Soft skills can give Hispanics in IT an edge

There is still much work to be done to achieve parity in IT and other technical fields, says Mike Acosta, national president of the Society of Mexican American Engineers and Scientists (MAES). According to Acosta, a 2007 study (the most recent figures available) showed that Hispanics held...

EEs find jobs in a range of industries

Electrical engineering is a specialty with applications from high-tech electronics to power generation. An EE degree can lead to jobs with defense contractors, advanced research companies, automakers or semiconductor manufacturers. And many EEs work in the power field, at nuclear plants...

Virginia Tech's Hypatia helps women in engineering succeed as freshmen

The Hypatia Women in Engineering Learning Community program at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA) offers women engineering students social and academic mentoring and networking. The program was designed to help first-year female...

AT&T scientist Dr Mary Fernández gets HENAAC/Great Minds in STEM award

Dallas, TX – AT&T research scientist Mary Fernández, PhD, is a recipient of the 2011 award for outstanding technical achievement in industry from the Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Conference (HENAAC)/Great Minds in STEM (GMiS), the organization that focuses on educational awareness of careers in science, technology...

Challenging research opportunities at Jackson State

Jackson State University's engineering program was created in 2000 to make both undergraduate and graduate engineering education available to Mississippi's urban community. The first undergraduates got their degrees in May 2005 and the first grad degrees were awarded in May 2007.

Shell: a multi-pronged approach to recruiting diverse talent

Ana Kopf, regional recruitment manager for the Americas, says that Shell's ability to compete in the global marketplace is affected by how well it can attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce that reflects the countries where it operates and the suppliers and customers it does business with.

Genentech is working to hire the right people

Genentech is in the business of life-saving and life-enhancing breakthrough medicines. As a result, this founder of the biotechnology industry "doesn't compromise on the recruiting and hiring of new employees," says Monica L. Poindexter, director of diversity and inclusion (D&I). "We work hard to hire...