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How Long Does a Pre-Employment Background Check Take?

What Is The Timeline For A Pre-Employment Background Check? Whether you are an employer who is excited about hiring a new employee or a job seeker who has finally snagged that job offer you have been hoping for, you might be wondering, how long does a pre-employment background check take? A pre-employment background check is...

The Importance of Employee Job Security for Workplace Success

For the majority of people, a job offers the opportunity to have a sense of meaning and purpose. We can often tie our unique passions, identities, and who we are as individuals to our work. Beyond the impact on identity, having significant job security matters for a variety of other reasons. In this article, we’ll...

6 Mistakes to Avoid When Recruiting

Recruiting is not merely a function of HR, it’s essential to the success of your organization. Without a well-defined strategy for recruiting talent, you run the risk of making inefficient and costly hiring decisions—up to $17,000 in lost productivity, compromised work quality, and turnover. To ensure better hires, you need a targeted recruiting strategy…

Quitting Your Job? 5 Things to Consider

Quitting your job is a big move that, if done right, may be beneficial to your career. However, make sure it is the right time and for the right reasons. With such a big change, it’s crucial that you are strategic when quitting your job, to position yourself to move forward in your career…

How to Negotiate a Job Offer

Negotiating a job offer begins the moment you start your job search. The key is to be prepared by researching similar positions in the industry. Doing your homework will help you make smarter, more reasonable decisions and establish a negotiation strategy. The most important factor in negotiating a job offer is confidence – confidence…

6 Career Fairs Brightwing is Attending This Fall

One of our favorite times of the year is upon us – it’s career fair season! This year, Brightwing plans to attend 6 IT and/or Engineering career fairs. Cutting-edge, exclusive opportunities you can expect to see at the fairs include Software Development, Project Management, Big Data Analysis, Electrical/Mechanical Engineering, and more! To see a complete list of our…

Brightwing Is Hiring Recruiters

To us, a successful recruiter is someone who is a part-time detective, salesperson, career counselor, and consultant. We believe a recruiter’s success is not only defined by the number of submittals, but by the quality of the hires and the relationships that are built with candidates. To put it simply, we look for professionals who…

How to Provide Real Value in Talent Acquisition

Today’s world of talent acquisition or “recruiting” seems to have some very confusing measurements around what represents value. The market is trending towards more outsourced solutions: RPOs, MSPs, automated resume parsing and screening, as well as off shoring some, or all of the initial contact with potential candidates. This trend seems to represent a quicker delivery (in…

How to Join the Workforce When You’re Short on Experience

What do you do when you’re starting out? What do you do when you’re switching industries, or rejoining the workforce? While every situation is different, many companies are looking for people with experience. Here are a few ideas for students, professionals switching industries or those rejoining the workforce: Students leaving the nest If you are…

How to Write a Realistic Job Description

If you’ve ever visited one of the popular online dating sites and taken the opportunity to review the profiles of those seeking the “right” person for what they consider an “ideal” relationship you’ll notice a common theme on many of them. The profile of the person they seek is perfect…literally perfect. The list of things…

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