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Attending an interview requires a lot more groundwork. Googling the answers of the common interview questions are not enough. Be careful with your first appearance. You should portray a confident appearance to your interviewer.  According to William Almonte, a confident body language and perfect apparel make you presentable.

Research your company

Spend sometimes to gain some knowledge about your company. You can consider the official website as well as social media like facebook, twitter or blog sites. From the official website, you will know about the company particulars. Social media and blogs will serve you information from the other employees’ point of view. Thus you will be able to make a positive image in front of the interviewers. You also can tackle all the queries regarding the company, its products, goals, and agendas etc.

Compare your qualification and skills to the job requirements:

Specifically, analyze the job description. Now try to fit your qualities in it. Make yourself prepare to convince your interviewer that you are the best option for that requirement.   Do it with a lot of confidence.

Practice for the possible set of questions:

Get familiar and practice for some time with the specific form of the interview the firm conducts. Some companies ask brain teasers or case questions whereas the others prefer the standard set of questions. Try to know from the website or other contacts about the form of the questions and make yourself prepare for it.

Plan for your interview apparel:

The interview dress code should be basic and conservative look wise. The safe and the straight option for men is a dark colored suit with a combination tie. Women can choose from the formal business suit, a formal dress or a skirt. White, black, brown and navy blue are the perfect shades for an interview.

The outfit should be cleaned and wrinkle-free.

Shoes and bag should be polished.

Don’t put on extra makeup on your face. Be natural.

Make a simple and tidy hairdo.

Cut your fingernails and clean them.

Avoid wearing extra jewellery. Go for the minimal.

Check the hemline of your dress if anything is needed to be repaired.

Make a list what to bring with you

Carry some essentials with you if anything is required during the interview session.

• One copy of cv.
• One photo id proof.
• Pen and a notebook.
• Academic results and its certificates.
• Job interview letter.

Practice the perfect body language

Your body language speaks a lot about you. Smile at the interviewer with a firm handshake after and before the interview session. Always try to make the eye contact with every person on the interview board. Answer all the questions with clear voice and confidence

Try to ask a relevant question

William Almonte says that you may ask anything regarding the company after the interview session. It will help you to gain a positive impression.

We have compiled here the best list of guidelines and let you know how to deal with the toughest questions, what will be your approach to the interviewer, what should you carry with you and what you should wear for that very day. These points can help you to grab an opportunity by achieving a positive turn in your career.

Many times career change happens to us. Our industry starts to fade, our employer goes bankrupt, or we personally are downsized, fired, laid off, demoted or otherwise find ourselves at a crossroads.

But occasionally we choose to change careers of our own free will. It’s exciting, a little scary, and getting more common. If you can, take the opportunity to think it through.

First, know why you want to change careers. If it’s because you simply hate your current job, make a list of those things you don’t like so you don’t inadvertently land on a career that’s too similar. (It happens.) If money is the reason, figure out how much more money you’re looking for. You should also list what you liked about your old job, so you can try to replicate those good things in your new one. READ MORE AT THE SEATTLE TIMES

Hispanics in the United States have a longer life expectancy, but a poll finds few older Latinos are confident that nursing homes and assisted living facilities can meet their needs.

The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research survey also showed that close to one-half of older Hispanics have faced language or cultural barriers interacting with health care providers.

Fewer than 2 in 10 Hispanics age 40 and older say they are very or extremely confident that nursing homes and assisted living facilities can accommodate their cultural needs. READ MORE AT THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS

The National Hispanic Media Coalition is singing a different tune when it comes to diversity efforts at CBS.

NHMC president and CEO Alex Nogales and other national Latino organizations are praising the network’s initiatives to increase Latino representation after a meeting with CBS Chairman and CEO Leslie Moonves last week. The organization’s statement, released Tuesday, stands in stark contrast to Nogales’ harsh critique of the network over the departure of “Hawaii 5-0” stars Daniel Dae Kim and Grace Park in July. READ MORE AT HUFFPOST

To run a company at first a mastermind is required to work for the business to take it to the peak position. But not only a mastermind will help to build a business empire, a part of the backbone of the company is their employees. Yes, these employees play a huge role to build up any business empire. In human body if we don’t have hands or legs then we won’t be able to work, same goes for a business empire the employees work as the hand and legs to run the business without the employees is very difficult, actually its near to impossible. But every person in not good at every job; if the company chooses the wrong person then the company may face failure instead of success. There are few protocols to recruit any employee to select the efficient and perfect employee for the company.

