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A college career services expert explains how to make connections that will pay off after you graduate.

Let’s start with defining networking. Susan Brennan, Executive Director of Career Services at Bentley University, thinks students need to redefine the term. Yes, networking is all about building relationship with like-minded people in the same or similar professional field as you, but you should try to focus on building quality contacts over having a lot of acquaintances. Find the influencers,

Florida ranks sixth in the nation for its ability to assimilate Hispanics into the population, and is the best for economic opportunities according to a report released by WalletHub.

Each state was measured using 14 metrics, which fit into three sub-categories of assimilation: cultural and civic, educational and economic. Each state’s rankings in the three categories determined its overall composite ranking.

Hispanic people composed 17.4 percent of the 2014 U.S. population, making the group an i

We are in the middle of National Hispanic Heritage Month, a time to honor heritage and culture and celebration of the contributions of Hispanics and Latinos in the United States.

In the Valley, business has been booming for these groups.

There are nearly 100,000 Hispanics in Virginia, according to the Virginia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. The commonwealth ranks at number nine in the nation when it comes to highest percentage of Hispanic-owned businesses.

These companies are growing 20 percent f

Searching for a new job can often be a lengthy, frustrating process. Yet, you have a much better chance of success when you take the time at the beginning to understand yourself, your goals and your value. Here are seven things worth clarifying in your mind at the very beginning:

1. Your career goals. Are you looking for a job or a career path? Your approach will be different depending on if you are either desperate to just take anything for an income flow; or if you are in the midst of a career

CNET's Spanish-language sister site, CNET en Español, has assembled its annual list of 20 Latinos working in technology. As in 2014, this year's list includes a group of men and women leading teams in high-profile companies in and beyond Silicon Valley.

The task has not been easy. It's already difficult to find Latinos in senior positions in large corporations -- and finding them in the field of science and technology is even harder. As we said last year, the expression of finding a needle in a

Hispanic Heritage Month, or “Mes de la Herencia Hispana,” begins on September 15, the anniversary of independence for five Latin American countries: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. It continues through October 15, and during that month, Mexico, Chile and Belize also celebrate their independence days.

Let’s take this opportunity to highlight five of the most remarkable women who represent the Latin world in the U.S., and celebrate them for their strength, values, cult

As you walk into the crowd of hundreds of students and employers at the career fair, you can feel your heart pounding, the blood rushing to your face and your suit trapping all the sweat from your forehead all the way to the tips of your fingers holding on to your portfolio.

It’s not that your résumé isn’t up to par. It’s not that you are under-dressed.

It’s the fact that you are there to network. READ MORE AT IOWA STATE DAILY

The growth in Hispanic-owned businesses in the United States is outstripping that of companies in general and the fastest growth has been in Midwest states, according to a study released Sept. 21.

The number of Hispanic-owned businesses grew by 30 percent in Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota.

Nationally, between 2012 and 2015, the number of Hispanic-owned businesses has grown at an annual rate of 7.5 percent, 15 times faster than the 0.5 percent growth ra

According to the most recent Total Audience Report from Nielsen, looking across the swath of digital consumers in the U.S., Hispanics are now the most avid smartphone users around. In fact, they are on their phones for more than 14 hours a week for app, audio, video and web purposes.

And, Nielsen Mobile Insights has found that the average Hispanic mobile user uses 658 minutes per month on their mobile plan, which is significantly more than the average of 510 minutes per month for all consumers.

