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A VA loan is a mortgage loan that is guaranteed by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Of the 20+ million active duty service members and veterans with mortgages, less than 6% are utilizing their VA mortgage benefit, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. BBMC's mission is to increase that number exponentially, as they believe that too few qualified veterans and active-duty service members use their VA home loan benefits.

We’ve all had it happen: the cell phone you bought a few months ago is now obsolete as the newer, more advanced model hits the stores. The constantly evolving world of technology takes an abundance of talented individuals to make these innovations possible.

Last Wednesday, October 3rd, Orion held our inaugural #orionchat “tweet chat” on our Twitter, @orioncareers. In case you aren’t familiar with the concept, a tweet chat is a live conversation on Twitter to discuss a specific topic - we kicked off our first one ever to answer commonly asked questions about the military to transition process.

Orion CEO Mike Starich’s latest article, “Skilled Talent Shortage, Market Uncertainty Complicate Hiring in Oil & Gas” for Manufacturing.net, explores the skilled talent shortage being experienced in the oil and gas industry. The battle for talent in this industry is heating up, but there are ways to combat it.

The Oil & Gas industry is a global powerhouse employing hundreds of thousands of workers worldwide as well as generating hundreds of billions of dollars globally each year. While the oil & gas industry is always changing, a career in the industry is steady, since the need for oil is always present across a variety of industries. Oil is not just used in automobiles and airplanes, but in everyday items, such as plastic, cleaning supplies, medical supplies, and even clothing and cosmetics contain oil compounds.

Orion Talent will be holding our last two Distinguished Candidate Conferences (DCC) of 2018 in Atlanta, GA, and San Diego, CA, on October 8 & 9. These events will host more than 40 different company interview lineups and 120 military officer candidates. Orion's National DCCs are an opportunity to interview the very best Military Officers within our candidate pool for positions in Engineering, Sales, Leadership Development and Operations Management.

It’s not too late to enter BBMC Mortgage’s “We’ve Got Your Six Mortgage-Free Year” sweepstakes! The contest will give one lucky military family 12 months of mortgage or rent payments courtesy of BBMC. What would you do without having to make a house payment for a year? BBMC wants you to dream big.

Orion Novotus, a leader in recruitment process outsourcing (RPO), has been named among the top Enterprise RPO providers in the HRO Today's 2018 Baker's Dozen Rankings.

Though it typically finds its meaning in the dating world, “ghosting,” or stopping all forms of communication and contact with someone without any warning and for no apparent reason, is becoming an alarming trend in the corporate world.

There’s a new ghost story that’s unlikely to hit the shelves at bookstores or make its on-screen debut. It’s not thrilling and certainly lacks entertainment, but it haunts Talent Acquisition and Hiring Managers each day. The plot of this ghost story is a scenario you likely know too well: candidates blowing off scheduled job interviews or accepting offers only to vanish without a trace.

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