Remezcla

Latinx Career Diaries: What It’s Really Like Making $60K as Project Manager in the Construction Industry

ЯE Reader — Fri, 19 Oct 2018 12:00:39 +0000

As of 2016, Latinos make up 16.8 percent – 26.8 million – of the workforce in the United States. While there are plenty of statistics about the industries (tech, legal, STEM, and many more) where our communities are sorely underrepresented and how the wage gap disproportionately affects Latinas (and other women of color), we wanted to learn more about

The post Latinx Career Diaries: What It’s Really Like Making $60K as Project Manager in the Construction Industry appeared first on Remezcla.

Latinx Career Diaries: What It’s Really Like Making $67,000 as an Executive Director at a Nonprofit

ЯE Reader — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 12:00:30 +0000

The post Latinx Career Diaries: What It’s Really Like Making $67,000 as an Executive Director at a Nonprofit appeared first on Remezcla.

Latinx Career Diaries: What It’s Really Like Making $100,000 as a Water Treatment Facility Operator

ЯE Reader — Fri, 31 Aug 2018 15:27:26 +0000

The post Latinx Career Diaries: What It’s Really Like Making $100,000 as a Water Treatment Facility Operator appeared first on Remezcla.

5 Scholarships For Latinx Journalists That Help Increase Diversity In Newsrooms

Frances Solá-Santiago — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 14:25:01 +0000

In the 18 months of his presidency, Donald Trump has targeted media outlets and journalists. As a matter of fact, his go-to insult is to describe CNN as “fake news,” but he’s also named the press the enemy of the people. Even before he won the election on November 2016, Trump censored Mexican journalist Jorge

The post 5 Scholarships For Latinx Journalists That Help Increase Diversity In Newsrooms appeared first on Remezcla.

Latinx Career Diaries: What It’s Really Like to Be a Sales Manager in the Publishing Industry

ЯE Reader — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 12:00:08 +0000

The post Latinx Career Diaries: What It’s Really Like to Be a Sales Manager in the Publishing Industry appeared first on Remezcla.

Latinx Career Diaries: What It’s Really Like to Be a Senior Attorney

ЯE Reader — Fri, 03 Aug 2018 10:00:49 +0000

The post Latinx Career Diaries: What It’s Really Like to Be a Senior Attorney appeared first on Remezcla.

Homeless Latino Man Goes Viral After Handing Out Resumes on Silicon Valley Street Corner

Yara Simón — Mon, 30 Jul 2018 15:01:39 +0000

David Casarez only wanted to get his résumé out into the right people’s hands. And now thanks to one viral tweet, his curriculum vitae has made it far and wide across the internet, and now the web developer is flooding in job offers. On Friday morning, 26-year-old Casarez got up and put a dress shirt

The post Homeless Latino Man Goes Viral After Handing Out Resumes on Silicon Valley Street Corner appeared first on Remezcla.

Latinos Often Lack Access to Career Networking Opportunities. This Platform Aims to Change That

Christine Bolaños — Wed, 09 May 2018 15:30:19 +0000

“It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.” While it’s an unfair fact of life, landing a job can come down to your professional connections. But for Latinos – who find themselves underrepresented across many industries – this poses a challenge. But what if you could easily scroll through a list of Latino contacts in your

The post Latinos Often Lack Access to Career Networking Opportunities. This Platform Aims to Change That appeared first on Remezcla.

How to Make it In Journalism, According to 4 Barrier-Breaking Latinas

Julyssa Lopez — Thu, 03 May 2018 17:22:15 +0000

The best kind of journalism offers varied perspectives that bring readers closer to an authentic portrait of a given time and place. But despite the premium placed on diverse narratives, newsrooms still can’t crack their own problems of representation, particularly among journalists of color. The workforce remains woefully homogenous, and the numbers are particularly abysmal

The post How to Make it In Journalism, According to 4 Barrier-Breaking Latinas appeared first on Remezcla.

Latinx Career Diaries: What It’s Really Like to Be a Pre-K Teacher

ЯE Reader — Fri, 27 Apr 2018 18:22:39 +0000

The post Latinx Career Diaries: What It’s Really Like to Be a Pre-K Teacher appeared first on Remezcla.