In the era of Donald Trump, it doesn’t take much to see political undertones in just about everything. Including the new Disney-Pixar film, "Coco."
Built around the Mexican holiday, Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, the movie is about Miguel, a 12-year-old boy from rural Mexico who dreams of becoming a guitarist. In Miguel’s pursuit, he crosses over into the Land of the Dead, where he interacts with his ancestors, famous musicians and magical creatures.
"Coco" has been an instant hit sinc
The past decade has seen a dramatic increase in the number of Hispanic pet owners in the United States. Between 2007 and 2016 the number of Latinos with pets in their homes skyrocketed from 11.4 million to 20.4 million as the pet ownership rate among Hispanics grew from 40% to 55%.
Pet ownership has become a marker of increasing acculturation within the Latino population. The vast majority of the 20.3 million Latino pet owners in the United States are either U.S.-born or are bilingual or Englis
The evolution of technology seems to have made a good impact on the ways which are adopted by influential companies and organizations to approach their talent hunt and recruiting procedures. The Human Resource or HR managers and the hiring experts have professed their views and perspectives on the changing trends of recruiting in industries, based on which, William Almonte, has introduced a deductive overview of the thumb rules of successful recruiting in recent times. Here follow a few importan
The business of recruitment firms is being popular day by day. There are some strategies of recruitment that can help a company to get higher popularity. This article is here to discuss the strategies of recruitment that every company should follow. The strategies that this article is going to discuss are accepted by William Almonte and others. It is important to know the basic facts of recruitment process before you know about the strategies of recruitment. The next paragraph is here to give yo
Recruiter. The word means to a person who is in charge of recruiting a workforce to industry for its betterment. But what does a recruiter do is the main focus of the content. Recruiter, in general, is a person who enlists, strengthen, hire, enroll or renew or restore for a company's betterment. If you are thinking about starting a career in the recruitment industry, this post is a must read for you
But for a recruiter, it is also a fact that he/ she must come to know whom to recruit and how to r
Marketing in Spanish in the U.S. may not seem like an innovation from our purview in 2017, but when the first recognized full service Hispanic advertising agency in the United States opened up in 1962 it was a paradigm-shifting marketing event. It was one of the first times national brands and companies marketed their goods and services in the U.S. using a language other than English. READ MORE AT MEDIAPOST
Even if you avoid networking all year, it’s inevitable during the holiday season that you will find yourself at a networking event – your company party, your kids’ school events, the year-end celebration for a professional group you’re involved with. Networking this time of year is also beneficial as people tend to be more festive and therefore friendlier, and even companies are likely to be more receptive as they shift their focus to needs and goals for next year. READ MORE AT FORBES
The sweet smell of freshly baked cakes filled the room, as a half-dozen workers did their part to make more.
One mixed ingredients, while another filled round pans with batter. As the cakes emerged from ovens, four more layered on fruit and frosting.
On an average weekday, the team at Suspiros Cakes goes through 200 pounds of flour and 50 pounds of eggs to make between 80 and 90 cakes. Those quantities almost double on weekends.
The gourmet cake franchise has become a household name in norther
I attended The Boston Mania Fitness Pro Convention in Boston, Massachusetts. I had the opportunity to exchange fitness ideas with thousands of the best fitness moguls in the country.
Best of all, I renewed my FXP Hoop Fitness Instructor Certification for another 2 years. Perhaps my favorite part of the convention is that it helps establish hoop fitness as a legitimate forum of exercise. When I tell people I have a hoop fitness certification, they usually look at me funny and often say ‘that’s a t
Too many job seekers put their job searches on hold at this time of year, and that's a shame. December is a great time to job hunt!
Here are ten reasons why.
1. Budgets
Hiring is based on budgets. Budgets are approved for a given fiscal year. December 31 is the most common fiscal year-end. Job opening budgeted for 2017 but unfilled may not be approved again for 2018. Managers have an incentive to fill their job openings before 12/31/17! READ MORE AT FORBES
The latest announcement by this company is about its $2 million investment into a program that will see it offer grants to the Chicago non-profit organizations. Through its recent statement, the bank outlined that it remained committed to creating economic opportunities in Chicago’s West and South sides. It outlined that the grants were part of a $40 million commitment.
About six non-profit organizations are set to benefit from the more than $2 million. These organizations have over the years r
Code2040, a San Francisco nonprofit working to increase diversity in the technology industry, has raised $5.6 million to fuel a major expansion as it navigates a tense political climate.
The new funding from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and others comes as diversity advocates face a sharp backlash over their efforts to bring groups of people long marginalized by the tech industry into companies that remain largely white and Asian male.
The broadsides against diversity began after
Being fresher, candidates do struggle a lot to find a job. You can’t deny the fact nowadays you are not the only one who is hunting for a job, so it is quite tough finding a job you’ve desired. A successful professional, William Almonte says this. Teaming up with a reputed recruitment agency could be the way to solve the problem.
Submitting a resume
Resume is the first weapon. Submitting a good resume you can catch the attention of recruiters among all competitors. If you need any guidance while w
Read biographies of feature guests for the 2017 Law & Government Networking Forum being held November 15 at Fulton Market Company in Chicago's trendy West Loop neighborhood!
MODERATOR
Marty Castro, President - Castro Synergies, Interim Executive Director, Casa Central
Marty Castro is the President and CEO of Castro Synergies, LLC, which provides strategic consulting services to corporations, entrepreneurs and non-profit organizations that seek to collaborate with and have a positive social impac
Resume is the key elements which can unlock the doors of the numerous jobs. What is your efficiency, among all competitors what is your specialty everything should be added to the resume. William Almonte said that you should arrange your resume in a proper way so that among thousand copies it could catch the attention of the recruiters.
Do it yourself
To arrange a resume you can take advice from experts and get several samples on internet. It’ll be better not to copy from internet and prepare it y
More than half of Latinos in the U.S. say applying to college was never discussed with them. This is according to a new survey that NPR conducted with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Researchers interviewed people from different racial and ethnic groups to gauge how discrimination affects their daily lives at home, in school and at work. READ MORE AT NPR
It’s a fact: women and minorities are underrepresented in the legal profession. Latinos for example, make up 18 percent of the population, yet comprise only 4 percent of U.S. lawyers. This coupled with Pew Hispanic Research’s report that 3.2 million Latinos living in the U.S. don’t speak English, begs the question who is helping Spanish-speaking Latinos navigate the legal system, when Spanish language resources are limited?
As long as Latinos are underrepresented in the legal profession, the La
The energy industry is committed to making its workforce more diverse. Now and over the next decade or two, there’s great opportunity to realize that goal.
With 40 percent or more of industry’s worker base on track to retire by 2035, research indicates hundreds of thousands of women and minorities will help fill the ranks through the next decade and beyond. Critically important is properly preparing them to be petroleum engineers, geologists, welders, electricians, accountants, business manager
Corporate training is beneficiary for companies, in particular for start-ups. A compact training module can result in big difference in the performance of employees. With providing training to the new recruits companies also needs to introduce skill-based training module for existing employees. To avail comprehensive training modules, you need to appoint some specialized requirement training agency.
Why consider outsourcing option in corporate training?
Most of the time training providing agencies
