Join us at the SME Fair in Lahore

BrightSpyre is proud to be part of the LCCI SME fair being held in Lahore on May 14 and 15 at the LCCI Building. The Main objective of the fair is to provide an opportunity for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to display their products and services to the potential new customers.

Mr. Rehmatullah Javed, Chairman LCCI Standing Committee on SMEs stated that SMEs play a vital role in the economy of Pakistan. “SMEs are the largest employer in the country and contribute up to 75% of industrial production and 60% towards exports to the national economy.” Mr. Javed further stated that the SMEs are the critical backbone for the numerous multinationals and mega corporations of Pakistan who outsource or purchase raw material and services from these organizations.

United Nations (UNIDO) states that over 97% of all businesses in Pakistan fall under the category of SMEs. And there are potentially over 2 million such enterprises all across the nation. BrightSpyre feels that this is an important segment of our economy and therefore has resolved to closely work and assist them in acquiring quality human resource for their industry.

The fair is expected to attract a large number of entrepreneurs, international dignitaries, Ministers, high-level government officials, representatives of well-reputed business organizations and multinationals, and students from various institutions all over the city.

The SME Fair is organized by Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry at the following address
Date: May 14 – 15, 2008
Time and Date: 10 am till 8pm
Address: LCCI Building 11-Shara-e-Aiwane Tijarat Lahore. Pakistan.
UAN: 111-222-499
Fax: 042-6368854

FAST on Board

Continuously progressing BrightSpyre, Today 24th of April, 2008 has launched a nationwide Job board (http://nu.jobboard.com.pk) for National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences FAST graduates & Alumni. FAST NU is the second university after GIKI for which BrightSpyre has created a platform for students to access jobs under one podium, posted by different companies all over Pakistan. This Job Board was inaugurated by Rector Dr. Amir Muhammed and Director Islamabad FAST Dr. Aftab Maharoof on the occasion of Open house at FAST Islamabad Campus. The purpose of Open house event was an interaction between industry and graduating students from all disciplines on the possibilities of employment and to explore the potential collaboration with faculty in research and development activities. This Job Board will further help graduates/Alumni of FAST in exploring multiple job opportunities and bridging the gap between industry and academia.

BrightSpyre Launches GIKI Job Board

BrightSpyre on Thursday, 10th of April, 2008 has launched Pakistan’s first ever university Job board (http://giki.jobboard.com.pk) for Ghulam Ishaque Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences & Technology (GIKI) graduates. GIKI Job Board was officially inaugurated during "Open House" event by NWFP Governor Mr. Awais Ahmed Ghani. This Job Board was result of combine efforts of BrightSpyre and GIKI Career Cell who took the initiative and introduced this new concept in academia. This Job Board will offer GIKI students and alumni’s & employers direct contact with each other and will also provide easy & quick access to companies to hire fresh graduates from GIKI. This Job Board will also be highly beneficial for the employers from all over Pakistan, as they can easily target GIKI fresh graduates from all disciplines.

In Addition this job board will create a huge opportunity for graduates and graduating students to search jobs under one platform with more awareness about the market trends. BrightSpyre will help in leveraging the relationship between university and employers’, increasing the access to these candidates for employers as BrightSpyre is highly motivated to provide the University recruiting segment in GIKI. BrightSpye has always set their own trends and standards with continuous expansion and growth in Local & International market. Although BrightSpyre has started university job board for first time in Pakistan but has a vast global experience in Job Boards. BrightSpyre has its own Product with the name of personforce (www.personforce.com) in USA. In a very short period of time BrightSpyre has gain a vital place in US academic institutions and it is now highly regarded among the top online location for recruiters in the USA to hire the best talent from prestigious Universities like Harvard, Standford, Cornell and Yale.

Job Board URL: giki.jobboard.com.pk
This news is covered in Green & White and PASHA official website "PASHA News".

Event in Pictures

Career Counselling for IT graduates in Kohat University

Education in IT has grown tremendously; Kohat University of Science & Technology is playing a vital role in grooming its 200 IT graduate students and getting them prepared for challenging global IT industry.

BrightSpyre is expanding its program to all parts of country and playing its major role to provide industry feedback into the academia. In the continuation of its programs BrightSpyre.com conducted its career grooming seminar in Kohat University of Science and Technology on Friday 28th of March, 2008.

BrightSpyre had a career counseling session and resume building workshop with the students of KUST. This session was attended by more than 200 students with faculty members including Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Lutfullah Kakakhel. BrightSpye had a productive discussion with the students regarding current market trends and technologies in which students also shared about their views and perception about industry.

