Employment Resources for Diverse Populations
A number of employers offer special recruiting opportunities for diverse populations. A few important things to know:
- Each employer will specify who qualifies for their diversity recruiting programs. Opportunities are often available for candidates who identify as: women, persons of color, underrepresented populations, LGBTQ+, and persons with disabilities.
- Sometimes these diversity initiatives are specific events (workshops, one-day events, preview programs, conferences) and sometimes there are postings for specific positions.
- This list is not exhaustive and will be updated periodically as our team learns of more opportunities. If you learn of a program that is not included, let us know: [email protected].
- GW’s Diversity, Equity and Community Engagement Office also has a wealth of resources including tools for students.
- Resources That Can Assist in Evaluating Employers
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Please note: be sure to review the evaluation criteria for each of these resources.
- Programs/Organizations That Span Multiple Sectors
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- Affirmative Action Jobs Career Website
- Diversity.com: Jobs postings from diversity employers
- DiversityJobs: Job board and career advice
- Forte Foundation: programs for women motivated to rise up in business
- Undergrad Conferences:
- College to Business Leadership Conference
- College Fast Track to Finance Conference
- Women of Color College Leadership Conference
- MBA Events:
- MBA Forums
- MBA Leadership Conference
- MBA Financial Services FAST Track
- Undergrad Conferences:
- INROADS: mission is to develop and place talented underserved youth in business and industry and prepare them for corporate and community leadership
- IMDiversity - Job board and career advice
- Insight Into Diversity: Diversity, equity and inclusion in higher education and beyond
- Jopwell: the leading career advancement platform for Black, Latinx, and Native American students and professionals
- The Lime Network: an exclusive resource for university students, and professionals – including veterans – who happen to have disabilities
- Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT): MLT’s distinctive model provides the know-how, navigation systems and network to ensure talented underrepresented minorities are able to get on and stay on the path to senior leadership.
- Out for Undergrad: offers 4 unique conferences for high-achieving LGBTQ+ students
- O4U Business
- O4U Engineering
- O4U Marketing
- O4U Tech
- SEO Career: recruits and trains high achieving Black, Hispanic and Native American college students for challenging summer internships that lead to coveted full-time jobs
- Arts, Media and Communication
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- AAAA Multicultural Advertising Internship Program
- AAAS Minority Science Writers Internship
- BRAG Summer Institute Program
- Getty Foundation Multicultural Undergraduate Internship
- Jon R. Tuttle Journalism and Production Minority Internship
- Kaiser Media Internship in Urban Public Health Reporting
- Smithsonian Research Fellowships and Internships
- T. Howard Foundation
- Business Schools
- Financial Services
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- Bank of America Merrill Lynch: Careers Launchpad Diversity & Inclusion Forum
- Barclays: Undergraduate programs:
- MBA programs:
- Ambition Diversity Program
- Credit Suisse:
- Goldman Sachs:
- JP Morgan:
- Milliman:
- Morgan Stanley:
- UBS:
- Wells Fargo:
- Higher Education
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- INSIGHT Into Diversity Career Center (higher education online diversity job board)
- Academic Diversity Search, Inc. (Connecting women and minorities with Academic Institutions)
- Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education (Informing Hispanics navigate higher education as a student and/or university professional)
- DiverseJobs.net (Diverse career portal for higher education jobs)
- National Employment Minority Network (assists schools and organizations in the identification and recruitment of minority students and professionals)
- Women In Higher Education (news and jobs for women on campus)
- Management Consulting
- Politics & Policy
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- Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership Internship Program (CAPAL)
- Congressional Black Caucus Internship Program
- Congressional Hispanic Caucus Congressional Internship
- Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute
- Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities National Internship Program
- League of United Latin American Citizens Internships(LULAC)
- Thomas Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship
- PPIA (Public Policy and International Affairs) Junior Summer Institute
- NCAI Wilma Mankiller Fellowship Program for Tribal Policy & Governance
- Technology
- DACAmented & Undocumented
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- Act On a Dream
- Act On a Dream: Scholarship Database
