| MATH IS IMPORTANT Mathematicians are the new must-have employee in the business world |
Corner office occupants beware: The war for talent has a new contender
for the title of hottest new recruit. Mathematicians, it seems, are the up-and-coming,
must-have additions to some company payrolls, now that math is one of the core
sources for innovation in a super-charged, knowledge-based economy. With algorithms
and sophisticated mathematical modelling techniques driving so much business
innovation these days, math is much more important than brawn, says Alberta
Ingenuity communications director Mary Anne Moser. "Thirty years ago, you'd
snicker thinking a mathematician could be useful, but it's really changed because
the drivers of innovation have changed," she said. CanWest News Service |
| --National Post, Thursday, May 25, 2006-- | |