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Links for Students of Color & Minorities:
- Inroads
Non-profit organization that trains and develops talented young people of color for professional careers in business and industry.
- Sponsors for Educational Opportunity
SEO provides internships, mentoring, volunteerism, professional development programs, and related support for the career development of students of color. Opportunities for students of color in a variety of fields including accounting, asset management, corporate law, information technology, investment banking, management consulting, media and philanthropy.
- Black Enterprise
Links employers with job seekers through a database for job searches and postings. The BE Executive Recruiter Directory of black-owned firms may be used at any stage in the job search. In addition to featuring the latest news in various industries, this career resource center provides helpful tips on resumes, cover letters, interviews, and negotiating offers.
- The Black Collegian
Online version of The Black Collegian magazine. Provides job postings, employer profiles, job search strategies and advice. Also features graduate school opportunities, career and industry reports with a focus on career and self-development for African American collegians.
- Diversity Careers
Diversity/Careers in Engineering and Information Technology and its Minority College Issue provide information on diversity in the workplace, news updates and recent hires, and the latest in technological developments. Visit the website to submit your resume and learn about upcoming career events.
- Hispanic Online
Info on career searches, education, and current events throughout Latin American and America . Hispanic Surf Career Directory - listing of multiple job and career search engines for Latinos and Hispanics. Web site's Career Center includes company highlights, career advice, and available job opportunities.. Site also provides links to relevant information in fields such as business and finance, education, technology, politics, and arts & entertainment.
- Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute
Sponsors summer internships, a public policy fellowship program, and scholarship awards.
- Diversity Inc
Provides information on diversity in news, media, marketplace, workplace, and communities. The website includes a career center for career advice, a comprehensive resource guide, and visitors can register to receive email updates and the diversity newsletter.
- American Indian Science and Engineering Society
A national, nonprofit organization which nurtures building of community by bridging science and technology with traditional Native values. Through its educational programs, AISES provides opportunities for American Indians and Native Alaskans to pursue studies in science, engineering, and technology arenas.
- IMDiversity
A site dedicated to expanding and improving diversity in the workplace. The site features a series of ethno-centric villages (African-American village, Asian-American village, etc.) where visitors can search for jobs, post resumes, and read articles of interest to those with particular cultural backgrounds.
- Black Career Woman.org
A non-profit organization whose web site 'serves as a nucleus of support to identify and address the critical needs of black women in the workforce as it relates to their career mobility and achievement.
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For Women:
- Women's Bureau at the U.S. Department of Labor
Promotes profitable employment opportunities for women, to empower them by enhancing their skills and improving their working conditions, and to provide employers with more alternatives to meet their labor needs.
- Feminist.com
Women's Careers and Professional Organizations - a site with a multitude of links to various careers, sites, and information of interest.
- Quintcareers.com
Contains many helpful links to sites devoted to women in the workplace.
- After College
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For GLBQT Students/Alumni:
- Gaywork.com
Organizational profiles, job search engines, and information about GLBT workplace issues.
- Gayellow Pages
USA & CANADA directory of organizations, businesses, resources, etc. for the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersexed and generally Queer Community
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For Students/Alumni with a Disability:
Career Opportunities for Students with Disabilities (COSD)
is a unique and dynamic national professional association comprised of more than 600 colleges and universities and nearly 300 major national employers. COSD's mission is to improve the employment rate of college students and recent graduates with disabilities on a national basis. COSD works with higher education institutions and assists them in developing collaborative relationships between the Disability Services and Career Services offices on campuses. The result is students with disabilities are better prepared and more competitive in the career search. COSD closely works with employers to identify innovative methods of recruiting and hiring college graduates with disabilities, including creation of internship opportunities or encouraging participation of employers in specialized internship and recruiting programs that focus on college students with disabilities.
Connect-ability.com
Our purpose is to bring Connecticut's employers and people with disabilities together.
Connect-Ability works to remove barriers that make it hard for jobseekers with disablities to find and keep jobs. Our role is to offer information, tools, and technical assistance to jobseekers and employers rather than provide direct job placement services.
CT Department of Labor:
Resources for Job-Seekers with Disabilities:
Link to information about Disability Navigators at CTWorks Centers:
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