Latino Professionals: Spend the Day with HACE at McCormick Place on Tuesday, June 17 from 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.!

Join us for a day filled with opportunities to meet with premier companies, network with other Latino professionals, participate in professional development workshops, and receive free career advice and résumé critiques.

For more information or to pre-register for this FREE event, please visit www.hace-usa.org or call 312.435.0498

From the very start, forward thinking companies have realized that the best way to connect with diverse consumers and markets is to hire individuals who look like and understand the languages and cultural nuances of the diverse communities they serve. Today most companies have realized the critical need for attracting and retaining Latinos and other qualified diversity employees at all levels, but hiring qualified diversity candidates remains a formidable challenge.

Mae A. Douglas is a Senior Vice President with Cox Communications and has served as the company’s Chief People Officer for 7 years. She recently spoke with LatPro about Cox Communications’ diversity goals, objectives, and strategy the critical role of Hispanic and Bilingual employees at the broadband communications and entertainment company. Below is an excerpt of her interview, but you can read the entire interview here.

Employers and HR personnel need to focus their efforts on a candidate’s transferrable skills, rather than searching for the perfect match of skills and qualifications when searching for candidates in a tight job market with a skills shortage, according to the CEO of Australia’s Recruitment and Consulting Services Association.

Though the economy seems to be sliding ever closer to a recession, current numbers released by the US Department of Commerce do not yet confirm it. The economy outperformed estimates and grew at a rate of 0.6 percent for the first quarter of 2008, and has not yet shown a decline in growth for two consecutive quarters, the textbook definition of a recession.

The United States Senate has failed to overcome a Republican led filibuster on a bill that would have made it easier for employees that are victims of pay discrimination to sue their employers.

The bill seeks to change the existing rules for filing pay discrimination suits, which currently require victims of pay discrimination to sue within 180 days of discovering the discrimination, regardless of how long the action affects their pay from its discovery.

Salt Lake County Republican councilmen have proposed to extend health insurance benefits to the domestic partners of county employees, but at a cost. The Republican proposal came as a direct response to a Democratic councilwoman’s repeated requests to extend the county’s health insurance coverage to domestic partners of county employees.

The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) is hosting a virtual career fair for international students interested in positions in the United States and abroad. This unique online event will allow employers to gain immediate access to international college- and university-educated talent studying in the United States, including undergraduate, master’s, and Ph.D.-level candidates, and will allow current international students and job candidates to gain access to current full-time and internship opportunities with employers targeting international students for opportunities in the United States and abroad.

The SHPE Conference is the major event for the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Inc. and the largest technical and career conference for Hispanics in the country. Each year, the SHPE Conference attracts nearly 5,000 engineering professionals, students and corporate representatives. The conference is an opportunity for engineering companies and corporations to recruit highly qualified Hispanic technical talent and provides educational, technical and ca

The National Urban League Conference Diversity Career Fair is one of America's premier diversity recruiting events.  This event offers corporate attendees, professional candidates attending the National Urban League Conference, and professional candidates from the Greater Orlando Area an exceptional opportunity to network together and to match qualified and experienced diversity candidates with companies looking to hire such diversity candidates.