The students showed keen interest in asking how they can apply for jobs online; what are the skill sets required by companies; how they can find internship opportunities; how to compare companies before joining organizations for jobs; how fresh graduates can be hired without having any experience.

In a statement, Vice Chancellor appreciated the initiative taken by BrightSpyre and termed this event as a very healthy & fruitful activity for students of KUST. BrightSpyre is the only recruiting company in Pakistan who has such an extensive university outreach program and first one to visit Kohat-NWFP.

This year, BrightSpyre University Outreach program is scheduled in more than 30 universities from all over Pakistan featuring career guidance, career counseling, workshops, academic seminars and interviews on spot for current open positions. We have helped thousands of graduates and employers make employment connections over the years as we make every effort to provide flawless customer service, promote our programs comprehensively and make success as job seeking and employment clients our highest priority.

BrightSpyre team is grateful for the efforts of Vice Chancellor, faculty members and students who were indeed a great help in organizing such a remarkable and successful event.

• Event in Pictures

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 Participation at Startup Insiders

BrightSpyre participated in Start up insider on Thursday 31^st of January, 2008 which was organized by PASHA (Pakistan Software Houses Association) and Green & White. This event was successfully hosted and well managed by LMKR Islamabad with the attendance of more than 100 peoples. The main purpose of this discussion was to encourage the innovative ideas from young professionals from different walks of life and advise them as how to be a successful entrepreneur, which involves the practice of starting a new business in response to identifying certain opportunities.

From BrightSpyre this event was attended by:

• Atif Mumtaz

• Faisal Chohan

• Usman Bangash

• Aftab Alam

• Muhammad Abid Azam
  

During the event Atif Mumtaz & Faisal Chohan also discussed about their experience of starting with an idea and converting it to a successful reality, as BrightSpyre elevated throughout the years after launched in 2002, which now rates as Pakistan’s largest and most prestigious job portal. They also gave few very useful advises to young audience as what should be their approach toward entrepreneurship and how to move things forward from an early innovation phase to a fully practical implementation.

Event in Pictures

Join us at Startup Insider Session

PASHA (Pakistan Software Houses Association) and Green & White are organizing Startup Insider Sessions all over Pakistan. The aim and purpose of these sessions is connecting successful businesses with brilliant young people who would like to pursue a career in entrepreneurship. As Green & White puts it on their own blogsite “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”.

These sessions are being held once a month in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad. Already the sessions in Karachi and Lahore were well attended. We hope to see a similar turnout at Islamabad session as well.

BrightSpyre (Cogilent Solutions) is also one of the companies that has been invited at the inaugural session in Islamabad. We will be represented by the co-founders of the company namely, Mr. Faisal Chohan and Atif Mumtaz who will talk about the journey that the company took from an idea to reality. The complete panel list includes:

• Ovais Ashraf, CEO, Trivor Software / Trango
• Atif Mumtaz & Faisal Chohan, CEO Cogilent Solution / BrightSpyre
• Faizan Buzdar - CEO, Scrybe Corp.
• Osama Hashmi, CEO, CDF Software
• Zahid Mirza, Netsol Technologies
• Saeed Qadri, CEO, Voxel Communications
• Faisal Qureshi, CEO, Kolachi Advanced Technologies
• Jehan Ara, President, PASHA

• Time: 6 – 9 pm
• Date: January 31, 2008
• Location: LMKR Office, 3rd Floor, Evacuee Trust Complex, Aga Khan Road, F-5, Islamabad, Pakistan
  

Details of the event can be found on Green & White blogsite.

BrightSpyre participates in ITCN Asia 2007

BrightSpyre participated in this year’s ITCN Asia (Aug 9 -11, 2007) held at the Expo Center in Karachi. The event has grown into the largest IT, Telecom & Media extravaganza of Pakistan. This year ITCN Asia was attended by the region's most influential business professionals, entrepreneurs and policy makers.

BrightSpyre was at the forefront of the event by promoting its services to job seekers as well as potential employers in Pakistan. Please do check out the event in pictures at the BrightSpyre stall at ITCN Asia.

PSEB Joins Hands with BrightSpyre in Launching IT Job Board

On August 9 2007, BrightSpyre in collaboration with PSEB launched Pakistan's first Job Board focused on the IT Industry talent pool.

http://pseb.jobboard.com.pk

“Talent acquisition is the first step in talent management.” Yusuf Husain, Managing Director said at the launching ceremony.