Every company has a board or panel with few persons who recruit the perfect employees for them. These recruiters have to follow some rules or protocol to choose the perfect employee. William Almonte has suggested some points on which they choose the employee with adding some of their experiences.

Vacancy

Vacancy is the main and the most important thing to look for before recruiting any employee. If the company has no vacant position to offer the employee so there is no option to recruit them.

Sometimes a new position may be created for any employee but it is totally upon the situation and the recruiters. If the recruiters see that the person has very good potential but he is not the one whom they are searching for. In such a case the recruiters analyze the company’s status and in future they may require this employee or there may be any position which can be created to get benefit in future. If all these things match then a new recruitment is done for a newly created position.

Develop Position Description

The core of the recruitment is actually the need of the position. The most important thing is to choose the correct employee for the job. To do this at first the recruiters should know the need or requirement of the job. This description of the position helps to select question to take interview. It helps very much to check whether the employee is perfect or not for the job.

Recruitment Plan

A recruitment plan is very important thing to recruit employee. Every work needs a plan so the recruitment also needs.

Group of Recruiters

A single person can’t do such a big thing. To recruit employee for a company a group of people is needed to choose the correct employee.

Shortlist of the Applicants

To shortlist the applicants is one of the important work. All the applicants may not be able to face the interview even.

Conducting Interviews

William Almonte has highlighted this point that after selecting some of the applicants a interview is require to take the final test. After taking the interviews the recruiters recruit the correct employee for the company then to job is completed.

Above in this article we discussed what are the steps followed by the corporate recruiters to select efficient employees.

Read biographies of feature guests for the 2017 Latina Trailblazers Networking Forum being held tomorrow August 23rd at Michigan Avenue's The Gwen Hotel Chicago! 

Hannah Fernandez, Founder & CEO, ROI Business Funding

Hannah Fernandez is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of ROI Business Funding, a Chicago-based company that helps entrepreneurs and small business owners across the US and Canada get access to capital and provides them with technical assistance to become fundable.

She is a graduate of the University of Chicago and has more than a decade experience in management leadership, sales and marketing. Hannah seeks to inspire others to achieve their fullest human potential and live their highest purpose. Losing half of her team in a massive wave of layoffs at Pfizer in 2009 opened her eyes to the lack of job security in corporate America, and this seminal moment in her career journey fueled her drive to build a business, be her own boss, and be in a greater position to help others.

Hannah is the Chair of the National Latino Education Institute (NLEI) Business Leadership Council and volunteers as a Chicago Public Schools science fair judge at the Museum of Science & Industry. She serves on the Board of Directors of Mega Partnering and Top One Coaching as well as a member of the Young Entrepreneur Council. Hannah won several awards for entrepreneurship, including the Top One Coaching Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Hannah has appeared in WCIU-TV’s You & Me This Morning, ABC 7, WTTW 11 etc, and she has been featured in USA Today, CBS, The Daily Herald, Yahoo! News, and other publications.

Elizabeth Florez, President, National Association of Hispanic Nurses - IL Chapter (NAHN)

Dr. Elizabeth Florez is an Assistant Professor at DePaul University’s School of Nursing. She earned her PhD in Nursing Science from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Florez is the current President of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses-Illinois Chapter, where she focuses on supporting, mentoring, and increasing the number of Hispanic nurses and continuing community engagement within Latino communities. She is an active volunteer for the American Heart Association and is a national spokesperson for their Empowered to Serve campaign.

Dr. Florez has been honored with several awards including: Nueva Latina Estrella, Top 40 Under 40 Emerging Nurse Leaders, Mujere Destacada, and the American Heart Association Circle of Service Award. Through her nursing background, research agenda, and community involvement, Dr. Florez is aware of the issues that ethnic minorities and underserved communities face that impact their health. Dr. Florez has taken on many leadership roles within various organizations in an effort to share her expertise to help address health disparities, especially within the Latino community.

Maria Gonzalez Kronyak, Senior Director, Global Accounts, eMarketer

Maria Gonzalez Kronyak graduated from Drew University in Madison, NJ with a major in Sociology. She spent four years working for Univision's Distribution team and negotiated retransmission contracts with regional cable operators.

Now at eMarketer Maria's Account Management team empowers more than 1,200 companies with insights and research on digital marketing, media and eCommerce.

During her free time, she enjoys giving back to the community by supporting non profit organizations focused on improving the quality of students' education.

Maria Esther Lopez, Development Director, St. Augustine College

 Maria Esther Lopez is a long-time mission-driven leader who has served the Latino community in several capacities. She was recently appointed Director for Development at St. Augustine College, responsible for the college’s resource development, community relations, government affairs and advocacy. St. Augustine College is an independent Latino institution of higher education that works with more than 5,000 students through adult education, workforce development and academic degree programs. Its founding charter is to

make higher education and its benefits accessible to a diverse student population through dual-language higher education. It is the only institution of its kind in the United States.

