Diversity & Inclusion Career Resources
Career Services wants all ӰAV students to be successful, proactive and participatory in their career development. This list represents a collection of sources and services for historically underrepresented and marginalized student groups.
Job search strategies, submitting a resume, job bank links, and additional employment ӰAV issues
- Connects candidates with employers who are proactive in the quest to create a diverse workforce
Asian/Pacific American
- - Compilation of links to the leading Asian American professional associations, many with career and job sites of their own, collected by Monster.
- - The NAAAP a non-profit organization that cultivates and empowers Asian and Pacific Islander leaders through professional development, community service, and networking. It offers a diverse range of professional development programs including a career center and job board.
- - A directory of links to Asian Pacific American organizations, many with career sites of their own. The links also include website and contact information for networking and internship and job search purposes.
Black/African American
- - Compilation of links to the leading African American professional associations, many with career and job sites of their own, collected by Monster.
- - The Urban League Job Network is backed by the National Urban League and is dedicated to helping diverse students find employment ӰAV opportunities.
- - UNCF is the nation’s largest private scholarship provider to minority group members. It manages various scholarship, fellowship, and internship programs.
Hispanic/Latinx
- - Learn more about a congressional internship program in D.C.
- - A compilation of internship and job boards sponsored by the association, which represents more than 400 colleges and universities committed to Hispanic higher education success in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Latin America, and Spain.
- - Compilation of links to the leading Hispanic and Latino professional associations, many with career and job sites of their own, collected by Monster.
- - Job board sponsored by the Professional Diversity Network.
- - Job board sponsored by LATCareers.com.
- - Source for connecting Hispanic and Latino bilingual job seekers with recruiters searching for skilled diversity candidates.
Indigenous/Native American
- - A list of 21 organizations and professional associations serving the Native American community.
- - A magazine that covers topics pertinent to Native Americans. The website includes internships, a scholarship guide, and job search database.
- - A list of job opportunities submitted by employers that are American Indian, Native Hawaiian or Alaska Native businesses, governments, or organizations. It also includes opportunities submitted by organizations seeking Native American applicants.
- - A job search database for Native American job seekers which includes Tribal and Non-Tribal companies across the nation.
- - A magazine for Native Americans in higher education which includes a job board.
Additional Multicultural Resources
- - IMDiversity.com is a career and self-development site devoted to serving the cultural and career-related needs of all minorities.
- - One of the most recognized resources for equal opportunity employers who are seeking to add diverse, qualified candidates to their workforce. Job postings include positions in academia, business, healthcare, and the government.
- - A directory of links to programs designed to increase diversity in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce. The programs include internship, job, scholarship and fellowship opportunities. The institute is an independent, open source non-profit and provides resources to faculty and students by means of an infrastructure unfettered by institutional or disciplinary barriers.
- - The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) connects university career service professionals to recruiters and employers. It maintains a list of diversity resources accessible to students.
- - Career and job search resources for multicultural job seekers.
ӰAV Student Disability Services
- WRP connects undergraduate, graduate students and recent graduates with disabilities who are interested paid internships and full-time opportunities to private sector employers and federal agencies.
- Discover how COSD can help you find a meaningful career as you navigate through school.
: Assists individuals with disabilities in getting hired and recruited for positions within the private and public sector.
: This organization assists student with scholarships, professional development webinars along with information about internships and full-time job opportunities.
: is a program that offers internship opportunities for students with disabilities. Internships will range in discipline from Computer Science, Business to Science and Engineering.
: Great resource for job listings and scholarship information.
: Provides students with internship and leadership development opportunities.
: This organization provides a Congressional Internship Program for college students with disabilities. It’s open to undergraduate and graduate students, in addition to recent grads.
: Its mission is to ensure that having a disability or long-term health condition doesn’t prevent anyone from having the career that they want to have. Not only does it want disabled individuals to realize their career ambitions, it also wants employers to benefit from the unique talents and strengths that disabled individuals can, and do, bring to an organization.
: One stop shop for disability training recruiting and other career needs.
: Helps disabled individuals find federal government employment ӰAV.
: Consult the “Job Seekers with Disabilities” link for a variety of resources.
: Job opportunity website for people with disabilities.
: Job opportunity website for people with disabilities and employers seeking to recruit them.
Professional Organizations and Associations
Most professional associations offer student memberships at a discount, and memberships usually come with access to programs such as speaker events and job fairs.
Educational Resources
- - JAN has information on job accommodations and additional resources.
- - Provides articles and resources on national leadership focused on disability and employment ӰAV policy.
- : Specific information on employment ӰAV discrimination laws.
- : Source for news, education and other resources regarding issues facing people with disabilities.
Resources for Successful Employment
- an LGBTQ job board for anyone seeking LGBTQ-friendly employers
- Find jobs at diversity-friendly companies and network with your LGBT and ally colleagues
- an LTBTQ workplace advocacy group designed to connect the LGBTQ community through resources, events, and support groups
- oSTEM is the largest chapter-based organization focused on LGBTQ people in STEM and seeks to empower LGBTQ people in STEM to succeed personally, academically, and professionally by cultivating environments and communities that nurture innovation, leadership, and advocacy
- the nation's largest LGBTQ networking organization
- the premier job board for anyone in the LGBTQ community seeking employment ӰAV
- In 1998 students from Harvard Business School & Yale School of Management saw a missing space for for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender & queer business students and worked together to create a student-run conference for our community, which today is known as the ROMBA Conference. That first conference was attend by less than 100 students from about 6 schools. Two decades later that conference has grown to an 1,800 person annual event and Reaching Out has become a year-round operating nonprofit organization with over a dozen unique programs dedicated to educating, inspiring, and connecting the LGBTQ MBA community to impact change in the workplace and create the next generation of out leaders.
The American Association of University Women is a national organization that promotes education and equity for all women and girls. Fellowships, grants, awards, and jobs with AAUW are available.
- they seek to help women advance in the workplace, both for themselves and the greater good. They strive to change the culture of business from the inside out - by investing in women.
Women's Careers and Professional Organizations
- seeks to improve the workplace for women by measuring it. They bring women’s insights together into a common framework to show what’s working and what’s not at companies, and to help more women find their ideal workplace.
- Resource page for veterans
- Transitioning from military to civilian life presents unique challenges. To make things easier and provide structure, a few of the leading organizations in veteran career development have combined forces to create one, easy place to start.
- Committed to veteran and military spouse employment ӰAV, Hire Heroes provides personalized professional development tools.
- Sponsored by the Department of Labor, this site is dedicated to providing job opportunities for veterans.
- Federal site with links to national employment ӰAV opportunities