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The sport of networking is a full-time game.

Keep in mind, networking can happen anywhere. Networking occurs in restaurants and bars, in continuing education classes, at parties, on a bus, train or airplane, in an online chat room, at a sporting event, kids soccer games, volunteer activities or fundraisers. The way I see it, every moment you’re not asleep can be a networking opportunity.

Here are five networking tips for career success:

1. Professional associations offer face-time with people wh

Richard Coronado says the whispers still exist.

The Plainfield, N.J.-born entrepreneur, who owns a technology business in Orlando, says despite years of experience, his accent convinces people he may not have the intelligence to run a business.

That can be an obstacle when trying to attract multimillion dollar contracts from the defense industry. But Coronado, whose family moved to the U.S. from El Salvador before he was born, says it has gotten better. READ MORE AT Orlando Sentinel

By 2020, Hispanics are projected to make up more than 20 percent of the population. By 2050, it is estimated that Hispanics will make up 30% of the population. Despite lower average household income levels, Hispanics strength in numbers equates to billions of dollars in disposable income.

By 2015, researchers say Hispanic buying power will continue to grow and reach $1.5 trillion as part of the $16 trillion total U.S. buying power. So how can marketers make sure they are tapping into this expon

Kurt Summers, Chicago City Treasurer

Kurt A. Summers is a son of Chicago and a pragmatic problem solver who is passionate about serving the people of the city.

As Chicago’s newest City Treasurer, Summers is the steward of the city’s $7 billion dollar investment portfolio and is responsible for maintaining records and accounts of the city’s finances while ensuring transparency and accountability for all transactions. Treasurer Summers also serves as an advocate to empower young people, workers a

You might think you’re an experienced job seeker who understands how hiring processes work. But behind the scenes, hiring often works differently than job seekers assume it does. Here are five hiring secrets you probably don’t know that can give you an advantage over your competition.

1. Application deadlines often don’t mean anything. Job seekers often take application deadlines as gospel, but they’re frequently interpreting them incorrectly. Many job posting sites require employers to list a d

Silvia Tergas was recruited out of college to work for Macy’s, moving from up from sales to the financial division. Though she really enjoyed helping colleagues answer questions about their 401Ks and other financial matters, she never pictured herself working in the world of investments.

“I didn’t see myself reflected in the profession. I saw it as very male-dominated...wearing pinstripes and living in New York,” she said. She didn't see many Hispanics in the field, either.

It wasn’t until Terga

The U.S. Hispanic population will account for 40% of employment growth over the next five years and more than 75% from 2020 to 2034, according to a new study.

That’s around 11 million jobs out of 14 million new positions across the economy.

Job growth among the Hispanic population is particularly notable given that the growth of the non-Hispanic working age population is set to slow to near zero as the number of new non-Hispanic workers will barely match the drop from retiring baby boomers, acco

Here’s some welcome news if you’re eager to find work that blends purpose and a paycheck: 2015 is shaping up as a banner year for hiring at nonprofits.

According to the 2015 Nonprofit Employment Practices survey released today by Nonprofit HR, a human resources consulting firm, 50% of the 362 nonprofits it queried anticipate creating new positions in the coming year.

The upward trend continues the post-recession nonprofit hiring resurgence of last year. In 2014, 49% of Nonprofit HR respondents s

Hispanics are the dominant minority group in Colorado, but when it comes to small business loans, they are falling significantly behind. In fact, Hispanic-owned businesses are the only group borrowing less money today than they did five years ago.

To understand two of the big reasons why, let’s meet Marjorie Silva. Back when she was still living in central Peru, someone told Silva the cake at her son’s birthday party was so good that she should sell them. Eventually she was running a small cash-

Beauty sales at many kinds of stores were sluggish last year. But one consumer segment emerged looking radiant: Hispanics.

The Hispanic market posted more growth across all beauty segments last year than the general population, sometimes dramatically so, according to an analysis released Friday by Nielsen.

