I’ve been finishing up some training, finalizing some classes, and working on a project with the Madison Latino Chamber of Commerce so it’s been a busy two months! Plus, shoveling all this snow! March seems to be a just a bit lighter so I’ll hopefully have time to post on a more consistent basis. Is…
Despite the growing appeal of online education models and MOOCs, Diana Carew at PPI sums up the issue of higher education’s economic woes: The middle-skill jobs that young college grads generally take (think sales agents, teachers, and financial analysts) continued to shed workers in 2011. And for…
Latinos love to build relationships. Indeed, we are very social individuals. So in a job market where it’s primarily “not what you know but who you know,” Latinos searching for a new job might have a slight advantage of grabbing a few. The New York Times provides a good overview of what it might take…
You know I’m not a big fan of lists, but I’m sharing a Top 100 list anyway. The Top 10 – healthcare and technology: 1. Dentist 2. Registered Nurse 3. Pharmacists 4. Computer Analyst 5. Physician 6. Database Administrator 7. Software Development 8. Physical Therapist 9. Web Developer 10. Dental Hygenist
Discussing this recent study, Derek Thompson at the Atlantic considers why low income, high achieving students don’t go to college: If we want students from disadvantaged areas to attend good colleges and obtain modern skills, we should be thinking about ways to entice them, not scare them with blaring headlines: “SIX FIGURES IN DEBT AND…
Interesting talk by Colin Powell regarding how students need structure to learn. I would agree, given that I have two kids and I work from home. When I talk about structure, I don’t mean rigidity. My kids have a lot of leverage in managing their structure and environment. It’s an important skill to develop. In…
Adrian Kinnersley suggests that LinkedIn isn’t harming 3rd party recruiters but rather job boards. According to Kinnersley, talent recruitment is becoming a niche game: Recruitment advertising spending decisions are now being driven by the need for platforms which allow effective interaction and the ability to target an audience of choice. LinkedIn is a much…
Do a quick search for social media recruiting and you can find thousands of links to strategies, models, and trends regarding how organizations are trying to use these tools to attract new talent. Blogs are dedicated to it, conferences discuss it, and organizations are still trying to get it But more often than not, simple…
I become very familiar with the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) when I worked at the University of Texas at El Paso’s Career Center (UTEP is one of the largest Hispanic serving colleges in the country). I saw first hand the impact HACU had on Latinos across the country. As our interns returned…
