Today, nearly half of the world lives in poverty, including nearly a quarter of Californians. The United States, like every nation, grapples with the challenge of income inequality. Colombia is no different.
But our use of technology to change the lives of millions of our citizens has the potential to transform the way the world thinks about lifting those in need out of poverty.
With a population of 47 million, Colombia is the third-largest country in Latin America and has the third-largest eco
When Gozde Aksay moved from Seattle to New York City in 2010 to work for a big financial firm, she was so excited to get the offer, she didn’t negotiate her salary or think to inquire what others in her position mad
“I didn’t really know how expensive New York City was, so when HR asked what I wanted, I said a number, and they said, ‘Alright,’” the 31-year-old software developer recalls. “Throughout my employment that base salary stuck with me, and I didn’t get a promotion because they always t
The U.S. national soccer team plays its first World Cup game on Monday against Ghana.
For a country where immigration reform is a such a hot button issue, it’s interesting to note that more than half of the team was born outside the U.S. or have parents who are immigrants.
This year’s team also has a particularly German influence. John Brooks, Timmy Chandler, Julian Green, Jermaine Jones, Fabian Johnson — all were either born in Germany or have a German parent.
There are also four players who a
In an earlier post, we showed how Hispanic Adult Millennials aren’t yet where they want to be in their careers. As they work their way toward landing their dream jobs, many are employed in low-wage professions they’ve taken just for the paycheck.
So when it comes to their current jobs, what are their biggest challenges?
Tr3s asked this question as part of its recently-released its 2014 study, “Hispanic Adult Millennials at Work and Play.” This project included quantitative and qualitative explo
Although 83 percent of Hispanic students aspire to earn a postsecondary degree, just under a fourth are academically prepared to reach that goal, according to a new report released today by ACT and Excelencia in Education.
The joint report, The Condition of College & Career Readiness 2013: Hispanic Students, shows that 24 percent of ACT-tested Hispanic 2013 high school graduates in the United States met at least three of the four ACT College Readiness Benchmarks, which is lower than the 39 perc
Unfortunately, it is not unusual to hear of someone being fired for job hunting, an attitude that pre-dates the Internet. Employers, not surprisingly, tend to view a job-seeking employee as "disloyal," not focused on their work, and a threat to company secrets, customer lists, etc. While the employer attitude is not new, current technology offers many new ways for a job search to be "outed" and the job to be lost.
When you are employed, looking for a new job is filled with dangers. You need to
JC Penney is turning to Hispanics to help rescue itself from years of financial problems.
After a sharp drop in sales and management upheavals, “the struggling retailer [is] ripping up its marketing playbook once again,” says AdAge.
Penney wants to be destination department store for Hispanic shoppers. Ads aimed at Hispanic women will be launched this week during the World Cup.
“Our growth depends on catering to the Latina,” Lyris Leos, director of multicultural marketing at J.C. Penney tells A
Despite some struggles in recent years, the $12 billion ready-to-eat breakfast cereal market is poised for a return to growth, according to a report from Packaged Facts, a division of MarketResearch.com. The breakfast cereal market is expected to experience cumulative growth of 10% during the 2014-18 forecast period and will reach $13 billion in 2018, Packaged Facts said.
Latinos may help lead the turnaround. David Sprinkle, research director for Packaged Facts, said cereal marketers will benef
If you think about it, a great networking event can be career-changing. When this kind of magic happens, you connect with people that “up” your skills, you form lasting alliances—you may even engage those with the power to expand your career options and mobility.
Regardless of the line of work you’re in, there’s a built-in expectation that you should be plugged in to the happenings of your industry and region. And according to training firm Contacts Count, if you want to move from quick encount
Anyone who's gone house-hunting knows the real estate mantra: location, location, location. If you're hunting for a job, says Denver employment recruiter Kathleen Conners, that mantra changes to: referral, referral, referral.
"People go online and equate connecting with networking, and they are not the same," Conners says.
