The World Bank, with the latest edition of its report "Doing Business," has confirmed what economists and investors already knew: Chile is the best country in Latin America to do business. The South American powerhouse was the highest-scoring country of the region, clocking in at 34 out of 189 nations surveyed.
Furthermore, Chile has advanced 19 positions in the last four years, strengthening its role as Latin America's most welcoming economy and one of the best 40 countries to do business in t
Veronica Rodriguez, Director, Student Leadership & Development, Northeastern IL University
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Veronica Rodriguez received her bachelor’s degree in History and her M.Ed. in Higher Education from Loyola University Chicago. She has been a Greek Advisor for over 10 years between University of Illinois at Chicago and now Northeastern Illinois University where she is the Director of Student Leadership Development.
Veronica has been a member of Gamma Phi Omega International Sorority Inc.
I've never been the sort of person who is good at making small talk, especially in a room packed full of strangers.
But a key part of my job is getting out into the world and meeting people, conducting interviews and building up contacts - so it's a good job I'm a fast learner.
Here's a few key tips I've picked up along the way.
Show up early
Arriving in a crowded room full of people already talking at a flat-out rate can make networking extra-intimidating. Getting there early gives you the cha
There is a widely held belief that women are generally better than men at developing and maintaining relationships.
But many women seem unable to transfer those skills to the business world, where the same activity is commonly called "networking".
"Part of the cause is that women value authenticity in relationships," says Deborah Gillis, chief operating officer for Catalyst, a women's business research and advocacy group.
"Sometimes the notion of meeting someone and then looking to them for hel
Since its birth, rock music has been a sort of boys club with young men at the microphone in far greater frequency than women. That said, there are a few stand-out Latinas who can rock with the best of the guys and we want to celebrate them as they’re few and far between. Let’s take a moment to learn about the Latinas leaving a mark in rock music.
Andrea Echeverri
Andrea Echeverri is the lead singer of the Colombian rock band Aterciopelados. She rocks out hard in Spanish with her bandmates Maur
At the forefront of this new effort is UC Berkeley’s Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS), where Director Harley Shaiken is providing the channel with access to CLAS events and promoting interviews with its affiliated faculty in fields that include political science, history, economics, law, architecture, business, public health, public policy and art.
The pioneering initiative is Univision’s first arrangement with a university in the United States. The network chose to collaborate with CLA
So much is changing so fast in Latino media. What began with the launch of FOX News Latino in 2010 created a booming new ethnic media market, as Huffington Post, NBC, CNN, ESPN, and others quickly followed suit. Late last month, Univision joined ABC News to launch the most significant investment in Latino media to-date: Fusion, a 24-hour cable news channel with a target audience of English-speaking Hispanic millennials.
During the early years of this decade young Latinos have been arriving moti
For the last nine years, Santiago and Margarita have run a popular neighborhood eatery for home-style Latino cooking in Philadelphia. Millions of Latino-owned small businesses like theirs are playing an increasingly critical role in rebuilding local economies and bringing vibrancy back to urban and rural neighborhoods. Between 2002 and 2007, the number of Latino-owned small businesses grew to 2.3 million, an increase of 43.7%; non-Latino small businesses grew in number by only 14.5% in the same
Born in Vienna in 1909, Peter Drucker had a childhood marked in large part by seriousness and sorrow.
As a boy, he was included in the weekly salons that his father and mother held with writers, musicians, economists, mathematicians and physicians. Playtime this was not. Meanwhile, World War I took a terribly heavy toll. Drucker and his friends “taught ourselves to read by scanning the casualty lists and the obituaries with the big black borders, looking for names we knew, names of people we lo
The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) held its 27th Annual conference in Chicago on October 26-28, 2013, at the Hilton Chicago Hotel. On Sunday, October 27th, HACU honored St. Augustine College with the OUTSTANDING HISPANIC SERVING INSTITUTION HACU-MEMBER AWARD.