Networking can feel a bit like going to the dentist: You know it's important to your overall career health, but it can be so painful. So it’s understandable that you might want to take a no-nonsense approach to these events. Your time is in short supply, and really, we’d all rather spend whatever’s leftover from a 4060-plus hour workweek at happy hour with friends, not chatting it up with random strangers. Yet, as tempting as it might be to get straight to the point with your laser-focused caree

A half-century ago this week, Dolores Huerta and the United Farm Workers voted to join Larry Itliong and Filipino farmworkers’ in commencing the Delano Grape Strike. Their fight for justice would serve as a catalyst for the Latino civil rights movement and mark the beginning of more widespread acknowledgement of Latinas as movement leaders. But Dolores Huerta was not the first to lead Latinos towards justice, she was simply part of the next generation of Latina leaders in a long lineage of freed

Save for International Women’s Day, it's rare to hear or read anything about the ways in which Latinas have impacted women’s lives both in the U.S. and worldwide. Why is that? Was it decided somewhere along the way that women of color had their own sheroes -- heroines who fought for some odd form of equality that is not, in fact, “for all” but just for them? It sometimes feels like that’s the case.

Yet while Latinas have benefited from all of the hard work and advocacy demonstrated by non-Latina

Latinas in the U.S. are reaching higher than their male counterparts, surpassing them in higher education and working their way to higher level jobs according to statistics by the PEW Research Center and Améredia, a multi-cultural marketing firm. This success is despite the fact that teen pregnancy and poverty continue to pose a problem for the Latino community as a whole.

“In general, I think women are at the forefront of the things that are happening in the Hispanic community,” said Catalina S

Companies that want to sell products and services to Hispanic people need to understand this fast-growing population. Here are some recommendations on how to succeed:

Speaking Spanish isn’t enough: Owners contemplating the Hispanic market need to do more than hire Spanish-speaking employees, said Francisco Valle, a consultant in San Diego who helps companies build business with Hispanic customers.

And it’s not enough to just include Hispanic actors in commercials or advertisements.

“To go after

Hispanic business leaders from across the country have convened at a Houston hotel for the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce 2015 National Convention, which will run through Tuesday.

In addition to networking, it’s an opportunity to hear from prominent CEOs, including Tom Greco at Frito-Lay North America and Manolo Sánchez at BBVA Compass, and politicians including presidential hopeful Jeb Bush. About 6,000 people are expected to attend.

In advance of the convention, chamber CEO and President Ja

Few would deny that our nation’s economy has picked up.

The housing market has gained traction, gasoline prices are falling and more people are landing jobs, although work is still hard to come by for some.

But if you’re willing to think a little outside the box, employment opportunities are out there, according to a recent article in Kiplinger. And we’re not talking about a Realtor who suddenly gets the urge to sell insurance.

No, we’re going further afield than that.

How about a professional s

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States overall, but a new report finds that cancer remains the number one killer of U.S. Hispanics.

Hispanics now make up over 17 percent of the U.S. population, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. In a new report, the American Cancer Society predicts that nearly 126,000 new cancers will be diagnosed among Hispanics this year and an estimated 38,000 will die from the disease.

Although overall cancer rates are 20 percent lower among Hispa

When NxStage Medical Inc. realized Spanish-speaking people made up 15 percent of the market for its home kidney dialysis equipment, the company created a website and brochures printed in Spanish.

NxStage, which started its marketing campaign to Hispanics a year ago, has also increased its staff of Spanish-speaking customer service agents.

"If we're doing our job in the community, 15 to 20 percent of our growth would come from the Hispanic population," says Jeff Burbank, CEO of the Lawrence, Mass

Networking is one of those things we all know we need to do, but never get around to because we’re too busy doing other things. Too busy building our customer base, enhancing our brand, winning more business … but the funny thing is, networking is the route to all of these things. So we don’t put it off because we’re too busy to network, but because we’re nervous.

Walking into a room full of people and making conversation with strangers is always difficult, so of course you’re going to feel a li

While small business loan applications submitted by Latino entrepreneurs grew 18% in the past year, Latino business owners face significant hurdles in securing financing. They still lag behind in the necessary factors needed to secure financing such as annual revenue, credit scores, age of business and operating expenses.

A study released today by Biz2Credit that analyzed the financial performance of more than 1,000 Latino-owned businesses with less than 250 employees and less than $10 million i