{"id":10864,"date":"2020-04-01T16:26:05","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T20:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.brainstation.io\/?p=10864"},"modified":"2020-05-07T12:34:57","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T16:34:57","slug":"event-recap-data-literacy-the-new-essential-skill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/blog\/event-recap-data-literacy-the-new-essential-skill","title":{"rendered":"Event Recap \u2013 Data Literacy: The New Essential Skill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BrainStation held its first online panel discussion yesterday \u2013&nbsp;Entitled <em>Data Literacy: The New Essential Skill<\/em> \u2013&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the event attracted thousands of professionals from the world.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;<\/span>Ian Bester, BrainStation&#8217;s Vice-President and GM, hosted the event, which&nbsp;featured Nada Salem from Spotify and Thomas Levi Unbounce.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The panelists touched on a number of topics, including:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The origin of the data skills gap<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hiring for data literacy<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to develop employees with cross-functional abilities<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Promoting a data-first culture at your organization<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The role of upskilling and continuous learning in data literacy<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"lead-grid-container\">\n<div class=\"lead__card\">\n<div class=\"lead__image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"hide--mobile\" src=\"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Data.jpg\" alt=\"Icon\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"lead__content\">\n<p id=\"lead__heading\" class=\"heading--4\">Learn data skills to boost your career \u2013 from home!<\/p>\n<p class=\"lead__description\">BrainStation offers <a href=\"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/online-live?utm_source=Blog&amp;utm_medium=BlogPost&amp;utm_campaign=lead_bookCall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Online Live Certificate Courses<\/a> in data science, data analytics, machine learning, and python programming. Attend live classes and interact with Instructors and peers from anywhere in the world.<\/p>\n<p id=\"lead__button--margin\"><a id=\"lead__button--hover\" class=\"lead__button\" href=\"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/book-call?utm_source=Blog&amp;utm_medium=BlogPost&amp;utm_campaign=lead_bookCall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Speak to a Learning Advisor<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Offering advice to professionals interested in data, Nada Salem discussed how educational backgrounds were becoming less important in the hiring process, particularly when it came to data roles.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI work with so many people who don&#8217;t have professional training; many are successful taking online courses and using resources such as BrainStation. I&#8217;ve seen so many individuals transition to data roles based just on online courses,\u201d she said.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The panelists also discussed the importance of basic data skills throughout an organization. Levi, in fact, suggested that all professionals should now have basic data skills.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cLearn to embrace uncertainty and probabilities &#8211; learn basic statistics, learn what things don&#8217;t tell you. What is it not able to tell me? How can I use this to inform my questions? 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