Contributing to the community and advocating on behalf of the Latino community is Maria’s passion and she has served in a long list of boards and committees. At the national level that work included with the White House Initiative for Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans-Partners in Education, the National Council for Community and Educational Partnerships, and she was the founding board secretary of the American STEM Alliance based in Texas. At the state level her service included with the Regional Transit Authority
Citizen Advisory Board, the board of the Latino Policy Forum and the Illinois Latino Family Commission.

Before arriving at St. Augustine College, Maria founded Maria Esther Lopez & Associates where she assisted
medium sized non-profits and small business address marketing and communication needs. The mission of
the business was to provide a corporate quality, sustainable, branding image at an affordable price. Prior to
that, Maria served as Director for External Affairs at El Valor, an organization that works to promote early
childhood education, support people with disabilities, strengthen families and develop leadership. Maria’s
responsibilities at El Valor included resource development, media and marketing, government relations,
building construction project management, international relations, and the leadership programs.

Prior to joining the world of non-profits, Maria worked for CNA Insurance Institutional Markets, Miller-Pear
Communications, and Citibank’s retail division. A daughter of hard working immigrant blue collar parents from
Mexico, Maria was born and raised in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood. Maria obtained a Bachelor
Degree in Commerce at DePaul University, and completed a Master in Business Administration degree at
National-Louis University.

Lydia Ortiz, Latino Market Manager, New York Life

In her role as Latino Market Manager at New York Life Insurance Company, Lydia is responsible for developing Hispanic marketing, community relations, and talent acquisition strategies to serve the financial needs of the Latino community.

Lydia’s expertise in multicultural marketing, brand management, and corporate communications includes previous leadership roles at Allstate Insurance Company, the United States Department of Commerce, and Avlon Industries (an international hair products manufacturer).

In her community involvement, Lydia has served as Los Angeles Chapter President and on the National Board of Directors of Prospanica (formerly the National Society of Hispanic MBAs), as well as, the boards of the Northwest (IL) Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the University of Arizona Hispanic Alumni Association.

A native of Tucson, Arizona, Lydia holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the University of
Arizona and a Master of International Management Studies from the University of Texas at Dallas.

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Ask anyone about your haircut, and they might shrug and say it looks “fine.” But ask for career advice? You’re likely to get an earful of trite sayings, blanket, sweeping statements and outdated, traditional work tactics that won’t serve you well if you’re trying to advance.

While executive advisors can definitely cater to your specific industry and goals, life coaches offer a varied perspective. Because their purpose is to analyze your whole life — not just your 9-to-5 routine — they offer a more holistic viewpoint. They often motivate their clients to look past the stale beliefs they’ve maintained over decades, leftover from parents and early mentors, to accept what really speaks to their souls. READ MORE AT LADDERS

For the fifth year, Cox Communications is recognizing two Valley Latina entrepreneurs whose leadership and entrepreneurial spirit are perfect examples of the rapid growing women-owned businesses throughout the country.

According to the U.S. Hispanic Chamber Commerce, over the past decade, there has been a nearly 200 percent increase in Latina-owned business, a sign of enormous growth by any measure, especially when compared to the 55 percent increase made by their non-Hispanic female counterparts. In addition, from 2002 to 2015, Latina-owned businesses in Arizona have increased by 73 percent, with over 21,400 total businesses currently flourishing. READ MORE AT AZ BIG MEDIA

For Hispanic students enrolled in Catholic schools, there’s often a sense of gratitude mixed with heightened self-awareness and varying levels of discomfort. Some express concern that their own background is not reflected in their school’s curriculum, such as absence of a discussion of Latino history, and note the lack of diversity in faculty and staff especially at schools that serve Hispanics and other students of color. READ MORE AT THE CRUX

The recruitment agencies are growing fast in these days. If you want to earn more in recruitment, then you need to make the perfect budget while investing in the firm. You need to make it clear how to earn more money in this competitive market. You need to be updated about the present market, and the strategies of earning money should also be clear to you. There are some mistakes that are often made by the recruiters when they prepare a budget. You need to follow some tips to avoid such mistakes while preparing the budget of the recruitment suggested by the successful professional William Almonte.

Tips to avoid the budget mistake

There are some ways that can help you to control the mistakes in budget making. You can go through these mentioned points to know how to avoid the mistakes to make your profit margin higher.

