Best Careers for Bilingual Latinos »

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Best Careers for Bilingual Latinos How to find a job in "hot" industries, leverage Hispanic language and culture skills, deal with stereotypes, handle job interviews, and play the corporate game.

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YA-A well-researched, especially well-written career guide. After interviewing hundreds of Latino professionals, Kenig has put together this up-to-the-minute reference. In the first chapter, she emphasizes the increasingly urgent need employers have for bilingual employees. She reminds Latino readers of the particular strengths they have and how to market those skills to get the jobs they want. In the second chapter, she discusses the challenges a Latino might face in the workplace because of ethnic differences and stereotypes. She offers tips for understanding the rules of the game, redirecting racial and ethnic conversations to focus on job performance, and recognizing office politics. In the third chapter, the author continues to build on a consistent theme-making the most of what you have to succeed, including networking and identifying mentors. The remaining sections identify and examine the top seven fields for bilingual Latinos: health care, financial services, technology, sales and marketing, public service, professional services, and international opportunities. In sections called "The Passion Factor: What Do You Like Most about Your Occupation?" the author includes interviews and quotes from people in the various fields. Each chapter concludes with suggested reading and additional sources of information, including Web sites.-Cynthia J. Rieben, W. T. Woodson High School, Fairfax, VA Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.