Can you imagine a job where you look forward to coming to work every day, instead of dreading it? Life is too short to work in a job you don’t like, be around people you don’t respect and not be able to support and be dedicated to the company where you are employed.

If you can’t do those three things it may be time to look for another job. READ MORE AT THE DAILY LEADER

A new study finds Hispanics in the U.S. are facing language and cultural barriers when seeking health care.

Hispanic adults face language, cultural barriers in health care AP study found 6 in 10 have had difficult time communicating "I usually search online, look for reviews. I do call and ask if they speak Spanish. Not that the doctor needs to speak Spanish, but I feel it’s easier to communicate my concerns, or my worries or ask questions,” said Cristina Terrada while she waited for her weekly checkup at her OB-GYN.

Terrada has been very meticulous in picking her doctors, especially when she's looking for someone to deliver her first baby girl. READ MORE AT SPECTRUM NEWS 13

As our members know, the Financial Services Institute has been highly engaged for many years in the crucial mission of helping women begin and develop successful careers in the financial advice industry, both as advisers and home office executives. READ MORE AT INVESTMENT NEWS

When Gina Rodriguez posted a photo posing with Eva Longoria, America Ferrara, Stephanie Beatriz, Rosario Dawson, Andrea Navedo, Melissa Fumero, Justina Machado, and a ton of other Latina actors with the hashtag #FiercelyLatina back in October of 2017, fans were not only shocked that these women were all in the same place — they were inspired. READ MORE AT BUSTLE

The gap in income between the 10% who make the most and those who make the least in the U.S. has continued to widen since 1970, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center.

Why it matters: The income disparities are strongly tied to other inequalities — such as education — among racial groups, which often most acutely impact immigrants. READ MORE AT AXIOS

So you have a job interview coming up and you’re probably nervous. A top tip you’ll often hear is don’t be nervous, but that's easier said than done.

Here are some ways to appear cool and prepared when you go out to get a job:

1. Try not to be nervous, or at least don’t show it. READ MORE AT NEWSPRESS NOW

Wall Street is looking at lot more diverse – at least for the summer.

This year’s crop of interns is Bank of America’s “most diverse group ever,” the lender told investors on its second-quarter earnings call. Women comprise 45 percent of the current class – up from 42 percent in 2017 – while non-white interns make up 55 percent. Goldman Sachs . and Wells Fargo report similar numbers. READ MORE AT THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW

U.S. job growth is improving as companies added 157,000 jobs in July, and the unemployment rate fell slightly to 3.9%, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Gains were seen in professional and business services, manufacturing, healthcare, and social assistance.

In July, the unemployment rate edged down by 0.1 percentage point to 3.9%, following an increase in June. The number of unemployed persons declined by 284,000 to 6.3 million in July. Both measures were down over the year, by 0.4 percentage point and 676,000, respectively.

Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men (3.4%) and Whites (3.4%) declined in July. The jobless rates for adult women (3.7%), teenagers (13.1%), Blacks (6.6%), Asians (3.1%), and Hispanics (4.5%) showed little or no change over the month. READ MORE AT HOTEL BUSINESS

If you were to survey the Spanish-language media landscape in the United States a few years ago, you would have noticed that it was mostly dominated by one key player: Univision. Recently, however, the picture has become more complicated. As the population of U.S. Hispanics continues to grow and cord-cutting continues to accelerate, large networks have begun to invest significant sums of money in programming designed to attract them.

Five years ago, Univision’s domination of Spanish-language television was all but guaranteed, but now in the wake of Telemundo managing to secure the rights to air the next three World Cups and narrow the ratings gap between the networks, Univision finds itself in an unfamiliar position as it tries to keep up with Telemundo. READ MORE AT MEDIAPOST

In an unnatural setting like a job interview, it might be tempting for you to put on a show. But you’ll get much further if you figure out how to present your true self in the best light. READ MORE AT FAST COMPANY

Hispanics living in the United States tend to have “less education, a higher poverty rate, and worse access to health care” and “represent the ultimate paradigm of healthcare disparities,” with the highest rate of uninsured, lowest rates of health screening and counseling, and poorest levels of blood pressure and blood sugar control, as well as “other measures of deficient quality of care.” So they must have dismal public health statistics, right? READ MORE AT CARE2

You would have to be living under a rock not to know that Hispanics are an important part of the U.S. population. In fact, 18% of Americans are of Hispanic origin, and about 38 million speak Spanish at home. Nielsen expects Hispanic buying power to reach US 1.8 trillion by 2021, and it continues to rise in the FMCG market.

