A Managers Toolkit for Hispanic Recruitment
HISPANIC AMERICANS . . .
. . . are Americans of European, American Indian, African and mixed ancestry who share certain historical background and cultural traditions -- in particular, the Spanish language.
. . . have diverse roots and whose ancestors, or who themselves, came to the U.S. from:
Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Spain, the Dominican Republic, or Spanish-speaking countries of Central and South America
. . . represent almost 11% of the civilian labor force or over 25 million people, and as the world's fifth largest Spanish-speaking nation, rank as the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population.
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