• William Almonte who is an efficient business person has highlighted a point while advising how to control the budget mistakes in recruitment. You need to make it clear that for which candidate you are going to invest the time and negotiation should be right. You should never invest in the uninterested or ineligible candidates.
• You need to maintain the interview structure. When you are dealing with the employees, you need to check whether they are going through an updated cost effective process or not. You need to know how to control the budget in the process of the recruitment. You need to know about the proper recruitment process to control the budget of the mistakes in recruitment.
• As a recruiter, you should not negotiate with an employee in a wrong way. You need to show your skill by making the candidate accepted your salary scale. The negotiation with the candidate should be right and proper to keep the budget of the firm controlled.

If you can avoid the mistakes while running a recruitment agency, then you can make more revenue from the market. The market is becoming competitive every day, and you need to be conscious about your budget to earn more profit from the market. The recruiters need to be skilled to choose a right candidate for an appropriate post and complete the dealing in a short time. The recruiters should not invest much time on a candidate but another deal in that time can help you to earn more money. So be perfect and accurate while investing in a recruitment firm.

If you want to make your company profitable in the competitive market, then you need to keep an eye on the business strategy and market condition. Market research is one of the most important and necessary points that you need to keep in mind when running a business. Advanced technology, good staffs, and a professional mind can run a business successfully by controlling the budget and reducing the mistakes. The recruiters need to e more efficient fast and satisfactory to run a business in a proper way.

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Recruitment firms are growing high, and the numbers of these agencies are increasing day by day. If you want to get success in the competitive market, then you need to understand some points. One of the most important points to run an agency successfully is staffing your company in the best way. You need to make it clear that the staffs of the agencies can make it successful and help to earn more profit from the market. So, you need to be conscious while staffing your recruitment agency. There is a guideline of recruiting agency staffing suggested by the expert William Almonte.

The recruitment agencies need to follow some points when they are staffing their company to earn more revenue and attract clients.

• Efficient staffs

The efficient staffs are needed to run an agency successfully. The recruiters need to know how to attract the candidates and offer them a good package at a reputed company. They need to keep in mind that the competition is tight in the market and to get a good response they need to contact to the eligible candidates fast. They should not waste time to call a candidate who is eligible for a post. The top ranking candidates can be hired by another company then. So, the recruiters should be fast and efficient, and the agencies should select the recruiters accordingly.

• Experienced staffs

When you are running an agency, you need to know the experience of the recruiters who are working at your firm. They should have the experience of attracting candidates who are seeking for a good career opportunity and efficient to satisfy a reputed company. Judging a candidate and his eligibility should be known to the recruiters at your agency.

• Tech friendly staffs

The recruiting agency staffs should know the technical advancements, and they should know the operation of the updated processes of recruitment. William Almonte highlights that the recruitment agencies are being updated by modern technology and the recruiters should be trained in these processes to attract candidates fast.

• Market research

You need to know recruiters in which fields are getting more scopes and in which field the recruitment is going on. You need to keep it in mind that the specialized recruiters are always preferred more by the candidates and the companies both. So, you should prefer the specialized recruiters at your firm to make it more profitable.

When you are investing in recruitment agencies, you need to emphasize on the staffs that are going to serve on your company and help it to grow up. The efficiency and reliability of the staffs and their customer friendly attitude are mostly needed. The recruiters need to be talented, efficient and helpful for the people who are searching a good turn in their career. They need to be fast, experienced and good in their skills. The recruiters with satisfactory services can help you to earn more and make a secure position in the competitive market.

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Babel Ventures, a Silicon Valley firm founded by two young immigrant Latina entrepreneurs, just announced $30 million raised to help start-ups. These funds aim to empower entrepreneurs, many who struggle to receive funding, with the needed capitol to continue contributing to our economy through their start-ups.

The firm was founded earlier this year by Bárbara Kunde Minuzzi and Daniela Arruda. Both women have experience in raising big dollar funds from high net worth individuals. In the past, Barbara in particular has singlehandedly raised over $250 million for real estate and high tech companies. READ MORE AT HUFFPOST

No one ever opened their computer and said, “Yes! I’m so pumped to write a cover letter today!” Those one-page summaries of all of your best qualities and why your dream job should hire you are hella intimidating. But, unfortunately, despite the many, many changes in the way we work that have rolled out in recent years, it looks like the cover letter is here to stay. And since it’s often the first thing that your potential future employer learns about you, it’s pretty important to get it right. READ MORE AT BUSTLE

Want to become well-spoken? Here are three tips.

1. Make others feel well-heard

We focus too much on what we should say next, formulating witty responses in our heads instead of giving full presence to the person talking. The art of listening is as important as the art of speaking.

