Workplace Buzz: Today's Headlines

Workplace Buzz on September 21, 2007 7:15 AM

Hispanic Heritage Month
Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated nationwide from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. In Rochester, Latinas Unidas celebrates our Hispanic heritage all year long. Since 1993, Latinas Unidas has celebrated the accomplishments of 44 Latinas in law, medicine, education, business, homemaking and other fields. Each March, we bring together more than 200 girls to celebrate and confirm who they are and can be. In 2000, Latinas Unidas set up the Latina Woman Scholarship Fund to aid Latinas ages 25 and older with college, skill training and other resources to help them advance in the workplace. DemocratandChronicle.com

How to Dress for that All-Important Interview
Last week we talked about dressing for success with emphasis on the young male entering the workplace for the first time. Today I'd like to continue the topic in a very general sense, including everyone. Once again, there is a lot of acceptance in the workplace for "casual dress", or "business casual", and both terms, by the way, are on every oxymoron list on the Internet. The corporate community continues to buy into this "look" in spite of overwhelming evidence that it is almost impossible to manage and generally doesn't improve productivity. ScrippsNews.com

Looking at “How the Champs Do It”
You couldn't be blamed for rolling your eyes when American Express chief Ken Chenault says, "People are our greatest asset." CEOs always say that. They almost never mean it. Most companies maintain their office copiers better than they build the capabilities of their people, especially the ones who are supposed to be future leaders, and for decades they've gotten away with it. But now their world is changing profoundly - and at long last we're going to find out which self-proclaimed people-cherishers actually mean it. CNNMoney.com

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