BrightMinds has extensive experience providing Professional Services (PS) on numerous high-profile short and long term projects and escalations for many clients and partners in Canada and the USA.

BrightMinds has a highly experienced IT contracting core and understands that success requires:

• Established long term relationships with clients, contractors, referrers and partners
• Excellent contractor and referrer programs (see What are BrightMinds' programs?)
• In-house custom software engagement automation (see What is the BrightMinds 2≡Connect platform?)
• Thinking that is beyond typical short-term body-shop recruiting mentality

A unique software platform that is highly automated and fuels our contractor supply chains thereby allowing us to focus on our clients and partners.

The platform drives the BrightMinds Referrer program for IT contractor and service lead referrals by allowing anyone (including IT contractors) to sign-up (for FREE) and generate significant passive income by simply inviting IT contractor friends, colleague or co-workers to connect with BrightMinds.

Are you an IT contractor and in need of an invite? Ask a BrightMinds Authorized Referrer

BrightMinds's clients include public (Fortune 100/500), private and government in Canada and the USA.

BrightMinds makes it simple to share your connections through the BrightMinds 2≡Connect software platform and in return compensates you repeatedly and many times more than standard referral fees or programs.

In fact, How we compare? provides a full list of benefits in referring through BrightMinds.

See the Referring section for program compensation, processes, and many more details.

The BrightMinds 2≡Connect platform manages the entire process and workflow for referring contractors.

The referring process is as follows:

1. You perform a quick and easy referrer sign-up for FREE
2. You sign-in and generate a contractor invite for a contractor you know.
3. BrightMinds' platform sends a "one-time" and time limited invite email with a contractor connect link.
4. Once the contractor connects with BrightMinds they are automatically linked as referred by you.
5. BrightMinds reviews and evaluates the referred contractor to place them on BrightMinds contract.
6. You are rewarded quarterly for each hour your referred contractor(s) work under BrightMinds contract(s).
7. Sign-in to your account to track your contractors, status and payments 24/7.

See the BrightMinds Referrer Agreement for complete terms.

A standard 'referral' is a one-time payment that is offered to someone or someone they know.

Unfortunately these 'referrals' are often ignored and ineffective due to their minimal dollar value, effort required to actually collect payment and largely negative preconceived notions.

We refer to "family" in the general sense and want to be respectful to all.

Your family may include a partner, children, parents, friends, etc....

A referrer fee based on each hour that a contractor works on a BrightMinds contract:

• 4% of the contractor's bill rate for a referred contractor
• 2% of each contractor's bill rates for a referred service lead

As a bonus to contractors only, the referrer fee will be increased by 50% if, during a fiscal quarter, he / she works 20 cumulative days under a BrightMinds contract. These additional amounts however are subject to constraints with respect to caps and splits as outlined in the BrightMinds Referrer Agreement.

Referrer fees will be paid by cheque, sent through regular mail, within 1 month following the end of each fiscal quarter, provided that client has paid BrightMinds.

Please refer to the BrightMinds Referrer Agreement for full details and terms.

Lastly, please note that terms of this agreement are subject to revision or update at any time without notice.

The general consensus is that most industry standard referral programs are off-putting and ineffective.
As such, we have built an innovative platform that makes referring rewarding and effective.

In fact, we believe in "people helping people through IT" and rewarding people with passive income.
In turn, this allows people to work less and affords them more freedom and time with family.

Anyone can join. Knowledge of IT is not required. Simply invite IT contractors you know.

Recruiters, past or present, must ensure they are not in a conflict of interest with past or present employers when sending contractor invites.

No. You just need to know IT contractors who may be interested in connecting with BrightMinds.

For some guidance on people to refer see Who should I refer to BrightMinds?

Yes. Anyone can sign-up for the BrightMinds Referrer Program.

However, you are 100% responsible in ensuring that you do not breech any past or present agreements with your employers and do not create a 'Conflict of Interest' as outlined in the BrightMinds Referrer Agreement.

For example, a non-issue may be if you acquired connections while not employed as a recruiter or during a prior employment or perhaps the domain you are currently recruiting in does not overlap with BrightMinds.

Always seek professional and / or legal advice as you agree to hold BrightMinds harmless.

It depends on how / when you acquired the contacts and the terms and conditions of past agreements.