When the other person feels truly “heard,” that person will perceive you are caring about what he or she is saying, and this may make you appear more likable and better spoken. READ MORE AT LADDERS

A new report puts a price tag on the Latino population in the United States, and it is over two trillion dollars. This economic power, says the report, would rank as the 7th largest in the world if the Latino GDP (Gross Domestic Product) were its own country.

Headed by University of California, Los Angeles Professor David E. Hayes-Bautista, and Werner Schink, CEO of Latino Futures Research, the report commissioned by the non-partisan group Latino Donor Collaborative estimates the total GDP of the Latino population based on data that is publicly available at the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. Department of Labor. READ MORE AT NBC NEWS

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So what do you wear to work when it's business casual? The worlds of casual and business casual workplace attire are merging everyday and it's hard to know from what company to what company the standards. Moreover, some big organizations may have departmental norms that are not consistent with other departmental norms. For example, in a large financial services organization, the shirt and tie mutual funds team might sit across the hall from the billing team and because the billing team does not have visits from clients can wear almost anything they want.

The norm has become business casual in most workplaces, especially in settings where customers and clients don't often visit. In institutional professions such as law firms, banking, and investment advising, formal attire is still normal. Non-client facing careers such as computer programming, graphic artist and book keeping tend to dress casually. While, department stores, manufacturing, and retail industries dress tend to dress a "uniformed" way though it might not though the employees may not consider it business attire.

In a survey performed by OfficeTeam, 56 percent of employees surveyed said that they prefer more relaxed dress codes. Yet, 41% in the same survey admitted they are unsure if what they are wearing is appropriate in their work place. ""As work attire skews more casual, the rules about acceptable office wear aren't always clear-cut. Besides following official company policies, employees should pay attention to the wardrobes of managers and colleagues. If you're uncertain about whether it's OK to wear something to work, it's best to play it safe by skipping it."," said Brandi Britton, a district president for OfficeTeam.

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Serving the military always is a proud moment for any citizen. One needs to have an immense passion for serving the nation, and it is the most promising career to e sought after. There are thousands of citizens who desire to join military forces in their country, but few can make it to the top or fail in their venture to idolize the opportunity. Dedication is the most important thing which a person or a candidate should have if he desires to pursue a career in the military forces as per words of the experienced business person William Almonte.

However, there are few aspects which one should keep in mind to achieve his or her dream of the prestigious job of joining the military forces.

1. One should be highly motivated and be passionate to join military. This is so because the motivation to serve the country comes from within oneself and this is the duty which is greater than an individual and provides the right scope to experience huge activities involving lots of thrills and excitement. Unless the motivation to serve the country inculcates in any person he cannot be forced to serve the country.
2. William Almonte has also highlighted another point in this case. Fitness is another prime issue which a person must keep in mind to deal with military recruitment. There are various initial physical tests which a candidate needs to go through while getting the coveted chance of joining the military forces. There are various tests like swimming, rifle shooting and all other such critical exams which a candidate needs to undergo before joining the military forces. Thus keeping these fitness issues a candidate should be quite aware of these facts and start the proceedings of keeping oneself fit and slim from the very beginning stage.
3. A person must be keen to take initiatives on various issues. This a major concern because in military forces people are assigned with challenging tasks which they need to compete on war footing basis. Such challenges can be fulfilled only by those persons who take the initiative of taking responsibility for accomplishing those tasks. Thus initiative must be taken by the people who want to join the military forces.
4. Consulting the recruiter at the right time is very important. But leaving the entire job for the recruiter is not what should be done. A candidate should be ready enough for the recruiter to recommend the candidate to the job so that he can get selected for his or her dream job at the very instance.
5. A candidate needs to have proper medical reports before applying for the coveted job of military forces. The military job is a very hard working job and requires a lot of physical involvement. Thus if a person does not have a proper medical record, then it would be very difficult to analyze the medical fitness of the candidate. Thus to have a proper screening of the candidate, he or she must have proper medical records before hand to cope up with the situation.

Thus Medical job is a very coveted responsibility to be taken up by any person, but he should have the right attitude and mind set to adhere to his duties.

Despite the fact that Hispanics currently make up over one-sixth of the population of the United States and hold considerable purchasing power - over $1.5 trillion per year - the entire Hispanic market remains underserved by most brands. As important as it is to market to this cohort, it's going to become increasingly more important for brands looking to survive and thrive. Consider the following: More than 40% of US Hispanics are Millennial, and Hispanics account for more than 25% of the population ages and & under. READ MORE AT INC.