http://www.hirediversity.com/ Careers, jobs and employment resources for the Minority http://www.hirediversity.com/tools/news/story.asp?id=126809 Alison Damast--BusinessWeek 2008-08-05T00:00:00-07:00 Many business school applicants figure their essay writing is done when they learn they've gotten into one of the <a href="http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/rankings/top_schools/2008/8/27/top_10_business_schools_for_hispanic.htm" target="_blank">top business schools</a>.... http://www.hirediversity.com/tools/news/story.asp?id=126578 J. Nisen--HispanicBusiness.com 2008-08-03T00:00:00-07:00 <!-- More Companies Embrace Diversity While Battle Over Talent Begins --> Competition for the <a href="http://hispanicbusiness.com/rankings/diversity_companies/">Diversity Elite 60</a> list was stiff this year.... http://www.hirediversity.com/tools/news/story.asp?id=126577 Derek Reveron for HispanicBusiness magazine 2008-08-03T00:00:00-07:00 <!-- Financial Firm Comerica Scores Third Spot on Diversity Elite --> Three years ago <a href="http://www.comerica.com/" targer="_blank">Comerica Inc.</a>, a financial services and banking group now headquartered in Dallas, established three regional Hispanic market segmentation teams in California, Texas, and Michigan.... http://www.hirediversity.com/tools/news/story.asp?id=126576 Richard Kaplan--Associate Editor, Hispanic Business Magazine 2008-08-03T00:00:00-07:00 Even as U.S. Hispanics fight to gain access to academia, universities and colleges are being challenged to reach out to the Hispanic community to achieve their diversity goals. Some of these schools have higher goals than others.... http://www.hirediversity.com/tools/news/story.asp?id=126559 2008-08-03T00:00:00-07:00 DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- There's some sentiment that a government rule that forces retirees to withdraw money from their IRA and 401(k) accounts when they turn 70 1/2 may need to be changed. That's because people are living longer and need to keep as much of their retirement money for as long as possible, said several financial advisers and a leader of the Senate Finance Committee.... http://www.hirediversity.com/tools/news/story.asp?id=126542 2008-08-03T00:00:00-07:00 Virginia Tech has few black students. It has been like that for a while. Tech officials have some new ideas about how they can encourage more minority students to give the Blacksburg school another look, but pulling it off will require a serious commitment from the people who control the purse strings.... http://www.hirediversity.com/tools/news/story.asp?id=126436 Frank Ramos for HispanicBusiness.com 2008-08-02T00:00:00-07:00 <!-- 250 Hours a Year Commuting: Making the Most of the Drive to Work --> I spend a half-hour a day driving to work and another half-hour driving home. At five days a week, 50 weeks a year, that means I spend 250 hours each year commuting to and from work.... http://www.hirediversity.com/tools/news/story.asp?id=126414 Ben Wolfgang--Republican & Herald, Pottsville, Pa. 2008-08-02T00:00:00-07:00 Joanne Woznicki was busy stocking shelves Saturday afternoon at Brok-Sel Market, 16 W. Market St., Pottsville. Woznicki, 64, a Pottsville native, works at the small, locally owned market three nights a week, while also holding down a full-time job at Seton Manor, Orwigsburg.... http://www.hirediversity.com/tools/news/story.asp?id=126378 Jeff Gamet--The Mac Observer 2008-08-02T00:00:00-07:00 Internet search company <a href="http://www.google.com" target="_blank">Google</a> introduced a public beta of its own WebKit-based Web browser, dubbed <a href="http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/index.html" target="_blank">Google Chrome</a>, on Monday.... http://www.hirediversity.com/tools/news/story.asp?id=126374 Mercedes Olivera--Dallas Morning News 2008-08-02T00:00:00-07:00 When he first moved to Dallas 14 years ago, Dallas lawyer Jaime Ramon remembers when a small group of Hispanic lawyers, most of them in private practice, would gather to discuss issues and concerns in their community.... http://www.hirediversity.com/tools/news/story.asp?id=126122 2008-07-29T00:00:00-07:00 <!-- The Second 10: Nos. 11-20 Best Law Schools for Hispanic Students, 2008 --> <a href="http://www.law.byu.edu" target="_blank"><b>11. Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School</b></a> 340 JRCB Provo, UT 84602 (801) 422-4277 Fax: (801) 422-0389 Total graduate enrollment 459 Hispanic graduate enrollment 27 Percent Hispanic graduate enrollment 6% Total J.D.... http://www.hirediversity.com/tools/news/story.asp?id=126121 2008-07-29T00:00:00-07:00 <!-- Top 10 Law Schools for Hispanic Students, 2008 --> -- <b>No.1: <a href="http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/news/2008/8/29/top_law_school_2008_no1_university.htm">University of New Mexico School of Law</b></a> ... http://www.hirediversity.com/tools/news/story.asp?id=126090 Phuong Cat Le--Seattle Post-Intelligencer 2008-07-29T00:00:00-07:00 The Washington State Supreme Court ruled Thursday that AT&T couldn't compel a customer to resolve his dispute through arbitration, allowing him to pursue a class-action lawsuit against the telecommunications company.... http://www.hirediversity.com/tools/news/story.asp?id=126060 Frank Nelson for HispanicBusiness.com 2008-07-29T00:00:00-07:00 ... http://www.hirediversity.com/tools/news/story.asp?id=126023 Ann Belser 2008-07-28T00:00:00-07:00 To those who are feeling like no matter how hard they work just to tread water they are still going under, take comfort. Just about everyone else is, too. In the 2008 version of "The State of Working America," economists from the Economic Policy Institute have shown just how bad it is for people whose incomes depend on wages....