Sodexo is the leading provider of food and facilities management in the US and Canada. Sodexo offers innovative outsourcing solutions in food service, housekeeping, grounds keeping, plant operations and maintenance, asset and materials management, and laundry services to more than 6,000 clients. These clients include corporations, health care, long term care and retirement centers, schools, college campuses, military and remote sites in North America. With employees in 85 countries world-wide, Vice President and Global Chief Diversity Officer Dr. Rohini Anand tells LatPro what makes the Sodexo workplace an environment of diversity and inclusion.

The General Electric Company (GE) is a diversified technology, media and financial services company with products and services including aircraft engines, power generation, water processing, security technology, medical imaging, business and consumer financing and media content. GE serves customers in more than 100 countries and employs more than 300,000 people worldwide, and Diversity Manager Lani Hall leads the diversity and inclusion efforts for GE Energy, a $22B global business division, driving its diversity recruiting strategy. Ms. Hall shares her insight and experience with GE’s commitment to workforce diversity.

With annual compensation of $84.6 million last year, Oracle's Larry Ellison tops the Associated Press list of highest paid U.S. executives. Yes, we said $84.6 million...

The audit, tax and advisory firm KPMG LLP is the U.S. member firm of KPMG International. KPMG International’s member firms have 123,000 professionals, including more than 7,100 partners, in 145 countries. Joe Maiorano, Executive Director of HR for KPMG LLP, spoke with LatPro recently about his firm’s diversity recruiting, training and retention strategies, crediting KPMG’s success to its people.

Newell Rubbermaid, an international marketer of consumer and commercial products, employs a global workforce of approximately 30,000. Leading the Fortune 500 company’s worldwide recruiting efforts is Mike Rickheim, Vice President of Global Talent Acquisition. Mr. Rickheim shares his inside perspective on diversity recruiting at Newell Rubbermaid and its future goals for Hispanic talent acquisition.

The ten industries with the largest projected wage and salary employment growth from 2006 to 2016 are led by consulting services, employment services and healthcare.

One important strategy to avoid becoming a victim of corporate layoffs is to communicate your value to management using metrics. While many employees are uneasy about metrics, believing that numbers-based reporting can’t possibly reflect their varied and unique contributions to a company, being able to clearly define and communicate your value through metrics is crucial to career advancement.

Mae A. Douglas, a Sr. Vice President with Cox Communications, has served as the company’s Chief People Officer for 7 years. She recently spoke with LatPro about Cox Communications’ diversity strategy and the critical role that Hispanic and Bilingual employees play at the broadband communications and entertainment company.

Faced with the lowest U.S. consumer confidence level in 5 years, a sluggish employment market and other slumping economic indicators, many workers are concerned about the possibility of being laid off. Here are steps you should be taking now to boost your job security and sharpen your marketability.

Navigating through the rules, regulations and requirements for teacher certification can be a difficult and challenging process for teachers who received their training outside U.S. borders, but it could pay off, as a shortage of educators in key subjects and geographic locations has increased demand for qualified teachers in the United States.