Next Month: King County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Breakfast

I attend nearly every King County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce breakfast. Last month's featured Richard Velasquez, president of the Seattle Chapter of National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA), and it was great to hear about how Education, Community and Unification served as the three pillars of success in his life, and how he sees that this applies to all Latinos.

Next month's breakfast will be equally interesting to event-goers, since it will be focused on the launch of the Seattle Sounders FC. In case you hadn't heard, our new team sold 26,000 season tickets before the first game even took place--they are HOT!

Mark your calendar!
WHEN: Wednesday, May 13, 7 - 9:30am
WHERE: The Rainier Club, Seattle

Our friends Bart Wiley (Director of Business Development) and Carlos Oseguera (Hispanic Outreach Coordinator) will share the inside scoop - hope to see you there!

To RSVP, visit the site. Click here for the general Chamber site.

Opportunities @ Microsoft

Microsoft Recruiting, Professional Development, and Networking Event

Join and hear from Microsoft executives who will share their leadership experiences in the company as well as their current business challenges. Microsoft continues to focus on areas of opportunity and growth and hires with a focus on their most important business priorities. Therefore, Microsoft recruiters will be on-site to network and discuss some open opportunities in business management, marketing, finance, and engineering.

WHEN: Tuesday, April 28, 6 - 9pm

WHERE: Microsoft Corporate Campus Microsoft Building 34 Café,
3720 159th Avenue NE, Redmond, WA 98052

Brought to you by Microsoft in collaboration with:

• NSHMBA Seattle (National Society of Hispanic MBAs)
• ALPFA Seattle (Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting)
• SHPE-PSC (Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Puget Sound Chapter)
• NBMBAA Portland/Seattle (National Black MBA Association)
• PWOCN(Professional Women of Color Network)

If you’re interested in career opportunities, bring your résumé and learn more about available positions. Microsoft HR representatives will be on hand to meet with you. Microsoft Divisions with Open Positions: Entertainment and Devices Division (E&D) Central Marketing Group (CMG) Microsoft Divisions available for Networking: MS Operations Microsoft Business Division.

This event is open to professionals, undergraduate, and graduate students. For more details and to RSVP for this event go to their site.

Appetizers and refreshments will be served! Raffles for Microsoft products!

Hispanic MBAs - OPPORTUNITIES

The National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA) has a couple of exciting updates:

• The NSHMBA Scholarship Program awarded more than $1.4M in education assistance in 2008 and they're looking to reward Hispanic MBA students in 2009. Application deadline is April 30th. Register and apply online.
• Networking and Recruitment Events sponsored by our local sponsor companies, such as Microsoft, Starbucks, and Amazon
• The National NSHMBA Conference and Case Competitions to be held in Minneapolis, MN in 2009

For more information please visit the NSHMBA Seattle Chapter site or contact:

Anthony M. Garcia
National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA)
VP of Education, Seattle Chapter
415.515.6452