LatPro announced that it is closing its “LatPro Networking” site on June 20th. I was a member of the network, but I wasn’t very active due to the site’s – how can I say this delicately – blandness. What’s interesting is that LatPro’s announcement comes just as other job boards (e.g. CareerBuilder and Monster) are…
Why are college grads not finding jobs? About 1.5 million, or 53.6 percent, of bachelor’s degree-holders under the age of 25 last year were jobless or underemployed, the highest share in at least 11 years. In 2000, the share was at a low of 41 percent, before the dot-com bust erased job gains for college…
Interesting graphic via Sirona Consulting about where job seekers are getting their career information. First choice (company site) is obvious but social media platforms have been gaining ground the last two years. And by the way – I agree it’s more than a Facebook page or tweeting out jobs. Organizations need to have a strategic…
According to this report by Pew Hispanic Research, Latinos and Asians experienced a faster rate of growth in jobs than other demographic groups; however, the devil is in the details: The differences in jobs growth across groups largely reflect the differences in population growth. From 2007 to 2011, the Hispanic working-age (16 and older) population…
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about job boards losing their sizzle. Things aren’t looking good for the biggest of them all. Graphic via ERE.net
This a good piece over at ERE regarding consumer and employment branding and how often both aren’t in sync with each other. From a Latino talent perspective, organizations often think (particularly consumer goods companies) the popularity of their brands with Latinos will consequentially attract them. While this is true in some respects, it could have…
The 2012 Bullhorn Reach Social Recruiting Activity Report regarding social recruiting shows that recruiters use LinkedIn as their primary social media recruiting tool – far more than any other (see graphic below). Interesting piece of data when one considers that Latinos over-index in their use of social media tools. However, which social media tool is…
The Latino workforce will grow, significantly, over the next eight years. While the growth of the labor force is slowing in general, the Latino workforce, according to PEW Research Center Demographic Trends, is growing. Check out my video on this same topic here. Latino talent is expected to comprise 18.6% by 2020. Currently, Latinos comprise…
The L.A Times shares of snapshot of the Latino workforce to date. Many positive trends overall but still a lot of work to do: At the start of the recession in late 2007, the Hispanic unemployment rate was 6.3% nationwide and 6.4% in California, where more than 14 million of the nation’s 50.5 million Latinos…
Two pieces about social media and recruiting that forecast similar ideas: many organizations are using recruitment approaches that are so, well…. 2007. The Wall Street Journal highlights organizations that are bypassing resumes and instead exploring a candidate’s “web presence” to determine organizational fit. Along with online surveys, social media tools such as LinkedIn are providing…
