Another Success Story - Qamber Ali

The vision of BrightSpyre is to provide sustainable employment opportunities for people in the Pakistan, who face certain employment challenges while seeking for a job, whether they are fresh or experienced professionals. Read another success story of BrightSpyre in higher level management.

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I have been very pleased with the standard of services BrightSpyre have provided during the process of hiring with highly professional and skilled team. Though I belong to the technical field and its very hard to find out such career oriented jobs in most of the available job portals in Pakistan, but BrightSpyre has done a great entrepreneurial effort in terms of providing me a platform to get my field related and career enhancing position. Now I am part of Zoomio International as "Director of Development".

One of the most impressive thing that I came across was BrightSpyre constant communication and keeping me in loop from the initial phase of interview till the final selection. I would say that BrightSpyre is one of the best place to find middle management to higher level positions among all Pakistan job portals. Also I would like recommend BrightSpyre to anyone looking for a job in technology sector and also in other areas.

Its really Appreciated and thanks again for the great service !!

Qamber Ali
Director of Development
Zoomio International-Islamabad
Job Link: Development Manager

Feedback from Qandil Ali

BrightSpyre Testimonials:
We have received great appreciation from many of you and realize that others would also like to see and hear that people really do get hired and that BrightSpyre is part of that success. We will include few success stories in our BrightSpyre Testimonial Section.

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I have done my bachelors in Computer Sciences from Comsats Islamabad in year 2006 and soon after my graduation i started looking for a job in order to start my professional career. Though i have registered myself with several job portals and received hundreds of job alerts too but i was never considered for a single interview or shortlisted. Than i registered BrightSpyre after the recommendation of my friend which later prove a right decision and now i am a happy Employee at Cybernet and working there as " Corporate Support Engineer"

I would like to mention here that without the assistance of BrightSpyre it would not have been so easy to find a dream job where you can enhance your abilities and skills. So I congratulate BrightSpyre team for helping me out in finding a job and making it a success for me.

My heartiest & Warmest wishes to BrightSpyre team, especially HR department.

Keep doing the good work!

Qandil Ali
Corporate Support Engineer
Cybernet Islamabad

BrightSpyre signs MoU with Microsoft

A memorandum of understanding has been signed between BrightSpyre and Microsoft on Wednesday 19th December, 2007 represented by CTO Ahmed Jawad (BrightSpyre) and Country Head Ahmed Kamal (Microsoft). After the continuous negotiations from two parties through which they have successfully identified certain potential collaboration projects and to establish the framework for developing these concepts further together with a road map that will hopefully lead to agreement on the appropriate means for their delivery and implementation.

“This agreement marks as a huge step forward for us while collaborating with Microsoft on these projects and we are very excited to get this opportunity to bring new values and trends in the market” said BrightSpyre CTO Mr. Ahmed Jawad.

In addition both have agreed to do partnership in Microsoft student to business program by engaging with selected and reputable universities to co-manage career guidance events by leveraging the presence of Microsoft Student Partners on campuses.

BrightSpyre and Microsoft will also be in partnership on MSDNAA and IT Academy partnership pilot at local universities. BrightSpyre will be organizing career counselling and career guidance events as joint venture with Microsoft in different universities of Pakistan which will result in huge impact in bringing awareness and exposure among students and universities.

BrightSpyre is still Pakistan's best place and preferred website to find jobs in Pakistan. It is wholly owned and operated by Cogilent Solutions, an ISO-9001-2000 certified company.

Testimonial - Ejaz Ahmed

BrightSpyre Testimonials:
We have received great appreciation from many of you and realize that others would also like to see and hear that people really do get hired and that BrightSpyre is part of that success. We will include few success stories in our BrightSpyre Testimonial Section.
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Being a professional student of ACCA I was conscious about a career oriented and rewarding job in strong standing organization. Comparatively smaller job market and direct hiring from top four CA firms made me even more scared about a decent job. Luckily I got registered myself with BrightSpyre and forgot as I was not much hopeful. But I was surprised to got first interview call for a post of "Internal Audit" in of a reputable cement company of Pakistan. All procedure of interview till the offer letter was competed within 15 days and now i am glad to be a part of professional team because of Brightspyre.