“This prestigious award recognizes the excellence in educational services provided by St. Augustine College to its students and the community it serves, and represents the mission of HACU,” stated Dr. Antonio Flo
When I was chosen to be in Goldman Sachs's first Philadelphia cohort of their 10,000 Small Businesses Program I was cynical about the peer learning component. I figured this was just something to which I had to pay lip service. Sure, I can collaborate with the best of them; I can be a team player, but frankly, I was just interested in building my business. What I really needed was the secret sauce: the formula to take my company from the leader in its niche to a replicable business model which
Latinas are a growing and influential constituency in the United States. The Latina share of the female population in the United States will increase from 16.4 percent today to 25.7 percent in 2050. Latinas are making significant strides in education, participation, health, and other areas, but there is a long way to go to fully close racial and ethnic disparities.
New policies such as the Affordable Care Act, or ACA, and other proposed policies such as immigration reform can greatly improve th
The founder of South Florida based clothing line Color Latino says he creates clothes that define the culture, fashion and lifestyle of Hispanics in the U.S.
“We wanted to be the ambassadors of Latin culture in fashion,” founder Alvaro De Jesus said. “Our culture is one that perhaps is best described by colorfulness.”
De Jesus began working on the clothing line in his native Venezuela and finally brought Color Latino to Miami last year.
“Due to the number of Latinos in the States, we decided to
Ready for a new job? Most career experts would tell you to start looking while you’re still employed. But when you do—you must tread carefully.
“When you’re working, your professional network is working for you because you’re constantly interacting with your industry contacts,” says Andy Teach, a corporate veteran and author of From Graduation to Corporation: The Practical Guide to Climbing the Corporate Ladder One Rung at a Time. “They can inform you about jobs you may not be aware of. If you’
Ten years ago, when journalist Alisa Valdes published her first book, The Dirty Girls Social Club, she couldn’t find any novels that spoke to women like her—well-educated and well-heeled Latinas. Now, more than a dozen books later, Valdes is looking to connect with those women on Rica (Rich), an online lifestyle magazine.
While the importance of the U.S. Hispanic population is no secret to marketers, the power of upscale Hispanics—defined as people in households making between $50,000 and $100
Recent studies reveal the growing incidence of women heading businesses in Latin America. According to the World Bank, over 70 million women have joined the labor force in Latin America over the past 20 years, playing pivotal roles in both micro and small enterprises – indeed women are huge participants in both the formal and informal economies across the region, to key positions in the corporate world.
This is not limited to the business world. Latin American women have been empowered for deca
When you’re applying for a job, you don’t just want to get noticed: You want to stand out as the best applicant the hiring committee has ever seen. You know you’re the perfect person for the job—and you want them to know that, too.
But how, exactly, do you do that? We pulled together a roundup of our all-time best job search advice, from getting noticed before you apply to acing the interview, plus tips from our favorite career experts—to bring you 35 ways to put yourself ahead of the pack.
Get
There are lots of networking tips available, but we don’t often get tips on what to avoid. For a variety of reasons, it is important to be well networked, maintain your network, stay top of mind, treat others like you would want to be treated, and avoid mistakes. Not doing the right thing often happens unconsciously and can lead to lost future business. Below are some networking tips to to keep in mind.
1. Don’t lose touch with your important contacts.
Here’s a scenario – you used to be in tou
During harvest season in the Napa and Sonoma valleys, the fields are filled with Latinos of all ages, working under the hot sun as they move through row after row of grapes on the vine that will eventually produce some of the greatest wines in the region.
But increasingly, Latinos are not just in the fields. For the members who make up the Napa Sonoma Mexican-American Vintners Association (NSMAVA), the fruits of their labor are doubly sweet. For most of these Latino winemakers, their family roo
Hiring managers and HR pros will often close out a job interview by asking an applicant if he or she has any questions themselves. This is a great opportunity to find out more about the job and the company's expectations, but you can't forget that the interviewer hasn't stopped judging YOU. Here are 5 questions that can make a bad impression on your interviewer, scuttling your chances for getting the job.
1. "When will I be promoted?:
This is one of the most common questions that applicants com