- Immigrant Legal Resource Center
- Immigrants Rising
- Life After College: A Guide for Undocumented Students, Published by Educators for Fair Consideration
- My Undocumented Life: Graduate School Student Resources
- NAKASEC: Scholarship Directory
- National Immigration Law Center
- Scholarships Open to Undocumented Students
- TheDream.US
- The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
- The President's Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration
- Undocublack Network
- United We Dream: Tools & Resources
- LGBTQIA+ Resources
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General Resources
- American Civil Liberties Union – Lesbian Gay & Transgender Project
- LGBTQ+ Entrepreneurs Guide: Business Grants and Resources
- GLAD
- GLAAD
- Glifaa (LGBT+ Pride in Foreign Affairs Agencies)
- GLSEN
- The Human Rights Campaign
- Lambda Legal
- myGwork
- Out & Equal Workplace Advocates
- Out Professionals
- Movement Advancement Project
- PFLAG
- Pride@Work
- The Pipeline Project
- HRC Best Places to Work for LGBTQ Equality
- TransCanWork
- The Trevor Project
- Victory Institute
Job and Internship Search Resources
- Disability Resources
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- American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) Summer Internship Programs
- AbilityJobs - Job Site
- Disability Rights guide (DOL)
- disABLEDperson, Inc. - Job Board
- Emerging Leaders Internship Program for College Students with Disabilities
- Getting Hired - Job board for student, veteran, and professional job seekers with disabilities to search for inclusive opportunities with employer partners
- Job Accommodation Network - Online resources and free consulting regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act and workplace accommodation
- Know Your Rights: Disability Rights guide - ACLU
- Learning Disabilities Association of America - Resources
- Lime Connect - Connects students and alumni with disabilities to scholarships, internships, fellowships, and full-time opportunities with corporate partners
- National Business & Disability Council - Employer organization and comprehensive resource for disability best practices
- OPM Selective Placement Program Coordinator Directory
- RespectAbility - Resources
- U.S. Department of Labor Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP)
- U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Fact Sheet
- Workforce Recruitment Program (WRP) - Recruitment program that joins federal sector employers with graduates with disabilities for summer or permanent jobs.
- Neurodiversity Resources
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- Specialisterne - Employment opportunities for people on the autism spectrum and other neurodivergent people
- Autism2Work
- Resources for Women: Job, Internship and Funding
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- Apres Group
- Fairygodboss
- PowerToFly
- Women For Hire
- U.S. Department of Labor Women’s Bureau
- Equal Rights Advocates
- National Partnership for Women and Families
- InHerSight
- WomensJobList.com
- Feminist Jobs
- Negotiating Women
- Women Venture
- Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) Summer Internships
- Open Education Database Scholarships for Women
- Professional Association and Networking Groups
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- American Association for Access Equity and Diversity (AAAED)
- American Business Women Association
- American Indian Index of Organizations
- American Indian Science and Engineering Society
- Arab-American Business & Professional Association (AABPA)
- Association for Women in Science
- Baha’i Professionals Group
- Buddhist Business Network (BBN)
- Business & Professional Women’s Foundation
- Christian Business Network
- Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine
- Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Professionals
- Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
- Emerging Practitioners of Philanthropy People of Color Network
- Enlightened Foundation
- Federally Employed Women
- Global Fund for Women
- Grace Hopper Celebration
- Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement
- Human Rights Campaign
- Institute for Diversity in Health Management
- Institute for Women’s Policy and Research
- Jewish Business Network
- Latpro.com
- Muslim Urban Professionals
- National Arab American Medical Association (NAAMA)
- National Association of Asian American Professionals-(NAAAP)
- National Association of Professional Women
- National Forum for Black Public Administrators
- National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
- National LGBT Bar Association
- National Organization for Women
- National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals
- National Society of Black Engineers
- National Women’s Political Caucus
- Network of Arab-American Professionals (NAAP)
- SACNAS (Advancing Chicanos/Hispanics & Native Americans in Science)
- Society of Women Engineers
- Women In Technology
- Women of Visionary Influence
- General U.S. Labor & Employment Resources