God Bless BrightSpyre Team!

Ejaz Ahmed
Islamabad

400,000 and Counting

BrightSpyre continues to grow at an unprecedented pace and has achieved yet another milestone in its short history since its launch in Pakistan in 2002. This past year (the first ten months of 2007), it signed up well over 100,000 unique new job seekers who have flocked to BrightSpyre to find better jobs. Thus, swelling the unique job seeker community on BrightSpyre to 400,000.

“This is the third year in a row, that BrightSpyre has registered over 100,000 unique new users in one calendar year.” boasts Usman Bangash, Manager Sales and Marketing. “It goes onto show that BrightSpyre is still the first choice job portal for all job seekers and employers alike.”

BrightSpyre, owned and operated by Cogilent Solutions, is also credited with initiating and creating the professional online recruitment business in Pakistan.

“Before BrightSpyre, organizations used to rely on newspapers and references”, says Ahmad Jawad, CTO of BrightSpyre. “We not only changed the market, but created a whole new segment within the recruitment sector with our web portal.”

In the past three years, over 1 million jobs applications were submitted through BrightSpyre for various jobs in Pakistan.

"If every resume consists of at least two pages, then BrightSpyre has saved over 2 million pieces of paper by giving users an electronic alternative to apply for jobs and not waste paper over and over again. Thus helping create a "greener" Pakistan." explains Usman Bangash.

BrightSpyre is still the only jobs portal in Pakistan that is ISO-9001-2000 certified and has recruited certified CISSP (Certified Internet Security Professionals) to protect the privacy of its users.

These facts and statistics once again prove that BrightSpyre is still the leading jobs portal in Pakistan.

BrightSpyre Protected by Certified Security Professional

BrightSpyre's now boasts a unique talent in Pakistan. Ahmad Jawad, CTO, BrightSpyre is now one of the unique group of 25 Pakistanis who are CISSP (Certified Information System Security Professional) certified Professionals. This exam is managed and undertaken by (ISC)². It is the world's leading authority on information system security. Currently there are around 48,000 certified such professionals around the world. It is a further recognition of the fact that BrightSpyre continues to hire the best talent and continues to maintain a very high standard when it comes to handling data of its prestigious clients.

The role of any CISSP in an organization is:

• Strategic overview of Information Security needs.
• Develop/maintain an Information Security Program.
• Provide advice regarding new information Security technologies.
• Assurance of compliance with regulations.

Under Jawad, BrightSpyre is working deligently to further improve the standard of security and reliability of the largest Job Portal of Pakistan.

"At any given day, there can be as many as 35,000 unique visitors to our web portal. This number is likely to increase to 100,000 daily visitors by the end of 2007." explains Ahmad Jawad.

"This exponential growth requires radical changes in the way the whole Portal is setup. Security of the system needs to be carefully evaluated whenever there are changes in the software or hardware setup of any application. This certification enabled me to further polish my skills and gave me access to a privileged club of Security professionals worldwide. I will bring all that information to BrightSpyre and set a new standard of service." With such ambitions and goals, Jawad hopes to bring about a major change in how security is perceived in Pakistan.

BrightSpyre is owned and operated by Cogilent Solutions which is headquartered in Islamabad, Pakistan.

The 300,000 Club

December 2006 brought about another distinction for BrightSpyre. The job portal became the first website (of any genre) in Pakistan to register 300,000 unique users on its website.

“Today, we have achieved another distinction of registering over 300,000 unique registered users” mentioned, Usman Bangash, Manager Corporate Sales. “Another record for BrightSpyre and for Pakistan. The first time any website has achieved this feat in Pakistan.”

“It goes on to show that job seekers and employers both rely on BrightSpyre when it comes to finding the best jobs and the best talent in Pakistan.” Usman added on the popularity of the job portal.

BrightSpyre is among the pioneer ebusiness based web portals in the country and has been extremely successful in providing jobs in Pakistan since 2002. It is owned and operated by Cogilent Solutions, an ISO-9001-2000 certified company. BrightSpyre has also won the coveted Shell Tameer Award in 2004.