Always seek professional and / or advice as you agree to hold BrightMinds harmless.

You should only invite people you know or that are part of your social network e.g. LinkedIn 1st level.

We take referrer conduct very seriously as outlined in the BrightMinds Referrer Agreement.

No. There is no limit to the number of IT contractors or service leads you can refer to BrightMinds.

BrightMinds ensures invites are "one-time" to limit unsolicited emails to potential IT contractors.

However there are also multiple reasons that benefit referrers; our platform ensures that:

• Only one referrer can invite a given IT contractor (for a given email address)
• Referrers will be rewarded for their efforts as is fair for being the first to to invite
• Referrers can track progress of their invites 24/7 and see their invite status
• Referrers can track progress of their payments 24/7 and past payment history

BrightMinds does not allow contractors to connect without an invite.

A referrer is not eligible for a referrer fee if a contractor is previously known to BrightMinds.

For example, a contractor may use multiple email addresses and may have already worked for BrightMinds.

When you attempt to generate an invite, the BrightMinds 2≡Connect software platform will immediately inform you if the email address you are trying to refer is already invited or known to BrightMinds.

However, in general you do not know, because for example a contractor may use multiple email addresses or a client may use multiple email addresses (or may connect through different people) and may already have worked with BrightMinds.

BrightMinds ensures that invites are "one-time" per email address.

However, multiple individuals may work at a service lead and as such the referrer that is compensated is the one that anyone from the referred client utilizes first to connect with BrightMinds.

Unfortunately, you need to recall the email address you used to sign-up.

This is currently not possible. However, this feature will be available in a future software platform update.

Sign-in to your account and you will be provided with a list of active contractors and service / leads, total hours worked by fiscal quarter and referrer payments pending to you.

If you violate one or more of the terms and conditions of the BrightMinds Referrer Agreement your referrer invites may be blocked and your referrer account may be suspended without warning.

You will, however, receive an email if your invite is blocked or your account is placed on hold or is suspended, stating what is deemed to have been violated.

No. You will receive referrer payments for ALL contracts a contractor you refer works under.

In fact, referrer payments are made quarterly when within the quarter a contractor you referred works on a BrightMinds contract.

So it is entirely possible for example to refer someone and receive payments years later and / or more frequently down the road.

You will be paid by cheque issued in the name of an individual or business (that you elect) by regular mail.

BrightMinds is not responsible for the delivery of said mail or the accuracy of the address you disclose.

BrightMinds cannot issue electronic referrer fee payments regardless of situation / circumstance.

Unfortunately, this is not due to a technical limitation but rather due to administrative and internal business reasons. If or when this changes all referrers will be notified.

Yes. The choice is yours. However, we highly recommend that you seek professional advice.

BrightMinds will contact you to request personal details per government regulations prior to issuing your first cheque. Payments will not be issued until this information is provided.

No. BrightMinds will not make or hold any deductions such as Federal and state/provincial income tax, employment insurance, etc. Any and all source and tax deductions will be entirely your responsibility.

It is dependant on your situation. As the referrer payment is rendered in Ontario, Canada, you will be subject to the regulations of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). Unless your total taxable sales are under the small supplier limit (currently $30 000 per year), you must register for and charge GST/HST.

However, please seek your own professional advice. BrightMinds will be contacting you to discuss your situation if you are not registered for a GST/HST account.

Traditional 100% active income allows you to retire say at age 55 (early retirement) through 65 (or later).

Furthermore, many people wait until, or plan on, retirement to "start" doing the things they enjoy. But then at retirement find themselves at a loss for what to do or wonder why they worked so hard for so long solely earning active income to acquire a pension to sustain them.

However, there is an alternative and it is depicted in this formula:
Passive Income >= Expenses = FREEDOM!

With passive income once your level of passive income "equals or exceeds your expenses" you can essentially retire or do whatever you like with the rest of your life.

Yes, your personal information and the fact that you signed-up as a BrightMinds Referrer will be kept private.

However, BrightMinds may invite you to become an BrightMinds Authorized Referrer, and if you agree then BrightMinds will post on the Contractor Connect page:

• Your BrightMinds profile full name
• Your BrightMinds profile photo
• A link to your LinkedIn public page

No. BrightMinds will only send a "one-time" invite to each referred contractor or service lead.

Only if someone connects will we communicate with them for contract/business related purposes.