"I was working with a chemical engineer who'd been laid off and looking for work for six months. He told me he spent hours looking up jobs and filing applications online, and
Latinos believe deeply in the American Dream. Our parents, grandparents or ourselves have come to this country in pursuit of it. We are also more optimistic than non-Latinos as it relates to our belief in being able to achieve it.
After living for 17 years in the U.S., I have been deeply inspired by the stories, the struggles and triumphs of many Latinos and their children that are pursuing their dreams of a better life for their families in the U.S. I have talked to many Latinos and Latinas ab
The Board of Directors of ALPFA (pronounced Alpha), one of the nation's largest and most established Latino professional organizations, selected Charles P. Garcia as its new chief executive officer to succeed longtime CEO Manny Espinoza.
"After an extensive search, we are thrilled to welcome Charlie, who is passionate about our mission of developing Latino business leaders and driving value to our constituency. Our organization will truly benefit from his experience as a Fortune 500 board membe
As another group of Millennials prepares to graduate from college and high school, many of them may be repeating the same job-search mistakes of their predecessors – and contributing to their own 'career fails.'
Employers have a number of concerns about hiring Millennials – generally, those born between the early 1980s and the early 2000s. These doubts are contributing to the unemployment rate for Millennials being roughly double that of the overall population, according to federal government s
After a decade of working 10-hour days as a manicurist, Patty Paredes decided to take a risk and pursue her dream: to become her own boss.
She wiped out her savings, and with the financial help of her mother, Paredes collected $95,000 to open her own nail salon, Nails & Spa 4U, which she inaugurated in March.
Today Paredes works more days and more hours per week than she did at her previous job—and has other things to worry about as a business owner, such as paying rent for her 900-square-foot
Hispanics have an appetite, and with an estimated purchasing power of $1.5 trillion by 2015, they are an important audience that grocery chains should not ignore.
Hispanics are spending more frequently on groceries and shopping perishables than other consumer groups in the United States, according to the Nielsen report “Fresh View of Hispanic Consumers.”
Fresh food is the cornerstone of Hispanic grocery shopping, as Hispanics spend $175 more on fresh foods per year than the national average. Fr
In a move in which Latinos stand to be the biggest beneficiaries, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are giving San Francisco Bay Area schools $120 million.
Latinos are a dominant segment of the student body in two of the three school districts that are receiving the gift, which aims to finance computers, connectivity and teacher training.
In Ravenswood, the couple pointed out, less than 40 percent of Latino students – who predominate in the schools – have proficiency in
Businesspeople today are saturated with social networks, digital profiles and buzzing forums. Thus, networking on the digital frontier is increasingly important. Here are four ways you can enhance your digital marketing skills.
1. Brand yourself: Imagine this: You’re getting ready for a client meeting and you’re unsure of what to wear. Do you wear a blazer? What kind of makeup is acceptable? Should you comb your hair back or leave it down? The answer is contingent on the occasion. Branding your
A top seller once told me an excellent story about networking at tradeshows. He arrived at an event, aimed at hospital workers and spotted yoga on the list of extracurricular activities. So, each morning at 7 a.m., he did mountain pose with fellow attendees.
His rationale? When I asked, he said: “Colleen, I’m on the road to make sales to feed my family. If I’m going to spend all this time away from my wife and kids, I owe it to them to spend every single minute maximizing my relationship-buildi
The Affordable Care Act includes many provisions that have an impact on women’s health, including cost sharing for contraceptives and no cost for procedures such as pap smears.
To help understand how Obamacare will impact women’s health, the Kaiser Family Foundation conducted a survey of 2,907 women, ages 18-64, and their health. It had a number of findings for all women. Here are some of the findings for Latinas:
_ Of the nation’s women 18- to 64-years-old, 14 percent are Hispanic.
_ Twenty-ei
Small business optimism is running high these days, but the news that the U.S. economy contracted in the first quarter is a good reminder of how important it is for every entrepreneur to get in front of economic trends. That means identifying and focusing on pockets of growth.
One potential source of new customers is the country’s fast-growing Hispanic population. Many big corporations began reaching out years ago to the nation’s 50.5 million Hispanics and are spending a fortune to connect. For
