"No one gets a job around the holidays. It's a good time to take a break and relax until things ramp up in the new year." Are you hearing this advice, or convincing yourself it's true? If so, you could be missing out on an amazing career or job opportunity.
In fact, the holiday season can be the best time to look for a job. It is a big mistake to take a break now. Finish the year strong! Here are eight reasons to ramp up your job search at this time of year.
1. Organizations may suddenly reali
Read bios of Feature Guests for the Professionals in Healthcare Networking Forum, Wednesday November 19 at Vertigo Sky Lounge.
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Susana Gonzalez, MHA, MSN, RN, CNML - Director, Women Services, MacNeal Hospital, President - Illinois Hispanic Nurses Association
Susana González is the Director of Women’s Services at MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn Illinois. In this role she is responsible for developing and leading great quality care, nursing services, & promoting educational gains. She has e
Once thought gone for good, the office holiday party appears to be staging a comeback. While these parties offer you the opportunity to socialize with your business associates in an informal setting -- make no mistake about it, they are business events! I've witnessed and heard many people commit career suicide due to their inappropriate behavior and conversation at these functions. Following are some tips I remind my clients of to insure they utilize these business holiday events as a career e
The minority consumer may be the unlikely hero of holiday 2014.
With the economy mostly back on its feet thank to an improving economy, job gains and lower gas prices, minority consumers — Hispanics, African Americans and Asian Americans — will boost their holiday purchases more than the general population this Christmas, and be a central driver of seasonal spending, according to an eye-opening 2014 Holiday Sales Forecast that the research specialist, Nielsen, shared exclusively with USA TODAY.
Led by one of the world's most prominent Hispanic executives, Sprint Corp. needs staff who can speak English and Spanish.
Although mostly in sales or retail positions, the Overland Park-based carrier (NYSE: S) is looking for dozens of bilingual staff to fill jobs throughout the U.S. With a majority located in California, Texas and Florida, Sprint hopes to fill nearly 90 bilingual jobs, according to a search on the company's career site.
In conjunction with the hiring effort, Sprint also has bee
As the nation honors its veterans, government officials point to the growing numbers of Latinos in the military, while Hispanic scholars and historians remind us of the generations of Hispanics who have proudly served our country.
Latinos make up about 6 percent of U.S. military veterans, according to a September 2014 report by the National Center for Veterans Analysis and Statistics. Although this number may seem low, it is rapidly changing.
The population of Hispanic veterans is expected to d
Women make up nearly 51 percent of the total U.S. population. The Latina share of the U.S. female population stands at 16.4 percent and is expected to grow to 25.7 percent by 2050. Despite these numbers, women and Latinas are woefully underrepresented in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields – one of the fastest growing sectors in the United States today.
Today, women make up only 26 percent of the U.S. STEM workforce, while men make up 74 percent. Latinas represen
Young Americans want to start their own businesses, but the weak economy, high student-debt levels, and a complicated legal and regulatory framework—as well as traditional views about who can be an entrepreneur and what constitutes entrepreneurship—are holding them back. More than half of Millennials today express a desire to start a business, but fewer of them are creating new businesses than previous generations did at a similar age.
As a result, our economy will grow at a slower pace and exp
Telemundo Stations Hired 160 New Employees, Added Consumer Investigative Units and Are Set to Launch New Newscasts Today.
MIRAMAR, FL – (November 3, 2014) – NBCUniversal today announced a series of enhancements at its 17 Telemundo stations as a result of a major investment made by the company to better serve Spanish-language viewers in the markets it serves. The investment supports local news expansions, bolsters newsgathering efforts and ensures that each news team has the resources it needs
A baby on the way means it's imperative to get your finances in order, which may mean looking for a new job. But how does this factor affect your job search? Whether you're already pregnant when you start your job search or you find out you're expecting in the midst of a career change, navigating the process understanding an employer's expectations can feel confusing.
