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Hispanic Recruiter Review - October 2007

Submitted by editor on Sun, 12/09/2007 - 9:39pm.
Employment and Diversity
 
Leveraging Spanish Bilingual Employees to Reach the Latino Home Buying Market
A North Carolina real estate company wants to gain a competitive advantage by targeting the growing Hispanic market. Expert Juan Tornoe shares his tips on how to make their outreach efforts most effective.

What is the primary reason your organization would like to recruit Hispanic employees?
Hispanic employees are in demand for a variety of reasons. Some may be hired for multicultural expertise, others for their Spanish language skills. Why are you recruiting Latinos? Let us know in our recruiter poll!

CIA sees boost in minority hiring
More than one in four recruits offered jobs as undercover spies by the CIA this year are members of racial or ethnic minorities — a record high for the agency.

Culturally Sensitive Problem Solving
Do you need to have a 'difficult conversation' with an employee? LatPro's multicultural management expert Graciela Kenig shows managers how to get past defensiveness, start a dialogue and get to the root of the problem.

Juan Tornoe Ask the Expert: Want to know the best way to attract Spanish-speaking employees? Need help effectively reaching the expanding Hispanic market? Submit your question to Juan Guillermo Tornoe, and he will answer one lucky reader's question every month!
 
Win an MBA Scholarship!
 
The Latin Trade MBA Challenge
What would an MBA do for your career? Latin Trade, the leading business magazine for Latin America, is offering a full-tuition grant to the Rollins College Crummer School of Business in the United States.
More Details & Application Instructions
 
Hispanic Business & Latino Leaders
 
Hispanic Buying Power and Entrepreneurship On The Rise
Hispanic business ownership is growing three times as fast as the national average making Hispanic purchasing power a growing force in the U.S. Hispanic buying power is expected to go over the $1 trillion mark by 2011.

Executives on the Move

  • Jose A. Diaz was recognized by the U.S. Small Business Administration as the Minority Small Business Person of the Year.


  • Andrea Agnew has been promoted to the newly-created position of Director of Diversity and Inclusion for Comcast, the nation's leading provider of cable, entertainment and communications products and services.
 
Latin America News
 
Dengue Fever Outbreak Plaguing Latin America
The Dengue fever outbreak, which has spread across Latin America and the Caribbean, is one of the worst outbreaks in decades. Hundreds of thousands of people are suffering from agonizing joint pain, while nearly 200 others have died so far this year.

Border Help Sought By Mexican, U.S. Governors
Massive traffic jams caused by U.S. security concerns led to Mexican and U.S. governors requesting help from Washington. The demands arose at the annual U.S.-Mexico border governors' conference.

Chilean Consumer Prices Reach 8-Year High
Chilean consumer prices climbed more than economists projected last month, pushing the 2007 inflation rate to its highest level since 1999.
 
LatPro News & Resources
 
Get the Jump on Your Competition with Email Job Notification Services
If you are looking for new career opportunities, the best way to stay on top of current job openings for bilingual and Hispanic professionals is to set up your own personalized LatPro Job Agent.

Your Vote Counts in the Weddle's User's Choice Awards
Is LatPro one of your favorite job boards? Help LatPro win another WEDDLE's User's Choice Award by casting your online ballot for us in this year's poll! Vote Now.

Who are LatPro's Candidates?
You can see for yourself with this demographic profile of our current candidates. Updated daily, information includes top candidate job functions, industries, locations, educational attainment levels, and the total number of registered jobseekers.
 
Recruiting Calendar
 
National Society for Hispanic Professionals' Diversity Job Fair
October 18, 2007 - Balboa Park, San Diego, CA
Companies with a commitment to diversity will gain access to NSHP's nationwide membership of bilingual and Hispanic professionals. Other prominent Hispanic organizations will also be encouraging their members to attend this recruiting event.

33rd Annual MAES International Symposium and Career Fair
October 25 - 27, 2007 - Albuquerque Convention Center, Albuquerque, NM
The Society of Mexican American Engineers and Scientists International Symposium and Career Fair features technical papers, seminars, networking opportunities and one of the largest annual career fairs for Hispanics in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers National Conference
October 31 - November 4, 2007 - Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA
The SHPE Conference is the largest Hispanic technical conference in the U.S., with more than 6,000 Hispanic students, professionals, corporate representatives and community leaders from around the country expected to attend.

Visit LatPro's calendar for employment events, career fairs and conferences that are of interest to Hispanic professionals. Know of an event that should be listed? Submit an event here.
 
LatPro Works
 
"Using LatPro, the Chronos Group has identified over 1,000 candidates and there has been a highly positive response to our job postings resulting in placements and a number of happy clients. Without a doubt, LatPro is an effective tool to find bilingual candidates within Latin America and the US."
   – Chronos Group

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