It is also no secret that Hispanics over-index in smartphone ownership, mobile usage and data consumption. READ MORE AT PORTADA

NEXT time you're going for a job interview, a "selfie" could make all the difference.

That's according to HR expert Gary Burnison, chief executive of management consulting firm Korn Ferry and author of Lose the Resume, Land the Job.

He argues that if you're landing interviews but not getting any further, like most people you'll probably go back to polishing your resume when you should be doing "one thing that could really make a difference". READ MORE AT THE IPSWICH ADVERTISER

According to Geoscape, by 2020, over 50.6 percent of the U.S. population growth will be attributed to the Hispanic market.

Small and large corporations alike will be affected by this demographic shift, now and well into the future. Multicultural consumers are driving the growth of the U.S. economy, its employment growth and even upcoming political elections. READ MORE AT ENTREPRENEUR

The unemployment rate for Hispanic and Latino Americans in June fell to 4.6 percent, their lowest recorded level since 1973. A hot job market has helped pull them off the unemployment rolls and into work. The category comprises people who identify ethnically as Hispanic or Latino and can include all races.

At the same time, the jobless rates for black and Asian Americans rose after reaching record lows in May. The rate for white Americans was flat.

The average length of unemployment fell to 21.2 weeks last month, the shortest span since March 2009. READ MORE AT WTOP

Becoming unemployed is often a sudden, unexpected event, and most people do not have the networking skills needed to immediately switch gears and begin efficiently developing job leads. There could be many reasons: feeling uncomfortable with the networking process, not knowing the process, being shy by nature or never having needed to network in the past. READ MORE AT ENTREPRENEUR

The Hispanic homeowner rate increased continued to increase in 2017, but many Hispanics are still holding off on long-term financial commitments, according to a report from The Hispanic Wealth Project.

Hispanics have seen homeownership gains for three consecutive years, driving asset growth for Hispanic families. The report also found that aside from home purchase, new business starts and stock-market investment are also accelerating among the US Hispanic population. READ MORE AT MORTGAGE PROFESSIONAL AMERICA

Hispanic-Americans are less likely to seek health screenings or preventive care compared with their black and white peers, according to a new survey that provides a detailed and ongoing assessment of the Hispanic community's attitudes toward health care.

The Healthy Americas Survey, released Tuesday by the National Alliance for Hispanic Health and the University of Southern California, shows that 68 percent of blacks are vigilant about getting health screenings and checkups, compared with 60 percent of whites and 55 percent of Hispanics. READ MORE AT MEDICAL PRESS

Read feature guests biographies of the 2018 Women Trailblazers "Ladies that Lead" Celebration being held tomorrow July 26 at one of River North's most vibrant modern Latin food and music destinations... Nacional 27.

Ana Dutra, CEO & President, Executives' Club of Chicago

Ana Dutra is the President and CEO of The Executives’ Club of Chicago, a world-class senior executives organization focused on the development, innovation and connectivity of current and future business and community leaders. She was formerly the CEO of Mandala Global Advisors, a global management consulting company. She has 28 years of experience as a global executive, consultant and business leader in industries such as technology, CPG, food & beverage, retail, apparel, manufacturing and professional services. As the CEO of Korn/ Ferry Consulting and a Proxy Officer from 2007 until 2013, Ana created a $300+ MM new global business through a combination of organic growth, 7 global acquisitions, innovative go-to-market approaches and incorporation of technology and digitalization of products and services. In addition to her corporate leadership roles, Ana is a Director in the Boards of Greeley and Hansen, Humantelligence, the International Women Forum, Children’s Memorial Hospital of Chicago, Chicago Philharmonic Society, Governor State University and Academy for Urban School Leadership (AUSL), a top school turnaround organization in the country. She is a former Director in the Executives Club of Chicago and is in the Kellogg Alumni Advisory Board, in the Economic Club of Chicago, the Committee of 200 and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

