Upwardly Global's Bi-Monthly
Employer E-Newsletter
November 2008
Contents of this issue include:
Brain Waste is a Reality
Migration Policy Institute (MPI) recently released a new report titled Uneven Progress: The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States. The report, for the first time, quantifies the scope of "brain waste" associated with the 6.1 million highly educated immigrants in the U.S. labor market. Click here to read the key findings or click here (PDF) to read the full report.
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Best Cities to Look for Jobs Now
Jobseekers often flock to New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago to find job, but they might be headed in the wrong direction. In the current economic condition, jobseekers must re-evaluate their job search strategies and consider other cities in the U.S. Smart Money recently ranked the 5 best cities for job hunting, and the results may surprise you. Read the full article.
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Upwardly Global's First Hire for Chicago Office
Upwardly Global welcomes Marjan Farshchiha, our first Upwardly Global Chicago team member! She will be the Volunteer Program Coordinator for the Chicago office. Marjan was born in Iran and grew up in Austria and brings a wealth of experience in management, strategy development, sales and marketing to Upwardly Global. Click here to read her full profile.
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Upwardly Global Taps into Industry Expertise
In a commitment to helping immigrant professionals navigate even the toughest job market, Upwardly Global continues to bring its best resources to bear. Upwardly Global will be hosting a series of round table discussion, bringing together volunteers and alumni from various industries to offer insights and advices to our jobseekers. Click here to learn more about the events and how you can get involved.
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Job Seeker Spotlights
Upwardly Global represents talented and diverse work-authorized professionals with skills and experience across numerous functions and industries. In each newsletter, we highlight a few of our immigrant job seekers who are currently unemployed or underemployed and looking to re-enter their fields of expertise. To learn more about these and other job seekers, please contact Rebekah Kane, in San Francisco at (415) 834-9901 or Melanie McCrea, in New York at (212) 219-8828.
Spotlight: Hispanic Advertising & Sales Professional - New York (Unable to relocate)
Paulina, has two years of experience as an account manager in sales and marketing in Mexico. She holds a Bachelors of Communication from the highly ranked Monterrey Institute of Technology. She is eager to apply her relationship management, creative/marketing, and language skills to serve the growing Latino market in the United States.
Spotlight: Legal Professional - San Francisco (Unable to relocate)
Roela is a legal professional with 10 years experience in corporate governance, administrative law, and litigation. She is currently seeking a legal assistant position in immigration or corporate law. Roela is fluent in English, Tagalog, and Ilonggo and holds Bachelor Degrees in Law and English.
Spotlight: Nonprofit Program Manager - New York (Willing to relocate)
Otar is from Georgia with experience as a program manager in nonprofit industry. Otar earned a Bachelors degree in Business Administration and is the recipient of multiple scholarships. His work has revolved around fighting poverty, HIV awareness and prevention, and fundraising/development.
Spotlight: Biologist/Project Coordinator - San Francisco (Unable to relocate)
Izzet is a Biologist with experience as a project coordinator, manager, and trainer in the area of Molecular Genetics, Cytogenetics, Molecular Infection Genetics, and Microbiology. He is looking for an opportunity as a research associate within a biotechnology firm or a university. Izzet holds a BS in Biology and is fluent in English, Turkish and Kurdish.
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Success Stories
Krisada Tawee, a public administration and public policy professional from Thailand, will begin a new position as Grant Administrator with Asian Pacific Islander Family Support organization. He is excited to have the opportunity to apply his 10+ years of experience in administrative, operations, and management in this position. Kris holds a MA in Public Administration from San Francisco State University, and an MA and BA from Thailand. Kris found this position through networking at a job fair.
Glaucia, an administrative and translation/interpretation specialist from Brazil recently began a position as Executive Assistant with the Latino Community Foundation. She will be applying her 4 years experience in translation/interpretation in Portuguese, Spanish and English, and office management experience. Glaucia holds a BA in Interpretation and Translation (from Euripides Soares University, in Marilia, Brazil. She found the position through Upwardly Global's Employer Network program.
Belay, an Accountant and Finance Professional, from Ethiopia, began a new position as a Community Investment Specialist, with Federal Home Loan Bank, San Francisco. Belay brings his 10+ years experience in financial planning, accounting and auditing and an M.A., in International Development and Cooperation. Belay found this position through Upwardly Global's Employer Network.
Rashidat & Lateef of Nigeria are both Accountants. A couple who arrived in NY last April, both Rashidat and Lateef found professional positions this fall working as staff accountants. Rashidat is excited to apply her audit management, financial accounting, and tax management skills to her new position with Epana, while Lateef is applying his accounting skills at Davids Financial Corporation. After seeing an Upwardly Global flyer in a local Chase branch, these job seekers went "full speed ahead" in their job search and quickly found success!
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Upwardly Global Resources for Employers
To help you flow diverse candidates more smoothly through the recruitment pipeline, Upwardly Global offers several educational resources, including a free one-hour training call*, "Moving from a Diverse Candidate Pool to a Diverse Team." The next training will be held on December 11th, 2008.
Contact Debra Means-West via email or phone (212) 219-8828 for more information. To participate in the training and to learn more about this and other Upwardly Global resources for employers, click here.
*This program has been approved for 1 recertification credit hour through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI)
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Thank you to Our San Francisco Supporters
Upwardly Global in San Francisco would like to thank Federal Home Loan Bank, Alemany Dental, Mass Mutual, Bay Benefits, Wells Fargo and Finance Staff for their financial sponsorship of our recent 180 Degrees of Change Fundraiser which was held on October 3rd last.
We would also like to thank Chipotle, Clif Bars, Galaxy Desserts, Haas Brothers, La Coccina, Lagunitas Brewery, and McQuade's Celtric Chutney who provided food and refreshments on the night. And finally, thanks to our silent auction donors - Aux Delices, Boogaloos, Cha Cha Restaurant, Cook SF, Hotel Griffon, Larkspur Hotel, Lavenina Vineyards, Mary Kay, Ron Schreier, Sandra Keros, Thirsty Bear Brewing Company, Villa Florence, Virgin Records, and the Hilton Hotel.
The event, which was hosted by Upwardly Global's Bay Area Associate Board was a great success and raised $19,000 towards our 180 Degrees of Change Fundraising campaign.
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Support Upwardly Global's 180 Degrees of Change Campaign
Please support Upwardly Global's 180 Degrees of Change Campaign and help us to raise $180,000 in 180 days. Your contribution matters. Please consider supporting us at the $180 or greater level. To make a donation online, click here or mail your gift to:
Upwardly Global
582 Market Street, Suite 1207
San Francisco, CA 94104
All gifts are tax deductible. Please check if your company has an employee matching gifts program or if they contribute financially to match employees' volunteer efforts. And please let us know if they do!
Upwardly Global's Employer E-Newsletter
Written and edited by Debbie Wibowo, Communications and Outreach Associate, and staff. The Employer E-Newsletter is an electronic newsletter published bi-monthly by Upwardly Global. For questions or comments please write us at info@upwardlyglobal.org.
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Copyright © 2008 by Upwardly Global. All content in Upwardly Global's Bi-monthly Employer E-Newsletter is original and copyrighted material. Reproduction or distribution in full or in part by any means, electronic or mechanical, is prohibited.
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