ISO-9001-2000 Certification Awarded to Cogilent Solutions

Cogilent Solutions, the parent company of popular job search and management portal, BrightSpyre.com achieved another distinction when it received an ISO-9001-2000 certification this March.

“There are only 100 IT companies in Pakistan with this certification and we are now one of them” explained Mr. Faisal Chohan, CEO, Cogilent Solutions. “And we are, so far, the only human resource related IT company with this distinction.” This distinction makes BrightSpyre the only jobs portal in Pakistan with a certification. Further confirming the credentials of the organization and its commitment to job seekers and employers alike.

BVQI, the certification authority, performed the Quality Management Audit and assessed its standards in the Turnkey Solutions provider for fields of Human Resources and Network Solutions. The process of certification was initiated in mid 2005 and completed by January 2006.

BrightSpyre wins Shell Tameer Award

BrightSpyre brings in Second Place Award for Cogilent Solutions in Shell Tameer Young Entrepreneur of the Year Competition


The Shell Company boasts of over 100 years presence in the Indo-Pakistan Sub-Continent proving to be a key player in bolstering the economy by productively helping to utilize natural energy resources and providing much needed jobs to people. However, along with its key financial function, the Company has also been very vitally present in the social sector by promoting its development both through technical and educational resources.
Along with 25 other public service programmes that the Company runs per year, it also initiated Shell LiveWIRE International, a unique programme with an out reach to 23 countries. The LiveWIRE programme was launched as Shell Tameer in Pakistan and has been successfully running in collaboration with partners SMEDA (Operational) and IBA (Developmental) respectively. The purpose being to boost the youth by helping them to acquire skills and enhance existing ones in order that they may apply themselves to finding the right path towards their future careers; not only in the cities at Business School level, but also in remote areas through workshops and vocational training institutes. Suffice to say, this has effectively changed lives of over 300 students (in Pakistan alone) and 10,000 people in general. This is Phase I of the programme.

The Second phase is the ‘Young Entrepreneur of the Year’ Awards given in recognition of brave entrepreneurial spirit. The Programme selects ten outstanding individuals (not necessarily from/beneficiary of Phase I) whose companies are chosen through a series of tough regional and local competitions. After selection, the competitors come together under one roof from all over the country to showcase their businesses for judging purposes and on the basis of original initiative, utilization of resources (financial, human, raw material), successful running and focused enthusiasm and spirit, the winners rise above. These are the very reasons why Brightspyre was entered and it shone through.

The Second Shell Tameer Awards for ‘Young Entrepreneur of the Year’ took place on Tuesday, 14th February, 2004 at Avari Hotel, Lahore. The Chief Guest was Chaudhery Pervaiz Elahi, Chief Minister of The Punjab. Atif Mumtaz, Managing Director and CEO represented Cogilent Solutions. By winning second place, the Company was commended for its originality in HR (Human Resource) Development by providing an alternative, cost effective service which is well on its way to becoming the future of the HR Management process. This is a unique award, more so since Cogilent Solutions was established not so far back in the year 2002 and BrightSpyre was launched in August of the same year. Since its launch, the Company has been climbing securely and productively towards the fulfillment of their vision and has been making inroads all over Pakistan, business potential wise. The entire dynamic team behind the Company and its service’s success must be commended for their hard work, team spirit and belief in themselves. We wish them all the very best and hope to see them achieving much more in the coming years.

BrightSpyre Jobs Portal Launches in Pakistan

The electronic commerce and eBusiness in Pakistan is becoming a reality now. This month, Cogilent Solutions launched BrightSpyre.com as the first professional job portal in Pakistan. The vision of the web portal is to recognize internet as the source of talent acquisition rather than the traditional newspaper and reference model. BrightSpyre creates a direct channel between the quality talent seekers (employers) and human resource (job seekers) available for Pakistan market.

"The goal of BrightSpyre is to become the premium source for jobs in Pakistan." explains Atif Mumtaz, Managing Director of Cogilent Solutions the parent company of BrightSpyre which is headquartered in Islamabad, Pakistan.