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The employment market is the strongest it's been in six years. Here's how to boost the odds you'll find the job you want in 2015.

New year, new job. That’s the mantra for many workers as 2015 kicks off. According to a survey by career management experts Right Management, 86% of workers in North America say they plan to actively look for a new job this year. That’s up from 83% last year and just 60% at the peak of the recession in 2009.

Buoyed by a rapidly improving job market and strong economy, people are feeling more confident about seeking out new opportunities. There’s no time like the present: The first Monday after the New Year is the busiest day for job search... READ MORE AT TIME.COM

Geoscape, the leading market intelligence company focused on new mainstream consumers and businesses, reported today that over 993,000 Hispanics within the United States will turn age 18 in calendar year 2015; a monthly average of about 83,000. Hispanics will account for nearly 23 percent of all persons turning 18 within the United States.

This total represents a compelling fact that emphasizes the growing importance of the US Hispanic market as both consumers and potential new voters. Hispanics are the majority in 342 counties, representing 18 percent of the American population and totaling more than 56 million nationwide in 2014. Their relative youth, growing influence and buying power present compelling reasons for business strategists to redefine their priorities. READ MORE AT BUSINESSWIRE

The Latino community in the United States is prepared to welcome the New Year. It’s time to remember the traditions, rituals and customs that arrived from different places to take root amongst us Latinos living in the U.S.

Here are the seven most popular New Year’s Eve traditions practiced by Latinos all over the world.

1) The Tradition of the 12 Grapes
This is the most famous, extended and accepted tradition or ritual to welcome the New Year. There are many Hispanic, Latino and Latin American families in general, that customarily place 12 grapes in a little bowl for each family member at the dinning table. The tradition also states that a grape should be eaten to each of the 12 clock chimes at midnight on December 31st. READ MORE AT VOXXI

Houston's iconic and overwhelmingly Hispanic East End is currently looking to protect its historic and cultural legacy through a number of revitalization projects and urban improvements.

A few minutes from downtown and several miles from the Port of Houston, the East End was, since the early 20th century, a point of relocation for Germans, Italians and Mexican-Americans.

Nearby are two of the oldest Latino neighborhoods in the city, Magnolia Park and Second Ward.

The East End population tops 80,000 inhabitants, of whom 90 percent are of Hispanic descent, according to figures of the Greater East End Management District, or GEEMD, which was created by the Texas Legislature in 1999. READ MORE AT FOX NEWS LATINO

Many companies still are struggling on how to reach the Hispanic market effectively and efficiently.

Some marketing executives still are not proactive enough to engage with this influential demographic, even though Hispanics will represent one in five Americans by 2020.

Some feel this audience is too complicated, so it may generate more work for them. Others feel that as their sales go down, they need to improve their performance in the general market first, in order to expand to other markets.

And still others think since their business has grown through a referral basis, there is no need to invest in this market, and that having a bilingual sales team will cover the demand.

Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.  READ MORE AT ORLANDO BUSINESS JOURNAL

Undergraduate Hispanic American enrollment at Ball State University has increased 61 percent in five years.

According to Ball State's latest annual diversity committee report, which is required by state law, undergraduate Hispanic/Latino enrollment at BSU jumped from 350 in 2008-09 to 562 in 2013-14.

"Some of the increase is reflective of changing demographics, but it also reflects things we are doing to recruit a diverse student population," said Tom Taylor, vice president for enrollment at the university.

Of the 308.7 million people who resided in the United States during the 2010 census, 50.5 million or 16 percent were of Hispanic or Latino origin.

People of Mexican origin comprised the largest Hispanic group, followed by Puerto Rican, Cuban, Salvadoran, Dominican and Guatemalan, according to the Census Bureau.

In Indiana, the Hispanic or Latino population grew from 214,536 or 3.5 percent of the total population to 389,707 or 6 percent of the total population between 2000 and 2010. READ MORE AT THE STAR PRESS

What does it take to land a job? A recently successful job seeker described her strategy for finding a job - not just any job, but the one she really wanted, with the organization she most wanted to work for. Her approach is worth sharing, because it focuses on some of the things that introverts do best.

Target your search
Our successful job seeker abandoned her initial broadly focused "I'll take anything" attitude, and narrowed her search based on in-depth research and exploration. That's something introverts typically excel at.
To apply this strategy, check the Job-Hunt web site, in particular, the Employers Directory and the Pick Your Employer list of resources, to start to identify possible target employers that match your interests and skills. READ MORE AT PENN ENERGY

Look south west, and there is a vast, untapped export market. That’s the message of Canning House, Britain’s leading forum and contacts hub for Latin America, and a participant at Santander’s Breakthrough Box last week. “Companies are being held back because of a lack of familiarity and a fear of engagement,” said chief executive Robert Capurro – “but there are huge prizes to be had.”

Latin America has 8.6 per cent of the world’s population and 8 per cent of global GDP. It receives 14 per cent of the world’s foreign direct investment, yet under 1 per cent of UK exports go there. Germany exports four times more than we do.

Of course, businesses are right to be reticent. READ MORE AT CITYAM

The rise of Latin-American companies is already transforming the global business landscape, and it presents an exciting opportunity for U.S. companies to ally themselves with major players in this fertile business arena.

There's a good chance that Multilatina corporations — companies with a Latin-American base that have operations in more than one country — aren't on your business's radar. But their construction and expansion has been simmering for the past decade, and now they're at a boil. READ MORE AT BUSINESS INSIDER

More Hispanics are turning 18 every month than previously thought, underscoring why companies should do a better job specifically targeting Latinos, according to a report.

