For those watching Mexico for its achievements in the economic field, rather than for the problems caused by Insecurity, the country has advanced enormously over the last decade. Mexico, regarded as one of the emerging economies within the emerging advanced Group (N11) and according to Goldman Sachs’ renowned economist Jim O’Neil who coined the term BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China), Mexico has the potential to be included in this group comprised by emerging economies representing more than 1% of the global GDP growth.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) is, from my point of view, a very efficient thermometer to measure behavior, trends and degree of global trust in a country’s economy. In the case of Mexico, its economic and political stability has been able to offset the negative image of insecurity. According to the January 2011 economic report by the Ministry of the Economy, during 2010, Mexico captured $17.725 billion dollars (bd) of foreign direct investment, amounting to 16.6% higher than the $15.205 bd captured in 2009. However, during the period January-June 2011 the FDI amounted to $10.601 billion dollars, a decrease of 13.4% compared to the same period of 2010, showing a downward trend, according to the National Commission of Foreign Investments (CNIE). If we compare the $17.725 bdd of FDI received in 2010 with the one captured by Brazil which reached $48.462 bd it is clear that Mexico has a lot to improve in this area. One of the main causes of this substantial difference is the... Read More

 

If you’re a job seeker, you probably already know that you need insider access to the position you’re after: a key contact at the company, the direct email address of the hiring manager, or the real scoop on what will make your application stand out among the thousands of others.

But you also know that’s easier said than done. If you don’t have friends and family who can help you get a foot in the door, how do you get this elusive access?

Well, by stalking. Yep, I said it—stalking. And not in some weird “I’ve loved you forever and one day you’ll be mine” fashion. What I mean is this: You need to go out and find contacts (and potential contacts) in your network who could help you out, and you need to be clever and resourceful about how you get to them.

Fortunately, there’s a brilliant (and legal) place to do this: LinkedIn. The site not only offers a rundown of job postings and organizes your contacts, but also contains all kinds of useful features for non-creepy information gathering. All it takes is... Read More