

So please check in to our blog, visit our company website and drop us a comment or email sometime, we would love to hear from you whether you are looking for a new position or not. We hope that this blog will help add a more personal and up-to-date dimension to working with a recruiter and learning about the job market in the quantitative business sciences.