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How to Select Keywords that Attract Employers and Get Your Resume Read

(from 15 users)
Do you know how to use the principles of keyword optimization to help recruiters and employers find your resume on job boards like LatPro? If not, your online job search is probably suffering. Here are our top ten recommendations for using keywords to your advantage!

Corporate Profiles in Diversity: KPMG

(from 8 users)

The audit, tax and advisory firm KPMG LLP is the U.S. member firm of KPMG International. KPMG International’s member firms have 123,000 professionals, including more than 7,100 partners, in 145 countries. Joe Maiorano, Executive Director of HR for KPMG LLP, spoke with LatPro recently about his firm’s diversity recruiting, training and retention strategies, crediting KPMG’s success to its people.

When Communicating your Value to Management, Metrics Matter

(from 4 users)
One important strategy to avoid becoming a victim of corporate layoffs is to communicate your value to management using metrics. While many employees are uneasy about metrics, believing that numbers-based reporting can’t possibly reflect their varied and unique contributions to a company, being able to clearly define and communicate your value through metrics is crucial to career advancement.

Marketing your Hispanic Heritage to Employers: Your “Get Hired” Marketing Plan

(from 4 users)
You have a great education, solid work history and you’re bilingual to boot, but landing a job isn’t only about your skills and experience. You also have to know how to successfully market yourself to employers. Here's how you can create your own job search marketing campaign – an action plan for targeting the right employers with the right message so you can get the job you want and deserve.

Why Hispanic Employees Quit: Best Practices to Reduce Hispanic Employee Turnover

Hiring companies spend much time and effort — not to mention money — on recruiting Latino employees, but many Hispanic hires leave before organizations can fully benefit from their talents. Expert Graciela Kenig tells employers what they can do to reduce turnover and help Hispanic employees thrive.

Corporate Profiles in Diversity: Osram Sylvania

(from 3 users)
OSRAM SYLVANIA has been designing and manufacturing innovative lighting products for over 100 years. Throughout its rich history, the company has adapted to changing times, markets and customers, and this is also reflected in their recruiting practices. Maureen Crawford, manager of talent acquisition, sheds new light on how OSRAM SYLVANIA’s diversity initiatives make the company a more innovative and inclusive place to work.

Recession Fears and Your Career: Increasing your Job Security and Surviving Layoffs

(from 3 users)
Faced with the lowest U.S. consumer confidence level in 5 years, a sluggish employment market and other slumping economic indicators, many workers are concerned about the possibility of being laid off. Here are steps you should be taking now to boost your job security and sharpen your marketability.

Action Steps for Developing Latino Leaders in your Organization

(from 2 users)
Organizations wishing to attract Latinos and other diverse professionals for top-level management positions often find themselves competing for the same candidates — most of whom are already employed elsewhere. While such candidates are always are worth pursuing, it is also important to identify the talent that already exists within your organization. Here are some ideas for developing the leadership potential in your Latino employees.

Teaching in the U.S. - Teacher Certification for Foreign-Educated Teachers

(from 2 users)
Navigating through the rules, regulations and requirements for teacher certification can be a difficult and challenging process for teachers who received their training outside U.S. borders, but it could pay off, as a shortage of educators in key subjects and geographic locations has increased demand for qualified teachers in the United States.

Leadership Tip: Improve your Critical Thinking Skills

(from 1 user)
Some consider critical thinking to be essential only during emergency situations, but that is not the case. Good leaders use this skill daily. Learn why critical thinking so important in today's workplace and how you can improve your abilities in this area.