Here, career coaches and employment attorneys weigh in on how to understand an employer's potential concerns, as well as assert
General Motors is encouraging Hispanic students to pursue engineering careers as it welcomes the annual conference of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) to Detroit starting today through November 9 at Cobo Center in downtown Detroit.
SHPE is a national organization whose purpose is to promote careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) to Hispanics. “We are thrilled to welcome SHPE to Detroit as it celebrates 40 years serving as a vital resource for Latinos in
The city of Jonesboro is becoming a hub of opportunity for Hispanic Americans. If you're driving in around town, it's very likely you'll see a Hispanic restaurant on every other block.
Felix Cruz is the latest Mexican immigrant to pursue an entrepreneurial spirit in Jonesboro. He calls his restaurant, Los Dos Vaqueros .
"I've been open for seven days already, and the first people came, and they keep coming, and coming, and coming," said Cruz.
Henry Torres, a business professor at Arkansas State
Businesses wanting to increase their mobile sales this holiday season should try targeting more Hispanic shoppers, new research finds.
Hispanic consumers in the United States are more likely than non-Hispanic shoppers to make purchases via a smartphone or tablet, according to a new report from eMarketer. The research from August revealed that 52 percent of Hispanic shoppers purchased clothes on a mobile a device in the past month, compared to just 38 percent of non-Hispanic consumers. Additiona
Today’s networking world is challenging. Sometimes when we are looking for new business and looking to increase sales, we can forget that networking is available to us 24/7 and that it’s all around us. You may even forget that sometimes the lead you’re looking for may already be in your contacts, you just need to maintain your relationships and ask the right questions when the timing is optimal.
Here are some tips to keep your mindset fresh so that you can get the most leads possible throughout
Hispanics are the fastest growing minority consumer group in the U.S., so it makes sense that companies are scrambling to find ways to successfully target their marketing strategies towards them. The Hispanic population in the U.S. has doubled in the past ten years, yet the community remains grossly underrepresented in the media.
Many companies think that replaying a commercial in Spanish equals effective marketing, as if that’s the only difference between Latino and Anglo households.
Multi-cul
Mexico climbed from the 43rd to the 39th spot in “ease of doing business” ranking. In Mexico opening a business takes 6.3 days, six procedures and costs 18.6% of the per capita income. Mexico’s reforms helped the country climb four sports in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business ranking, from the 43rd to the 39th position.
According to the report, entitled “Doing Business 2015: Going Beyond Efficiency“, Mexico is one of the five easiest countries to open a business in Latin America, along wit
If you avoid networking events and dread making small talk, you aren’t alone. Studies show that one third to one half of the U.S. population has introverted tendencies. If you ask around, you’ll probably find that most people aren’t that fond of starting conversations with strangers. All you have to do is tap into your introverted strengths: solid listening skills, research and analytical savvy and preference for building deep relationships. And you’ll also have to step outside of your comfort
It is the most important rite of passage for teenage Latinas. When they reach the age of 15, their quinceañera is an over-the-top celebration of a girl’s transition into womanhood complete with elaborate dresses, lavish cakes and decorations, a huge party with food, drinks and music and loads of gifts that can put an Anglo's Sweet 16 party to shame.
The shaky economic situation that has affected many Hispanic families across the U.S. in recent years, however, has put an added financial strain o
There are benefits to being a Latina. Chief among them, according to a recent study led by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, would appear to be a genetic variant that is found in one of every five women of Latin American descent in the U.S.
The genes involved in the variant appear on both chromosome strands, so can appear once, twice or not at all.
One of the authors of the study, Dr. Elad Ziv, told a reporter for the UCSF website, “The effect is quite significant. If y
Late-life depression exerts significant physical and emotional burden on older adults, their families and health care systems.
Studies indicate that older adults face unique challenges in battling depression. Unlike younger individuals with depression, older adults have a decreased likelihood of remission than younger populations, are more prone to suffer from functional disability and are less likely to receive quality mental health care.
For older, Spanish-speaking Latinos, the clinical pictu
