The failure of the DreamAct last week signals the start of the next phase in getting the legislation passed. The next couple years will be uncertain ones indeed. Via SignOn San Diego: The Senate vote Saturday to toss the proposal that would have granted young illegal immigrants a route to legal status dealt a harsh…
HACR just released its report to measure Hispanic inclusion strategies at all Fortune 100 and/or HACR corporate member companies, as they relate to employment, procurement, philanthropy and governance. According to the study, a majority of Hispanics tend to be in more non-exempt than exempt level positions. Efforts to attract and retain Hispanics have improved. The…
I always enjoy the posts shared by AllianceQ (recruiting Q) because they go against the conventional way of thinking. Rather than jumping on a bandwagon for recruiting ideas, they always seem to go against the grain. This posting about their thoughts on social media recruitment is no exception. The challenge they are having is that by connecting faster, more lightly…
November and December proved to be two hectic months! I’ll be back with you in the coming days as I finish up some classes and projects – not to mention holiday time! See you soon!
Ruben Navarrette’s piece provides yet another illustration of why the Dream Act needs to be passed. In this case, the college student in question (and ready for deportation) is the student body President at Cal State University, Fresno. He was brought illegally to the United States when he was three. Student body president Pedro Ramirez…
As noted in this piece in the Economist last week, Latino demographic trends will have far-reaching implications in politics, education, and business: But this divide—what William Frey of the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC, calls “the cultural generation gap”—is very much wider in some states and cities. In Arizona, for example, 83% of the elderly…
