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Last month I featured a blog post in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 until October 15).
To conclude the Hispanic Heritage celebration, I want to discuss bilingual career opportunities in the nonprofit sector.
If you missed last month's blog post, here it is: 👇🏼
The Benefits Of Being Bicultural And Bilingual In The Nonprofit Workforce
Overall, our country's population is growing with more Latinos and, so will the need for nonprofits to hire bilingual staff.
Therefore, if you are interested in looking for a bilingual job in a nonprofit, there will be a demand. So, how can you search for bilingual career opportunities? Here are three quick tips:
- Nonprofit Job Sites - Access nonprofit job boards such as NPO.net, Idealist, Careers in Nonprofit, and similar sites. When searching for open positions, use key search words such as Spanish-speaking, Bilingual, diversity, Hispanic, Latino, and other search terms.
- LatinX Nonprofits - Make a list of LatinX nonprofit organizations in your area and review any open positions they may have available. If there aren't any positions, you can send a "cold-call" email introducing yourself and what you have to offer the nonprofit employer if future opportunities arise.
- LinkedIn - you can follow nonprofit organizations that serve the LatinX community and set your profile to "open to new job prospects." Moreover, you can add that you are interested in nonprofit bilingual opportunities in your summary to let recruiters know you are open to positions that require you to use your Spanish-language skills.
As I mentioned previously, developing a career as a Latina nonprofit leader has always been my dream. I've benefited from using my bilingual and bicultural skills to serve the Latino community and assist nonprofit organizations in marketing their services to said community.
To reiterate, I understand that just because you identify as Hispanic or Latino, you may not be bicultural, bilingual, or both. On the flip side, you may have these skills and no interest in using them in a nonprofit role. That's okay. Ultimately, the decision is yours.
If you are, these are just three quick ways to find opportunities to use your bilingual skills to support a nonprofit's mission.
Best of luck!