On average about 83,000 Latinos will turn 18 each month in 2015, more than the often reported 50,000, according to Geoscape, a business analytics company that specializes in tracking the nation's largest growing consumers, including Latinos. READ MORE AT FOX NEWS LATINO

1. You become the office Spanish translator. Which is totally fine once in a while, but you're pretty sure this wasn't actually in the job description. And if you don't speak Spanish, it's awkward to have to explain that to people and see their faces fall in disappointment.

2. You also have to become a walking, talking guide to all of Central or South America, even if you're not from a particular country. "Where in Mexico is [insert city]?" "I don't know, I've never been there." "Where is the best food in the DR?" "I don't know, my parents are from Argentina." "I'm going on vacay to PR in a few weeks, what should I do?" READ MORE AT COSMOPOLITAN LATINA

Has your job search only been met with frustration in 2014? Wouldn't it be great to start the new year with a new job?

Let's assume you have all the experience, knowledge and skills necessary for role you seek. You might think that's all that should be important. But then your applications get ignored, and the answers you do get amount to a pile of rejections. You might ask yourself: "What's wrong with this system?"

Step back, and use this season to get a better sense of the process in which you are engaged. Try looking at it from the vantage point of human resources screeners and hiring mangers. READ MORE AT AOL JOBS

Hispanic adults in the U.S. in 2014 have reported spending more money on a daily basis, on average, than is typical for the U.S. adult population: $96 vs. $90, respectively.

These results are based on interviewing conducted as part of 2014 Gallup Daily tracking, which asks Americans how much they spent "yesterday," excluding normal household bills and major purchases. It provides an indication of discretionary consumer spending. So far in 2014, daily spending averages for most months have been slightly higher than in the corresponding month in 2013, and overall average daily spending to date in 2014 is slightly higher than what was found in 2013.

President Barack Obama's recent executive action would defer the deportation of millions of immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally, many of them Hispanic. This raises the question of the potential effect this move will have on the U.S. economy. READ MORE AT GALLUP

An executive who runs a muliti-million-dollar budget at Boeing and who got ahead despite being a single mother at the age of 17, a Spaniard who quit university in the first year and the youngest trainee in Facebook are among the 20 most influential Hispanics in the field of technology in the United States.

The ranking, published Tuesday by the technology website CNET in Spanish, includes people from different nationalities and backgrounds.

"Due to the lack of an Hispanic presence in the United States technology industry, finding successful professionals who are part of the list was not easy," the director of CNET Spanish, Gabriel Sama, told Efe. Sama applauded the fact that he and his team were able to gather "a fascinating group of individuals, of various nationalities, experiences and specialties who represent very well the talent and creativity of the community in the industry." READ MORE AT LATIN TIMES

A great résumé is at the heart of any successful job hunt. While lots of job hunting advice, mine included, says that a LinkedIn profile is critical to getting noticed during your job search, it does not replace a traditional résumé.

But the older you are, the trickier it can be to create a résumé that's not only concise but also does justice to your years of experience. Here are seven ways experienced job seekers can get their résumés noticed. READ MORE AT AARP

Atlanta seldom comes to mind when most marketers think about the future of Hispanic marketing or the dynamic Hispanic millennial segment. It’s usually far down the list in discussions of the growing Hispanic population. However, it shouldn’t be.

The Fastest Hispanic Population Growth in the U.S. Is Happening in Emerging Markets Like Atlanta. Atlanta is at the epicenter of a trend I have been writing about for some time — the emergence of new non-traditional Hispanic markets. Atlanta is where Hispanics — particularly more recent immigrants — are increasingly immigrating outside the traditional Hispanic immigrant gateways of Los Angeles, New York, Miami and Chicago. READ MORE AT MEDIAPOST

Each December, salary comparison and job search site Glassdoor takes a look at the best places to work for the coming year, and the resulting list provides a snapshot of what employees experienced over the past twelve months, and what they’re hoping for in the ones to come.

To determine the best places to work, Glassdoor looks at company reviews provided by employees between November 13, 2013 and November 2, 2014, in which individuals are asked to consider and rate such factors as overall satisfaction, CEO leadership, career opportunities, compensation, and work-life balance. READ MORE AT FORBES

Urban legend has it that corporate budgets for the year have already been expended and the hiring process all but stops in December. Not so! While you may be tempted, do not put your job hunt on ice. Even in those companies where hiring is temporarily frozen, networking and interviewing continues unabated in order to lay the groundwork for a rush of job offers going out when the new budget year arrives in January.

Remember that about 80 percent of all new hires are the result of someone knowing someone else through personal networking. And because there are so many parties, gathering and events of all kinds in December, this is the high season for networking your way into a new job. READ MORE AT U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT

When Instructions Not Included, the Mexican breakout hit that quickly became the U.S.’s highest-grossing Spanish-language film ever, was released over Labor Day weekend in 2013, it was written about with mild surprise, the way that successful movies starring predominantly black casts are often categorized as unexpected hits. The movie debuted in fifth place with $10 million on the back of its social-media-savvy director-star Eugenio Derbez and did extremely well in Texas and California, both states with heavy Mexican populations. READ MORE AT VULTURE

More Hispanics are graduating college with bachelor’s degrees than ever before – especially in engineering and physical sciences.

However, Hispanics are vastly underrepresented in the workforce in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics – or so-called STEM jobs. Though they account for about 15 percent of the U.S. population, they were just 7 percent of the STEM workforce in 2011.

This is bound to change, or at least has the potential to. READ MORE AT FOX NEWS LATINO