BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Latinx millennials have the lowest participation rates on professional networking sites like LinkedIn, making it difficult for employers to connect with qualified Latinx candidates.
To address this, BeVisible, a new professional social networking platform that allows Latinx millennials to connect with both hiring companies and each other in a community-driven, collaborative network, today announced a partnership with the Latino Startup Alliance.
More than 5,000 Latinxs are already members of the BeVisible online community, and more are joining every day. Already, companies including Square, Atlassian, Pandora and Razorfish are working directly with the BeVisible community to network and find qualified employees.
“The Latinx community is rich with professional talent,” said Andrea Guendelman, co-founder of BeVisible. “BeVisible addresses the need to bring this talent to the surface and make it easier for hiring companies to discover.”
The partnership between BeVisible and the Latino Startup Alliance aims to empower employers to improve their employment diversity pipeline by connecting with qualified Latinx professionals. Together, the organizations have launched the #PipelineMovement campaign. For more information or to register, visit https://www.bevisible.soy/ and https://www.bevisible.soy/pipelinemovement.
A recent report from The National Council from La Raza revealed that Hispanic millennials graduating from college still face steep hurdles to employment and financial security. Further, the study concludes that members of the Latinx community are more likely than others to rely on relatives and friends to find jobs rather than marketing themselves through résumés, searching job postings, or seeking assistance from employment agencies. As a result, BeVisible, which is currently participating in the Boomtown accelerator, is poised to become an essential tool for connecting the Latinx community to employers like never before.
About BeVisible:
Based in Boulder, Colorado, BeVisible aggregates companies and thousands of Latinx millennials for a community-driven online network providing critical support with job seeking, collaboration and connecting with other Latinx professionals. Andrea Guendelman, Silvia Travesani and Nicole Castillo founded the company in 2015 with the goal of bringing employee diversity to companies, especially in the tech industry. Learn more at www.bevisible.soy