As a Bright employee, I constantly get asked the question, “What does Bright do?” The unofficial company line goes, “We try to make hiring more efficient.” While that’s an entirely accurate statement that acts as the guiding light for all we do, it’s a bit of an oversimplification. As a Bright Data Scientist, I think about […]
The US economy created a sluggish 131,000 jobs in February, according to our Data Science team at Bright.com – even fewer than January’s 189,000 jobs, and it doesn’t appear that a recovery is on the way any time soon. A CNN article reports that $85 billion in federal budget cuts, set to take place today […]
In order to build a good predictive model, a data scientist has a lot of things to consider. But something that often goes overlooked or undermentioned—likely because it’s not that glamorous—is cleaning the data. You want to build the best mathematical model that works for your data, but a step of tantamount importance is getting […]
Demand for high-level candidates remained steady in January across the country, especially in tech and government; however, the unemployment rate remains high. According to the Bright Employment Report, the labor market gained 189,000 net jobs in January 2013. Out of context, this seems like a healthy number, but in fact this level of demand for […]
Happy 2013 everyone! Historically, December tends to be one of the slowest hiring months of the year, and December 2012 was no exception. Bright predicts 141,000 jobs were created in December 2012. Despite this slow down, there remain numerous Bright regions in the employment landscape. Comparing the first half with the second half of the […]
