Description
For many years, being a Latino in the United States has often meant working at low-paying and menial jobs. Today, the situation is changing for the better. As the nation’s general workforce ages, the Latino workforce—drawn from a population having an average age of 26—is becoming a vital part of America’s economic future. This brand-new book instructs Latinos on ways to step up from mere jobs and into promising, high-paying careers. It offers tips on self-assessment of job skills, identifying career goals, obtaining job training, researching industries and individual companies where hiring prospects are good, building a career portfolio, writing résumés and career marketing letters, networking within a target industry, and gaining employment. The author stresses the importance of developing good English communication skills, extending job skills to make oneself valuable to an employer, dealing with discrimination problems, learning to tap into Latino and Latino-friendly professional associations, and much more. This book includes a comprehensive career management assessment survey that will help readers review and improve on skills they need to develop their career.