Cosmetics purchases were up 7.4 percent among Hispanic consumers, while they fell 1.2 percent among non-Hispanics. Hair care and accessories grew 3 percent among Hispanics while declining 3.6

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A cherry-flavored fancy light beer, a café con leche Milk Stout, and an India Pale Ale infused with passion fruit — these are some of the blends concocted in a kitchen in uptown Manhattan and brewed to perfection two-and-a-half hours north of there, in a private manufacturing facility in Bloomfield, Connecticut.

For 29-year-old Juan Camilo, the recipes for his beers are deeply personal, as he was inspired by his single mom and accomplished school teacher, his Dominican roots and the working-clas

If your firm isn't marketing to Hispanic travelers, you may be missing out on a lot of revenue.

In the U.S., Hispanic travel is growing at a faster rate than the general market, with an economic impact estimated at more than $56 billion annually in leisure travel, according to the National Tour Association.

Hispanics, who see taking vacations as a sign of success, represent a growth in cruise vacations of 34 percent vs. 21 percent on non-Hispanics, 11 percent vs. 0.2 percent on foreign travel, a

Every day, chronically ill Latino patients stream into Harbor-UCLA Medical Center's family medicine clinic.

Some have neglected their health because they're flummoxed or alienated by the medical system, Dr. Gloria Sanchez believes — in desperate need of care from providers who understand their words and their problems.

"Latino physicians tend to be that bridge, this critical piece of healthcare communication," she said. READ MORE AT L.A. TIMES

I never burn bridges. But I try to build them any time it’s possible.

The formula for success is about 20 percent what you know and about 80 percent whom you know. That’s why it’s so important to network and to make the most of the business contacts you come across during your career.

Let’s be honest, if you’re good at what you do, it will show. Your work will be done and done well. This blog is written from the assumption that you’re good at what you do. But it can get you noticed for being go

Hispanics' confidence in the economy and their own personal finances increased to a new high in January, according to a survey by the Florida Atlantic University.

An index of consumer optimism among Hispanics across the nation jumped to 101 last month, up from 87.4 in December, the highest level since FAU's Business and Economics Polling Initiative started the index in August 2014. The lowest index possible is a 2, the highest 150.

Hispanics in the South were the most upbeat, said Monica Escale

Silicon Valley Latino takes a proactive approach to engaging, empowering and inspiring Latino high school students while also addressing the lack of diversity in tech issue.

As is stated in the company’s vision statement, Silicon Valley Latino is committed to engaging, educating and inspiring the new generation of Latino heroes. With this commitment in mind, Silicon Valley Latino decided to create an initiative where Latino professionals from the STEAM fields would engage and ultimately inspire

About an hour south of Silicon Valley in a classroom at Hartnell Community College, Daniel Diaz and Brian De Anda stand at a whiteboard mapping out ideas on how to reduce the size of a mobile app their team is building.
This isn't a class, and the app they're building an informational guide for a drug rehab center isn't even a school project. But this is what it takes to have a chance at an elite summer internship, says Daniel Diaz.

"What you are taught at school is not enough," Diaz says, "esp

Recently, a Comcast employee infamously gave the company a black eye by changing a customer’s name from Ricardo to “A--hole” on his account. The story of this uncouth behavior was verified and then went viral.

No matter how many public apologies the company’s executives made for the rogue employee’s action, their carefully crafted brand suffered in the public’s mind. Who can tell how many potential customers, as a result, chose not to hire Comcast as their cable provider, without regard to how

Historically, financial service companies have been slow to focus on the burgeoning U.S. Hispanic market. While certain sub-categories, namely money transfer services, check cashing and mortgage providers have aggressively pursued Hispanics, most efforts have been focused on the “unbanked” — an unsophisticated and relatively small segment of unacculturated Hispanic consumers that were generally outside the mainstream financial world. 

However, with continued growth of the Hispanic population an