Recruiting Hispanic Talent – Dos and Don'ts for Small Businesses

10:30am-12pm

Presenter: Brent Rondon & LaMonica Wiggins

Session Type: Panel Discussion

Topic: Employment, Income and Social mobility

Recording

Description

As the labor market becomes tighter with looking for talent, there is an opportunity to highlight the special attributes
and skills Hispanics and Latinx employees bring to the marketplace. Join us for a panel discussion with Pittsburgh’s top
HR experts to learn what strategies small businesses should employ to attract and retain the best and the brightest to
their companies.

Facilitators

Brent Rondon

Sr. Management Consultant for International Trade

Brent Rondon is the Senior Consultant for International Trade for the Small Business Development Center at the
University of Pittsburgh.

LaMonica Wiggins

Entrepreneurship Librarian

LaMonica Wiggins is the Entrepreneurship and Economics Librarian at the University of Pittsburgh.

Panelists

Ron Alvarado

President and founder Novus Group, LLC

Ron Alvarado is the President and founder of Novus Group, LLC, a Pittsburgh based staffing and recruitment outsourcing
company. For 3 consecutive years, Novus was ranked one of the Top 500 Hispanic Businesses in the U.S. by Hispanic
Business Magazine and was also named the 24th Fastest Growing Company in the nation.

Jesús M. Torres

Vice President and Financial Advisor at Davis Financial Group

Jesús M. Torres is the Vice President and Financial Advisor at Davis Financial Group. Jesús was raised in San Juan, PR and
a graduate of Penn State University majoring in accounting with a minor in Business Law, and a concentration in Finance.

Dillon Moore

Director of Policy, Partner4Work

Dillon Moore is the Director of Policy for Partner4Work, a workforce development organization that connects funding,
expertise, and opportunities for employers, job seekers, agencies, and policy makers to develop a thriving workforce in
the Pittsburgh area. He leads policy research, analysis, and advocacy initiatives of the organization.