A Brazilian native with over 20 years of experience in P&L management, business growth and C-Level business consulting in over 30 countries, Dutra’s expertise lies in helping Boards, CEOs and their teams to identify and execute growth strategies and turnarounds through innovation, acquisitions, culture change and new technologies. As a CEO, Ana Dutra has led a number of turnarounds, global acquisitions, post-merger integrations and execution of accelerated growth strategies. She has led and advised businesses in the technology, manufacturing, CPG, retail and professional services industries. Ana started her career with IBM where she managed clients and lines-of-businesses in a number of countries. After receiving her MBA from Kellogg business school, she led lines-of-businesses and geographic P&Ls with CSC, Oliver Wyman (formerly Mercer Management), Accenture and, more recently, with Korn/ Ferry International.

Ana holds an MBA from Kellogg, a Masters in Economics from Pontificia Universidade do Rio de Janeiro, a Juris Doctor from Universidade do Rio de Janeiro, all summa cum laude. She is fluent in Portuguese, English, Spanish and French and is a frequent speaker in the Global Competitiveness Forum, World Economic Forum and other Global Conferences. She is frequently featured in the Harvard Business Review online, Forbes blog, WSJ, CEO Magazine and other publications.

Ana is an avid triathlete, meditator and yoga practitioner. She lives in Northfield, IL with her husband and their three daughters.

Teri Argos, Chief Development Officer, Instituto del Progreso Latino

Teri is the Chief Development Officer at Instituto del Progreso Latino, a community service, workforce development agency in Chicago, IL.

Previously in her role as a consultant, she offered assistance in fund development and institutional planning. As a development professional, she has established corporate giving programs, initiated mentoring programs, composed grants, staged award shows, dinners, silent auctions, solicited volunteers and interacted directly with the Board of Directors.

In her former profession as a corporate executive, she encountered cultures, lifestyles and living conditions that left a profound impression on her and eventually led to a career in nonprofit management. A natural leader focused on creating the requisite strategic vision to achieve goals, she offers a unique blend of executive acumen, team-building, and fundraising proficiency. She has worked with a number of international companies and has managed budgets upwards of $200 million dollars.

She consistently delivers results by aligning organizational initiatives and goals with substantial improvements to service, standardization and performance. With a focus on strategic solutions analysis to further goals, Teri propels cost accounting improvements that bring new perspectives to the success of business management practices and capital expenditures.

Ms. Argos is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a BA in Sociology. She holds a certificate in Institutional Development and Fundraising from UCLA, a distinction held by few professional fundraisers. She is active in the Los Angeles and Chicago philanthropic communities and rigorously supports numerous organizations.

Veronica Aguilar, Executive Director, 1871 & Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (IHCC) Tech Cohort

Veronica Aguilar serves as the Director of the IHCC/1871 Latinx Incubator, a program aimed to create sustainable economic opportunities for hispanic technology companies - providing
educational programming, technical resources and access to networks.

As a political appointee under the Obama Administration, Veronica started her career in the
Small Business Office at the U.S. General Services Administration. There she led the National Outreach Education Program aimed to enhance opportunities for underrepresented small businesses, startups and entrepreneurs to partner with federal agencies focusing on transparency in the federal procurement process.

She then joined the GSA Administrator’s senior team and worked on implementing the President’s agenda on modernizing the federal government through a digital transformation. After the presidential transition, Veronica continued her work in the tech space joining 1776, an incubator based in D.C. There, she co-lead a Innovation Challenge Program aimed to address corporate partners challenges, sourcing startups across the world and preparing them to pitch pilot proposals.

Veronica is a proud Chicago native. She grew up in Hermosa and attended The University of Pennsylvania. She is excited to be back in her hometown working on creating more opportunities for Hispanic tech startups working at IHCC. Veronica stays active through working with aerial silks, traveling and is a self-proclaimed speakeasy critic.

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According to most recent Statistics Canada report, there has been a substantial increase in the number of women entering the work force, with most pursuing professional careers (doctors, lawyers, etc.) and more and more pursuing business.

However, one field that has not progressed as quickly is sales. The percentage of women in sales roles has only increased by 3 per cent over the past decade, according to a LinkedIn study. READ MORE AT THE GLOBE AND MAIL