“PSEB and Brightspyre have joined hands together to help the IT industry by upgrading their talent acquisition to international standards besides providing help to the foreign companies in acquiring talent pool directly from Pakistan.” Added the Managing Director at the launching ceremony of the portal at ITCN Asia in Karachi.

PAHSA-BrightSpyre Career Fair Lucky Draw Winners

BrightSpyre announces the winners of the lucky draw held at the PASHA-BrightSpyre Career Fair in Rawalpindi this July. The winners for prizes are :

• Mr. Waqas Asif
• Ms. Nosheen Zaidi
• Mr. Ahsan Masood
• Ms. Nighat Iram
• Mr. Tanvir Ahmad

For more information about the lucky draw please feel free to contact BrightSpyre office. The career fair was a tremendous success BrightSpyre aims to regularly hold such events nationwide.

PASHA-BrightSpyre host a successful Career Fair

BrightSpyre-PASHA hosted an extremely successful and well managed career fair at Rawalpindi. "This is the first time, there has been such a large career fair for job seekers in the city of Rawalpindi", mentioned, Faisal Chohan, from BrightSpyre. Over 3,000 job seekers filtered throughout the day to meet with prospective employers that included companies like Si3, Wateen Telecom, Buraq Telecom, Orgoo, Cisco, Green and White and many others.

There were numerous sessions arranged specifically for young graduates. This included, career advice in various fields including, Resume building, Software engineering, Telecom sector, BPO-Call center and many others.

There was also a separate section where job seekers could get one-on-one career advice through councilors provided by Green & White (www.greenwhite.org).Overall, the event was tremendously successful. BrightSpyre also received hundreds of visitors throughout the day at their booth. At the same time, they interviewed and provided guidance to a lot of potential job seekers.

"The candidates that we interviewed were not only for our own internal hiring, but also for our customers who had requested to seek out good candidates for them." mentioned, Ahmad Jawad, from BrightSpyre.

BrightSpyre is especially thankful to Jehan Ara (PASHA), MAJU Students (Mohammad Ali Jinnah University) and Osama Hashmi's Green and White (www.greenandwhite.org) for making this event extremely successful.

For more information, please click on the links below.

• See the event in Pictures
• View the Blog of Jehan Ara about the Job Fair in Rawalpindi
  

BrightSpyre Partners with Microsoft in Pakistan Developer Conference

BrightSpyre is once again at the forefront when it comes to professional development in Pakistan. This year BrightSpyre is one of the strategic partners with Microsoft in promoting this event in Pakistan. The aim of Pakistan Developer Conference 2007 is to provide a comprehensive technological developments including recently released and upcoming Microsoft development and platform technologies.

There will be numerous focused sessions during the conference that for Windows Vista, Office 2007, Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005, BizTalk Server 2006 and many other leading Microsoft Technologies.

It is expected that over 3,000 professionals from all over Pakistan will attend this conference on June 19 and 20 at Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad. This will be a great opportunity to meet and network with who's who of the industry and Microsoft team. BrightSpyre highly recommends its users to attend the event in either of the three cities.

PASHA-BRIGHTSPYRE Collaborate on THE CAREER EXPO

PASHA (Pakistan Software Houses Association) has been instrumental in organizing capacity building events in Pakistan since 2004. This year, PASHA is holding three mega Career Expos in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad. These events are focused on fresh graduates and young professionals to assist them in their careers. They will learn more about the kind of careers that are available to them across the spectrum of ICT and will also become aware of the growth and maturity of the sector they are either joining or are already a part of.

The Career Expo shall focus on the following:

1. Job Matchmaking through company booths.

2. Presentations on different career tracks including Software Engineering, BPO/Call Centers, Telecom, New Media & Animation, System Integration, Networking and Finance

3. Interactive Workshops

4. Expert Panels

5. Career Counsellings

The event in Islamabad is co-organized by BrightSpyre (www.BrightSpyre.com) in collaboration with PASHA (www.pasha.org). It will take place at the Convention Center on June 23, 2007.

Please click here for more information about this event.

Microsoft and BrightSpyre Collaboration

Microsoft has joined hands with BrightSpyre to promote and provide job seekers with free Microsoft tools and resources to get them started in the growing field of Application Development.

Microsoft in collaboration with BrightSpyre shall provide IT professionals an option to register and receive free copies of MS-Visual Studio® Express and MS-SQL Server™ Express editions. Together the two companies shall also provide links to additional resources from Microsoft Learning. The learning resources and easy-to-use development tools that are made available through this collaboration will help job seekers learn critical skills for jump-starting their professional career in the software development industry.