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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

Sitting in a conference room with about 150 other women, Park City restaurateur Blanca Gohary took notes while listening intently to speakers discussing the importance of making personal connections in the local business community.

Gohary was among the scores of women attending the Latina Style Inc. Business Series on Thursday at the Maverik Center.

The one-day development conference seeks to empower Latina professionals and business owners by bringing them together with key corporations and ed

As the demographic makeup of the United States continues to change, so too does the key target for marketers. Rising to the forefront are Hispanic sports fans.

"With growing consumer clout, Hispanic audiences represent a huge opportunity for the sports industry in the U.S.," said Stephen Master, senior vice president of sports at Nielsen. "Considering that 94 percent of Hispanic males say they're sports fans and 56 percent of Hispanic males consider themselves avid fans, we felt the need to loo

Hispanics are way ahead of the general market for social and mobile usage. The more acculturated the Latino, the more likely they are to use these technologies. That has huge implications for your marketing plans, regardless of whether Hispanics are in your target market.
Latinos Lead Mobile Usage

Hispanics are no more likely than the rest of the population to own a cell phone or a smartphone. However, they are more “cell phone focused” than other demographics. Over 50% live in cell phone only

Professionals in Non-Profit Networking Forum, Thursday, October 24

Feature Guests: 

Alicia Gonzalez, Executive Director, Chicago Run

Alicia is the Executive Director of Chicago Run, a local non-profit that provides free running programs to Chicago Public School students as a means of promoting health and wellness, digital learning, and cross-community collaboration. She helped launch Chicago Run as the first staff member in 2008 and has led the organization to serve 15,600 students in 55 Chic

Hispanic-owned businesses contribute more than 650,000 jobs and more than $100 billion annually to the California economy, which makes them fundamental to the prosperity of one of the nation's largest states.

"Hispanic businesses are vital for the California economy," Hugo Merida, president of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Hispanic Chambers of Commerce, told Efe.

California, with some 38 million inhabitants, of whom 39 percent are of Hispanic origin - the same percentage as Anglos - is among the

The influence of Latinas in business has expanded exponentially in the last decade. Hispanic women from all walks of life are opening businesses, increasing their influence in the corporate world and attaining major strides in government and the non-profit sector. However, just a few make it to the top, breaking the infamous glass ceiling that prevents brilliant Hispanic women from sitting in corporate boardrooms.

These five most influential Latinas board directors sit at the big table in high

With a name like Chiqui Cartagena, you can't escape the fact that you're different from your classmates in school. From the first grade on, I was constantly looked down upon and treated differently -- and sometimes not so nicely.
I'm an Army brat. My father was a decorated veteran of the Puerto Rican 65th Infantry Regiment that bravely fought in the Korean War. When he left the armed forces, he became a corporate executive for General Electric in Spain, which is where I grew up from the age of

An estimated 1.4 million or 4.3 percent of Latino/a adults identify as LGBT and 29 percent of Latino/a same-sex couples are raising children, according to a report released this week by the Williams Institute at the University of California Los Angeles.

The estimated 146,100 Latino/a individuals in same-sex couples tend to live in areas where there are higher proportions of Latinos/as. A third of Latino/a same-sex couples live in New Mexico, California, and Texas.

Nationally, Latino/a individua

Elgin Area School District U-46 is the state's second-largest, and one of the most diverse — 68 percent of its more than 40,000 students are ethnic minorities.

But they're being taught by mostly white teachers. That's reflected in a 45.7 percentage point gap between the portion of minority students and that of minority teachers.

While that makes U-46 near the top of suburban school districts with the biggest gaps in diversity between students and teachers, the district is hardly alone, a Daily

Madison has had a chamber of commerce for Latinos for 10 years, but a spinoff group with a narrowed mission was launched formally Wednesday night.

While the existing Latino chamber has primarily focused on the needs of entrepreneurs, the new group is aimed at helping Latino professionals connect and develop their careers.

The Latino Professionals Association of Greater Madison kicked off at the Monona Terrace Convention Center with an extensive program before a crowd of more than 200.

Claudio D

As we continue to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month and commemorate the Hispanics who are making history and opening doors for the community, I thought it was important to take a closer look at those mujeres who are using social media to empower, mentor, and improve the life of other Latinas.

For those of us who are building our businesses with social media platforms, there are a few women who stand out. Thanks to their hard work and the belief that together we can go places, these leaders have

Poor is the business man who hires for staff uniformity or the business woman who wishes she could clone herself in order to maintain quality control. Not only would they be poor in spirit but they would likely be short on profitability as well. This is because workplace diversity is no longer some touchy feely initiative that is ‘good to have’. It has become a business imperative with hard evidence proving that the world’s most profitable companies are businesses who have made diversity core t

How is it that, in a time where total marketing and economies of scale are all the rage, you can still find Good Housekeeping, Women's Day and Family Circle magazines targeting… mothers? Aren't all mothers the same? Why not just one magazine targeting them all?

Because publishers, like marketers, know that in segmentation exists a kind of magic. We can talk to consumers generally, but with messages that can make individuals feel as if the material were crafted just for them. "OMG," they'll say,

Latinos are some of the biggest consumers of social media in the U.S., but when it comes to developing the technology, the numbers aren't very high. Host Michel Martin speaks with Oscar G. Torres, who is hosting hackathons to encourage Latino innovation. READ MORE

CBS Interactive’s CNET launched a Spanish-language tech news site – CNET en Español – aimed at Hispanic consumers in the U.S. in partnership with Sofia Vergara’s Latin World Entertainment.

Latin World Entertainment, the Hispanic talent management and entertainment-marketing firm Vergara founded with Luis Balaguer, will work with CNET on sales, distribution and marketing efforts, along with talent acquisition. Wireless carrier T-Mobile USA has signed on as a year-long charter sponsor for the web

Developing good personal and professional habits can help us go through tough times with less stress and more productivity. Maybe we need to make decisions about our lives or careers, or simply be motivated at staying on track. Those are times when tension and pressure mount.

Two highly influential Latinas, Dr. Maria Hernandez, PhD, co-founder of LatinaVIDA™, and Yvonne Garcia, National President of ALPFA, shared their best habits that help them keep on top of their best game.

Four good habits

Despite recent outflows of capital from emerging markets, private equity and venture capital in Latin America expanded by all measures in the first half of 2013, with an increase in fundraising, investments and exits as compared to the same period in 2012, according to data released this month by the Latin American Private Equity and Venture Capital Association ( LAVCA). In the first half of 2013, firms raised $3.8 billion with final or partial closings for 36 separate funds, representing a 100

It's no secret that more and more people are speaking español in the United States, but what you probably didn't know is that in the future more of those Spanish speakers will not be Hispanic.

That's right -- as immigrant families become more established here, future generations will follow the pattern of previous immigrants from Europe and Asia and stop using their native language.
But at the same time, non-Latinos will be learning Spanish and helping their kids to grow up bilingual because th

When it comes to assessing market trends and identifying growing contingencies of potential fans, the NFL is on top of its game. From September 15 through October 15, the NFL will recognize Hispanic Heritage Month by engaging in league-wide and team-sponsored initiatives focused upon the Hispanic community.

The month-long celebration comes in the wake of significant research depicting the fast and significant growth of the Hispanic population–and associated spending power–in the United States.