Monthly Archives: June 2012

Vacation Time!

Will be back in a couple of weeks while I recharge some batteries. See you in July!

Multi-Generational Households: Nothing New to Latinos

More generations are living under the same household since the end of the Great Recession. This is especially true of recent graduates returning home after college. There are many economic reasons for this multi-generational trend; however, some of it might be culturally related. Like other populations, Latinos move back home but there’s usually not a…

Social Recruitment & Latino Talent

More perspectives on the role social media will play in finding and developing talent. Some new services are budding – others not so much. Bullhorn Reach summarizes the views of several thought leaders here. Given the increasing number of Latinos using mobile technology and social media, it’s an interesting topic, especially when you factor in…

Falling Through the Cracks & Climbing Out

Lucy Flores was elected to the Nevada Assembly in November of 2010 and is up for re-election this year. She sat for and passed the Nevada Bar Exam during her first term in the Nevada State Assembly. Lucy describes herself as “one of the lucky ones” – one of the lucky Latinas that are not…

Adapting to BiCultural Talent via Social Media

Gustavo Razzetti at ClickZ provides an interesting recap on his talk regarding bicultural Latinos and engaging them via social media. Indeed, as Gustavo notes, Latinos live in two very distinct social media channels: one foot in the mainstream and the other firmly placed in the Latino space. And very often – they blend together: Latinos…

Leveraging ERGs with Web 3.0

Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) provide organizations with many potential benefits – internally and externally. Michael Brito at BritoPian adds a social media layer to the discussion. He explores how, with right structure and policies, social media can help organizations build employee brand ambassadors. Given the competition for talent, this social media strategy casts a wider…

Latinos: The Non-Traditional Talent Pool

When I managed the college recruitment program for a company years ago, we always had a “non-traditional” pipeline to draw talented candidates outside of our target schools. This program proved to be effective because graduates coming in through it were very motivated to work with our organization. Furthermore, many of these students were considered “non-traditional”…