Univision Insights Research shares an excellent overview of Latino Millennials in the United States. Although directed at marketers, much of the information is relevant to organizations hoping to understand and capture Latino talent. Key excerpts: Such a large majority means that—and the study supports this fact—the importance of cultural connections runs across all demographic groups…
PayScale shows at what point women’s pay peaks as compared to men. According to this NYT article, the break begins when couple’s begin to have families: At age 30, both college-educated men and college-educated women have experienced wage growth of almost exactly 60 percent, compared to what they earned at age 22. The typical 30-year-old…
I’ve been away the last couple weeks moving into our new home – while only 1/2 mile away from our townhouse, it was still a big undertaking! Anyway, will be getting back to regular posting this week. See you soon!
A Work Trends study just released by Rutgers University paints a gloomy picture for this month’s college graduates. Despite encouraging news by some, these findings show that only half of the college graduates interviewed had full-time jobs. Furthermore, most graduates characterized their current positions as either a “stepping-stone” or a “to get by job.” A…
While Latinos make up over 15 percent of the U.S. population, they account for only 3.6 percent of the doctoral degrees awarded in the United States. Dismal I know – and increasing these number will require a long term vision. But we’re starting to make strides. Read the inspiring stories of three Latinas who took…
The national professional Association for CPAs (AICPA) is reaching out to minority professional organizations to help increase the representation of Latinos and African Americans in the accounting field. Asian Americans make up 9.1% of accountants compared with 4.8% of the working population. In discussing the need for organizations to make a better effort of recruiting…
I’ll be serving on a panel next week as part of the Urban League of Greater Madison Diversity of Leadership Summit . Please stop by and say hello. : )
Kevin Wheeler at ERE shares 5 reasons why the traditional workplace is evolving: expectations, choice (not control), focus on employment branding, interest in the candidate experience, and focus on making “lists.” I couldn’t agree more with his thoughts. When you consider that each of these reasons is impacted by the emergence of social media –…
Big kudos to the National Hispana Leadership Institute (NHLI) on its 25th Anniversary. In partnership with Harvard’s Kennedy School, the organization was established to address the under-representation of Latinas in the corporate, nonprofit and political arenas.
A report by the Economic Policy Institute still shows a gloomy outlook for recent college graduates: For young college graduates, the unemployment rate was 10.4 percent in 2010 and 9.4 percent over the last year, while the underemployment rate was 19.8 percent in 2010 and 19.1 percent over the last year. This is a slight…
