Archive for June, 2008

I am leaving the company… but I love our product more than ever!

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 Posted in Hispanic professionals, bilingual, customer service, job boards | 2 Comments »

Some months ago I decided that it was time for a change. I have been at LatPro for more than 5 years now and while I love the team and ... Read more..

LatPro quarterly meeting — any requests?

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 Posted in company news, diversity, hispanic jobs, job fairs | No Comments »

Later this week, LatPro is going to have its quarterly meeting. Yep, it’s that time of the quarter when all the big wigs fly in and descend on Weston to ... Read more..

Watching the competition

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 Posted in Hispanic professionals, bilingual, company news | No Comments »

It’s easy to keep an eye on your own company, but doing some analysis of the competition is more challenging. However, it is an essential task that can lead to ... Read more..

A warm welcome in Atlanta

Friday, June 13th, 2008 Posted in Hispanic professionals, bilingual, hispanic jobs, job fairs | No Comments »

We recently hosted our 5th diversity job fair of the year in Atlanta last Tuesday, June 10 and if I were to describe it in one phrase it would without ... Read more..

My first NSHP/LatPro diversity job fair

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 Posted in Hispanic professionals, bilingual, company news, diversity, hispanic jobs, job fairs | No Comments »

Yesterday, I had my first experience attending a NSHP/LatPro diversity job fair as part of the LatPro team. I arrived in Atlanta on Monday where I met Saini, Ricardo, ... Read more..

Bad customer service damages business

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 Posted in customer service | No Comments »

Jesus H…. (that’s Hey! Zeus, like in Die Hard with a Vengeance (see the third one down)). What’s going on with companies today? This past weekend, every step I took there ... Read more..

LatPro is moving. What needs to get done?

Monday, June 9th, 2008 Posted in company news | 1 Comment »

Now that Eric, Carolina and most of my sales team are gone (well, real-estately speaking; E+C moved to Colorado and the sales team to home offices), LatPro will be moving ... Read more..

Many highly skilled Latin Americans will not work in the United States this year

Sunday, June 8th, 2008 Posted in hispanic jobs, immigration | No Comments »

About 163,000 H-1B applications were filed this year, far in excess of the 65,000 cap. The difference represents many Latin American professionals whose dreams of working in the United States ... Read more..

Maintaining high quality means turning away some business

Friday, June 6th, 2008 Posted in hispanic jobs, job fairs | No Comments »

When companies register at our site, you would think all of them are coming to post Hispanic jobs or searching for bilingual professionals. Many of them are. However, there are ... Read more..

What we should’ve done during that crappy conference in Chicago

Thursday, June 5th, 2008 Posted in trade shows | 3 Comments »

A year or so ago, I flew into Chicago for a Recruiting Trade Show, which LatPro was exhibiting at for the first time. You know the drill: fly in, get ... Read more..