Bridge Insights
Do Your Mortgage Closers and Funders Have These 8 Soft Skills?
Mortgage Loan Closers and Funders play a crucial step in the mortgage application process. They are the last set of eyes to review a loan and are responsible for closing and funding residential mortgage loans per company and investor guidelines. It is important to...
Is My Recruiter a Good Fit for Me? Ask These 5 Questions
Throughout my career, I have used my fair share of staffing agencies to help connect me with job opportunities. From first-hand experience, I can tell you not all recruiters are the same. Just like jobs themselves, you need to do your research, ask questions, and vet...
How My Company Helped Me Feel Included When I Started Working From Home
I had been working for Bridge for just over three years when my family decided to move to another state. I thought that changing states would mean changing jobs as well, but I was fortunate enough to have been given the opportunity to stay with the company and work...
Ask a Recruiter: How Far Back Should I Go on My Resume?
If you are well-established in your career, are returning to the workforce or just beginning your job search, it can be tough to decide what to include on your resume. For professionals who have an eclectic work history or are further along in their career path,...
What is the Difference Between Furlough and Layoff?
In light of recent events, citizens of Illinois and throughout the nation are grappling with the stress of employment uncertainty. Within these uncertain times, many professionals have found themselves without a job. As a professional, it is important to understand...
How to Start Your Resume When You’re Just Getting Started
The most important part of job searching is creating a resume. But if you are looking for your very first job, where do you start? Without any (relevant) job experience it can be difficult to build your resume. After all, how can you sell someone on your work...
The Ultimate Guide to Decoding Job Descriptions
If you’ve spent any amount of time searching for a job, you know that job postings come in all shapes and sizes. You can learn a lot about a position and a business based on what an employer decides to put in (or leave out of) that space titled, “job requirements”....
Should I Stay or Should I Go? Is It Time to Look for a New Job?
It can be difficult to know when sticking it out at your current job or making the move into a new position is best for you. There are different factors to consider when trying to make that determination. Asking yourself these three questions can help you organize...
7 Soft Skills of Successful Underwriters
The timer starts the second a loan application is submitted. If you do not have a strong underwriting team working for your organization, your business will miss funding deadlines, and you will lose your best performing LO’s. You may also notice yourself questioning...
What Is RPO Staffing and Is It Right for My Business?
No two businesses are the same. Your team, business culture, capabilities and services, and the experience provided to your customers all work together to make your business and its brand unique. To be successful, your business needs a staffing program that fits into...
Putting Your Best E-Foot Forward: Is Your Social Media Presence Hurting Your Professional Appeal?
Social media has reshaped the way we communicate with others, learn about the world we live in and how others perceive us –including employers. Interviewing, testing and conducting reference checks are no longer the only way recruiters determine if they should make...
7 Ways to Keep Your Remote Workforce Engaged
Recently, a client told me they transitioned much of their team to a remote work environment because they didn’t have the facility space to accommodate their growing team. Our client said the team was adjusting to the new work environment but, as a manager, he was...