If you've recently visited BilingualHire, you'll notice a few, slight and minor changes around the edges. This includes the header links, the online banner and the new contact us form. We made these mostly to make your life easier eg. if your looking for a job, and need to find something in your area quickly. The online banner, "Need diversity? Attract bilingual talent here. Post a job now" redirects organizations HR departments to our new BilingualHire contact us form. The easy to fillout form asks for the basics, but it helps us quickly figure out where we could help. The cool thing about the form is that as founders we get inundated with emails both personal and work related that are asking us for our attention and the info provided here gets forever stored and saved so we don't lose your request. As many founders/business owners/entrepreneurs/executive directors/managers/leaders (fill in the blank) will attest, we hate losing, misplacing and forever missing your comunique that is … [Read more...]

Quite often I come into contact w/ recruiters looking to fill business, marketing, public relations and sales posts within their organizations. Those that are just getting the hang of the U.S. Latino market will "shotgun advertise" in a variety of channels, to include, newspaper, TV, radio, and social media outlets, often with some great success. The seasoned recruiters however will point to MEChA as an pool of high caliber, self-driven, and results-oriented individuals who understand the U.S. Latino market more than any other student talent pool (disclaimer: over the last 10-yrs more similar organizations have launched). Why is that? How MEChA is Viewed: The Not So Great, and the Great. On the one end, MEChA is grossly misunderstood and misrepresented by individuals of specific political stripes who point to the organizations 1960s founding documents as proof of their arguments. To be clear, MEChA exists solely within the confines of the U.S. educational establishment (middle, … [Read more...]

We recently added Disqus (pronounced, "discuss"), a comment system to make it easier for you to comment here on BilingualHire and for us to have an interactive discussion. Why Comment? Other than because we appreciate your thoughts, insight, questions and ideas, we value what you have to say. Comments provide a glimpse into whether we are making any sense; whether we are on the right track, or we are veering off. Comments provide welcome critique to help us refine, improve and advance our points. The More You Write, The Better You Get: Trust us. Writing is an art. A science. Really, the more you write, the more you get better at it. Whether you comment here, or you comment on another website, Twitter or Facebook, you should comment. You'll feel better you did. Who knows-- your thoughts may spur a discussion, a debate. That's always the intent. It's that simple. Your turn. As always, Edith and I value what YOU have to say. David Molina is the Founder and CEO of … [Read more...]