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The Class of 2016 is optimistic about their job prospects, despite a growing trend in underemployment, and seeking employers that offer meaningful work, ongoing learning opportunities and a fun workplace culture, according to a new study by Accenture on the workforce of the future.

Americans’ utilization of a wide array of payments options, and their demand for others, is driving innovation in the payments category.

Nearly three-quarters (73%) of US female internet users say they at least sometimes receive marketing messages directed specifically to women. But 74% of respondents said they prefer messages that are gender neutral.

Club América, Liga MX’s most-followed and most-victorious Mexican soccer club of all time, officially revealed part of its expansion plans into the United States for 2016 and beyond.

The study shows that half of younger males (18-34) say they tend to remember ads in original digital video more than they did a year ago (31%). The same holds true for a greater percentage of the overall original digital video audience (38% vs. 29% a year ago).

Instagram influencers who have the most followers don’t necessarily garner the most “likes” and comments. Research from Markerly revealed that users who sign up for Markerly’s network with fewer than 1,000 followers get more “likes” and comments on average than those with more than 10 million followers.

Wonderful Pistachios announced  that Jared Borgetti, soccer player for the Mexican National Team, will serve as the brand’s ambassador for a series of activations in celebration of this summer’s international soccer tournament taking place across the U.S.

We’re in a new era of health consumerism. Patients are making informed decisions about their own health and demanding better access and communication from healthcare providers.

Holly McGavock has joined Edelman VP Planning, Corporate & Public Affairs.  Prior to joining Edelman, Ms. McGavock was Planning Director at Grey Group and Director of Planning at Wing in New York.

Univision Communications Inc. (UCI) announced the launch of Univision Story House, a new content development and production venture that will produce original content for UCI’s portfolio of owned networks as well as third party networks and platforms

Welcome to the 8th episode of #TotalMarketTalk, a Digital series created by NGL Media and NGLC exclusively for HispanicAd.  In this installment, David Chitel, CEO of NGL Media and Founder of NGLC, speaks with Ana Flores, CEO & Founder and Roxanna Sarmiento, COO & VP Client Services of Latina Bloggers Connect.

For many Americans, smartphones are as much a necessity in their daily lives as the air they breathe and the food they eat. These devices are constant companions, helping us take care of just about everything we need to do each day—watching our favorite shows and movies, keeping up with our friends, learning new languages and managing our finances.

Three-quarters of US female social media users visit brand websites, apps or social media accounts at least a few times a week, according to February 2016 research. Almost a third do so daily.

The Hispanic Public Relations Association’s New York Chapter has announced today the Julie E. Mendez/HPRA-NY Scholarship Program in honor of the organization’s Treasurer Julie E. Mendez who passed away suddenly on Monday, May 2, 2016.  

As Nielsen pushes its “total audience” measurement system as the new currency for a hybrid TV and video advertising marketplace, some fundamental issues remain — especially the fact that Nielsen will effectively be adding many more sources of video viewing to the measured universe, and consequently, will fragment the TV/video advertising marketplace beyond anything Madison Avenue has experienced to date.

The book shines a light on the obsession with all things millennial. He makes the observation that the young people at HubSpot and similar companies are being manipulated to work long hours for below-market wages. He bluntly calls it as he sees it. The investors and executives of many start-ups have figured they can hire two millennials in exchange for a pricier boomer. And, taking it one step further, they have created a popular narrative that says millennials don’t care that much about making money – they are more into the “experience” and “having a mission” and of course “doing good.” This is in contrast to those out-of-date older people who don’t even get Snapchat.

By Gonzalo López Martí    – Creative director, etc  /   LMMIAMI.COM

• Not unlike lengua and mondongo in your neighborhood butcher shop, traditional media is getting a second look these days.

Chapter 10 of my first book, The Global Brand, is titled ‘Balancing brand strength and business efficiency’ and explores the inherent tension between the two qualities. My proposition was that adopting a global, one-size-fits-all approach can undermine local effectiveness in favor of efficiency.  by Nigel Hollis

The internet of things (IoT) is already beginning to change how consumers shop and how consumer and packaged goods (CPG) companies do business.

Several path-breaking thinkers have come up with better ways to design new products. The problem is that anywhere from 70% to 90%1 of those new products continue to fail.   By Darrell K. Rigby, Steve Berez, Greg Caimi and Andrew Noble