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INTERNET
CAREER SITES BOOMING
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With the recent downturn
in the US economy and more people looking for work,
traffic on leading career websites is growing quickly.
According to Executive Recruiter
News, traffic to the leading career-related web
sites increased 47% among U.S. users between December
2000 and January 2001.
According to industry
analysts: "The economic downturn has provided a remarkable
opportunity for companies...to scoop
up multiethnic talent and use these employees
to gain market share".
In addition, new studies
show that the Internet is especially effective for
diversity recruiting. According to a recent poll conducted
by SHRM, recruiters rated the following
as the best methods for finding diversity candidates:
- Employee referrals =
70%
- Internet
Job Postings = 68%
- Job Fairs = 68%
- Newspapers = 63%
- Internships = 60%
- College campus visits
= 60%
- Employment agencies
= 59%
- Trade journal = 58%
- Corporate website =
50%
- Networking = 48%
As always, we love to
hear from you. If you have suggestions on future topics,
just drop us
a line.
--Shawn Mood, Director
of Recruiting Services
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US
HISPANIC AND DIVERSITY NEWS
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Here is a detailed breakdown
of the recent US Census, including information on
US Hispanic subgroups, and where Hispanics live. Interestingly,
non-Latino
whites now represent less than half the population
in 48 major cities.
The White House has announced
that all of President
Bushs radio addresses will be broadcast in Spanish.
Not to be outdone, the Democrats responded to Bush's
last address in Spanish and named a Hispanic
woman as their Director of Communications.
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LATIN
AMERICA BUSINESS BYTES
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Regional
Update: Mexico downgrades its official growth
forecasts; Venezuela postpones privatization initiatives;
Brazil faces energy crunches.
Despite a tough year,
signs point towards an increasingly favorable climate
for Latin
American private equity investing.
Mexico's Televisa,
Latin America's largest Spanish-speaking communications
group, is pulling the plug on its money-losing international
news channel, ECO.
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There may be severe
liabilities associated with hiring contingency workers.
If your company is moving away from permanent hires, be sure
you know the laws that apply to contract staff.
An employer recently had to
pay a $2.5 million
settlement for harassing workers for speaking Spanish
while at lunch and during employee breaks.
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RECRUITING
TOOLS & USEFUL LINKS
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We're always trying to
keep adding useful links and information to our site.
Here are two great additions for this month:
For recruiters looking
for international candidates outside of the Americas,
check out JobUnity.com.
JobUnity is an affiliation of some of the world's
best regional sites from around the globe.
For small businesses,
we've added a fantastic Document
Center that provides you with standard HR documents,
including government forms, new-hire kits, payroll
docs and performance evaluations.
Stay tuned. We have more
goodies lined up for June.
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EVENTS
YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT
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LEARN FROM THE BEST. Want
recruiting ideas from Peoplesoft, Cisco, Intel, Disney,
Nortel, Motorola, Corning and Watson Wyatt? Attend
AIRS
new one-day Leadership Summits and learn the latest
business insights, recruiting tactics, success metrics
and action items for the new economy.
Here's
a list of other upcoming events and conferences
related to doing business in Latin America.
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