I had to take a double look at this picture…. “Los Lakers?” Hmmmm, I like it. Actually, it was part of the NBA’s Noche Latina efforts now in its third year.
I had to take a double look at this picture…. “Los Lakers?” Hmmmm, I like it. Actually, it was part of the NBA’s Noche Latina efforts now in its third year.
My alma mater University of Texas at El Paso play the Butler Bulldogs in the big dance today. Go Miners! Update: Oh well…Butler 77 – UTEP 59. A good year and a good run.
As a kid, I remember having volunteers from Junior Achievement come into my classroom and teach me about selling pencils for a profit. Years later as a business student at the University of Texas at El Paso, I was an active member of Junior Achievement. I had a wonderful time teaching elementary kids about the same basic business principles and serving…
Big news out today focuses on a study conducted by the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research regarding the latest numbers of Hispanic college graduates in the context of making it a national priority. Among some of the key findings of the report: 51 percent of Hispanic students complete a bachelor’s degree in six years…
I often write about why organizations and employers need to understand and recognize the importance of the Hispanic workforce. And while direct recruitment is important, so are the other efforts that organizations can undertake to demonstrate that they have a sincere interest in developing and supporting this group. Hence, always nice to see when organizations actually ”get it.” The University of…
PODER360 shares a great article on the efforts of HACR and their advocacy for increasing the number of Hispanics in CEO positions. According to the article: As of 2006, some 22 Hispanics held positions as CEO, chair or president at Fortune 1000 companies. This was up from 16 in 2003, according to the Hispanic Association…
AOL News had a great article today on the strength of diversity, and how it has, is, and will reshape the American landscape from many perspectives including the workforce. From racial composition, multi-cultural backgrounds, immigration, and the suburbs, diversity is touching almost every aspect of our society. Money line from the article: Large American companies…
Just wanted to share a couple of guest posts via the Intern Matters blog (Internships.com): “Internships: Not Just for Summer Anymore” & “Successful Multi-Cultural Management.” Please visit and enjoy. Thanks! ; )
Good article in the WSJ discussing that engineers are the highest college graduate money makers with petroleum and computer science majors making up the top two fields. A great opportunity for Hispanic college students; however; while Hispanics are entering the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) fields in greater numbers, according to the NCES, they…
DiversityInc just shared their Top 50 Companies List for Diversity hiring. Below are the top ten. 1: Sodexo 2: Johnson & Johnson 3: AT&T 4: Kaiser Permanente 5: Ernst & Young 6: PricewaterhouseCoopers 7: Marriott International 8: IBM Corp. 9: Bank of America 10: Abbott
