In nearly every state that has experienced a consistent increase in their Hispanic population, demand for bilingual employees in education and health care has increased in step, because the increase in Hispanics has created a new demand for services that were previously scarce or did not exist. Bilingual employees in the areas of teaching and health care have become so sought after in states like South Carolina, which experienced the largest percentage increase in Hispanic residents in the nation, that the state has had to look overseas to recruit bilingual teachers.

Since 1998, Greenville County School District, which is located in South Carolina’s most populous county, the amount of Hispanic students in need of bilingual teachers has increased tenfold. The number of teachers designated to teach English for Speakers of Other Languages has also increased by 1000 percent over the same time period.

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Many hiring companies are discovering that finding and attracting management-level Latinos and other diverse talent can be a recruiting challenge, and candidate availability is only a part of the problem. These diversity recruiting tips will help you reach the management-level Hispanic candidates you need to remain competitive and meet your recruiting goals.

Even as companies lay off workers in response to economic slowdowns, they still often search outside company ranks for candidates to fill open executive and management positions.

This can largely be traced to a lack of succession planning. When companies fail to identify, mentor and train employees to advance within the organization, the result is an inadequate internal talent pool for open positions. HR experts tell the Wall Street Journal that companies should admit they've “dropped the ball on talent development” and take steps to improve.

• 60 percent of companies have no succession plan of any kind, according to a survey by the Society of Human Resources Management
• Nearly half of 20,000 employees surveyed at 100 large global companies said they don't receive enough feedback from their managers to help them improve their performance.

Simply posting a job listing online isn't enough to attract A-grade candidates. These 5 tips will help you create job ads that connect with candidates and increase the effectiveness of your online recruiting.

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