Startup Insiders Session #8

Once again, BrightSpyre is proud to associate itself with Startup Insider Sessions which have become one of the most talked and heavily attended event for the Pakistani IT industry. Already seven such sessions have been held this year in Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad. This April 4th, 2008 Islamabad will have its third session of the year.

Startup Insider has a simple philosophy as explained by Osama Hashmi on Greenwhite.org, “A lot of bright, energetic and passionate entrepreneurs have great ideas but want to figure out how to take their brilliant idea and convert it into a business”.

We recommend everyone interested in Entrepreneurship and venturing out on their own to attend. Here are the details of the event:

Theme: Starting Up: the first essential steps
Date: April 4th 2008 (5:30pm – 9:00pm)
Location: NIIT Campus, Chaklala III, Rawalpindi (http://www.niit.edu.pk)

Please register yourself for the event at the following web address:
http://www.niit.edu.pk/Seminars_workshops/pages/startup/index.php

And get more information related to the event at Jehan Ara's blog:
http://jehanara.wordpress.com/2008/03/29/good-news-for-startups-in-islamabad-si-8-on-april-4/

BrightSpyre.com Powers job boards technology at Techcrunch and Venturebeat

The BrightSpyre (www.BrightSpyre.com) partnered job board “Personforce” is now the official job board for TechCrunch and Venturebeat - two of the biggest blogs covering web 2.0 startups out of silicon valley. To put this in perspective, what Wall Street Journal is for businesses and publicly traded companies, TechCrunch is for startups and successful enterprises in the information technology domain worldwide. This success for Personforce is in the footsteps of college recruitment domain, where it is already the top choice for colleges including Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Berkley among others.

With the success of Personforce, the footprint of BrightSpyre is now truly global and it continues to be the largest job portal in the country. BrightSpyre success can be further assessed by the phenomenal growth rate that it has achieved in Pakistan which includes almost half a million unique job seekers from over 130 towns and cities of Pakistan. The system has received and processed over 1.5 million applications for jobs in the country. BrightSpyre job hunt and management system is currently used by leading companies not only in Pakistan but globally including in North America, Europe, Latin America, Africa, South Asia and Far East to recruit and manage the best talent.

BrightSpyre.com is the largest job portal in Pakistan with a leadership position in online recruitment for last 6 years; is a wholly own brand of Cogilent Solutions, an ISO 9001-2000 certified company. It has been operating successfully since 2002 in Pakistan.

The news is covered in Pashanews.org and PSEB official website.


For more information please contact,

Usman Bangash
Manager Business Development
Contact: +92 51 2871173
email: sales@brightspyre.com
http://www.BrightSpyre.com

A Catalyst Providing Multiple Opportunities

BrightSpyre the largest job portal in Pakistan has provided career opportunities to 10,000+ candidates in Pakistan and abroad. BrightSpyre.com users are sharing their success stories now. Here is one of the success story of a candidate hired through BrightSpyre.

Hina Akhtar
Communication Specialist
The Competitiveness Support Fund (CSF)
Job Link:Communication Specialist

I was working in a multinational company for some years within the field of Communication and Community Development, and although I was content with working for a well reputed company, I started feeling an urge to explore my opportunities in the job market. I wanted a role through which I could further refine my professional as well as personal development, but I had no idea where to look. This urge made me start looking for a platform or catalyst which would enable me to view optional organizations and work scope and give me the sense of job competition and updated requirements within my field of expertise.

I started surfing on the net and viewing the job vacancies, when I came across the website of BrightSpyre. I read about their online hiring system which made me submit my CV online. The BrightSpyre site became a regular hit on my daily surfing and I was amazed to see the vast list of job opportunities, which were all collected under one “roof”. One day I saw the vacancy of a Communication Specialist. I read the comprehensive work details, which contained a role which was in line with my current experience as well as providing more learning and exposure within the field of Communication. I immediately applied for the job without any expectations of a response, but to my great surprise, it was only a matter of a few days before I received a call from the BrightSpyre team. I was very impressed to see the professional way through which BrightSpyre dealt with the potential candidates for a job, and I was kept in constant loop of the interview development. I was lucky to get the job and although it has only been a month since I joined my new job, I feel I made the right decision of joining them as the exposure and learning I am getting here is a great basis for my future career development. I personally believe that one should never stop learning and constantly challenge one self for improvements. We should always pursue opportunities in life, which contribute to our continuous and sustainable career development. My interaction with BrightSpyre and their professionalism has developed a great trust in me that life is full of opportunities – you just need to grab them using the right platform and support.

I recommend everyone to register themselves on the BrightSpyre site and trust this professional team to help you grab the opportunity of your life time.

Best of luck to you all!

Hina Akhtar