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2011 was a banner year for BCforward. We formed new partnerships, won exciting contracts, gave back to the community and put hundreds to work. We got started in January with the creation of Stafforward, a wholly owned subsidiary that serves the existing BCforward presence in the administrative, accounting, clerical, warehousing, healthcare, manufacturing and industrial fields by providing staffing, outsourcing, managed service programs and payroll services. Stafforward was created in order to respond to the growing customer demand for talent acquisition in these fields. In April, our President...


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Magic 8 Ball: Should you outsource your Project Management work? “Yes.” “No.” “It is decidedly so.” If only obtaining answers to our questions were that simple. In today’s world, it seems that transformation is happening all around us. From the simple changing of the seasons, to the complex world of technology, one thing is for certain: change is constant. Even in corporate work environments, change is occurring in how staffing models are implemented. Considering the economic conditions, many companies are focused on ways to minimize costs without sacrificing quality of services...


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One of the many issues that IT leadership or the senior management team may deal with is a project that is not delivering results. Whether it’s missed milestones, unplanned expenses, or scope creep, a project in distress can be very costly to an organization. It not only can burn money, it can also delay the implementation of other project/product launches and negatively affect the morale of the project team. Here are three ways that a company can tell that a project needs to be rescued: Project Schedule Health is Consistently “RED”—If the project milestones are consistently being...


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Over the past year, our recruiting demands have doubled and in turn our team size has nearly doubled as well. As BCforward continues to grow, opportunities have become available for our valued employees to take on more responsibility. We have always looked internally first for people to assume more responsibility. Christina Nash has accepted a new role as Director of Recruiting. In this new role Christina will be responsible for coordinating all recruiting efforts within BCforward. In addition, Christina will work to streamline and gain efficiencies for our recruiting processes, including the alignment...


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BCforward, a leader in IT outsourcing and staffing solutions today announced the formation of PMforward.  This division will provide project management consulting services, centralized management of project delivery, leadership coaching and training, process improvement identification, and management of PMO methodologies. “BCforward has always had a quite sizable project management office, with over 300 resources spread nationwide. We decided to create PMforward because it helps current and potential clients truly understand what our capability is” said Terrill Krigger, Director of Account...


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The Wall Street Journal recently singled out Indianapolis as a hub for the Life Sciences industry. The state has added 8,800 jobs in the life sciences in recent years, and today some 825 medical-device companies, drug manufacturers and research labs call Indiana home. Indianapolis, which is home to big names in the field such as Eli Lilly & Co. and health insurer WellPoint Inc., is leading the transformation. Corporations like these have added the lion's share of the state's new life-sciences jobs. Now they're helping smaller companies get off the ground, too—by spinning off new businesses...


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