Diversity and Inclusion

The Emory Career Center is committed to supporting talented students from all backgrounds, cultures, and identities. We are excited to provide resources for students who value diversity and inclusion.

These resources and events focus on topics including, but not limited to, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, first-generation college students, ability, class, and other identity-based experiences.

The resources below is not a complete list but showcases the range of programs, organizations, and resources available to our students.

• General

  Equal Opportunity – Leader in diversity recruitment

  Diversity/Careers – Job board focuses on diversity in the engineering and information technology workforce

  Diversity Link – Job board and networking opportunities focused on diversity

  Diversity Working – Largest Diversity Job Board Online

  Minority Access Incorporated – Internship Program opportunities available in the federal government

  Minority Engineer – Publication providing career guidance and recruitment for minorities

  Workforce Diversity – Publication of career resources for the professional, diverse, high-tech workforce

  Hire Diversity – Job board that encompasses all types of diversity from race, gender, disability, and sexual orientation

  IMDiversity – Careers and opportunities focused on diversity

  INROADS – Organizations that provide internships and mentoring for students from diverse backgrounds

  Pharm Diversity Job Board – Connects minority job seekers with pharmaceutical, biotech, and healthcare jobs

  Workplace Diversity – Recruitment site for all types of diversity

• Abilities

  AAAS Entry Point! – Recruits students with disabilities for science, engineering, mathematics, comp sci, and other fields with internships and co-ops

  Ability Links – job opportunity website for people with disabilities.

  American Foundation for the Blind – Helps people with vision loss with finding careers

  CAREERS and the disABLED – Career guidance and recruitment for people with disabilities

  Disabled Persons – Job board with over 40,000 active job

  Internship – Emerging Leaders (emergingleaderspdx.org)

  Getting Hired – Job search website dedicated to bridging the gap between job seekers with disabilities and employers looking to hire

  Hire Disability Solutions – Offers job listings and a resume board

  Partnership Resources, Inc. – Job placement services for persons with development disabilities

  Workforce Recruitment Program – Recruitment and referral program that connects federal and private sector employers nationwide with students and recent graduate

• Cultural Groups

  African American 

  African American Career World – Recruitment link for students and professionals

  Black Career Women’s Network – Career advice, a job database, and local networking groups

  Black Enterprise – Includes an online career center with job listings and top companies for diversity

  Black EOE Journal – Provides information on job diversity, industry news, job postings and employer directory

  Congressional Black Caucus Foundation – Goal to increase the pool of black leaders in public and service careers

  Journal of Blacks in Higher Education – Resource for higher education

  National Black MBA Association – Become a member and resource such as study abroad and job postings will be available to you

  National Society of Black Engineers – Organization for engineers who seek to help you academically and professionally

  National Urban League – Provides resources for economic self-reliance, parity, power and civil rights

  Project for Learning Abroad, Training, and Outreach – Academic resources for study abroad

  Sponsors of Educational Opportunity – Provides training for professionals interested in alternative investments

  The Black Collegian – Job board of employers committed to diversity

  United Negro College Fund (UNCF) – Scholarships, fellowships, and internships

  Asian Pacific

  Asian American Economic Development Enterprises, Inc. – Provides job postings, career expos and scholarship for students

  Asian Women in Business – Resources for starting and managing a business as well as career programs and a scholarship fund

  Japanese American Citizen League – Resources for leadership summits and networking opportunities

  National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP) – Features job listings and professional development opportunities

  Indigenous Peoples

  American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) – Job board, scholarships and internships for students and professionals in STEM fields

  Fredonia – List of internships and fellowships

  Native American Summer Research Internship – Paid summer internships in health science research at the University of Utah

  Society for Advancement of Hispanics/Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) – Scholarships and career resources for students as well as professional development and networking opportunities for experienced workers

  Udall Foundation – Internship Program for American Indian and Alaska Native students with the opportunity to gain practical experience with the federal legislative process

  Latinx

  Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities – Provides internships, scholarships, college retention and advancement programs, pre-collegiate support, and career development opportunities and programs

  Hispanic Career World – Publication connecting students with professionals hiring now

  BSR – Provides social responsibility careers

  iHispanio – Provides technology, tools and resources to find the best career for you

  Latino Career Expo – Annual job fair presented by El Mundo Boston

  LatPro – Connects Latinos and Spanish/Portuguese bilingual candidates to jobs nationally and internationally

  Real Estate Association of Latinx Professionals (REAL) – Creating transformative opportunities for Latinx professionals in commercial real estate

  Saludos – Specializes to connect bilingual and Hispanic professionals to careers

  Society for Advancement of Hispanics/Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) – Scholarships and career resources for students as well as professional development and networking opportunities for experienced workers

• International

  United States Visa & Green Card Reports on MyVisaJobs.com – This website has a list of companies and employers who have hired international candidates before. You don’t need to limit your job search to these companies, but it is nice to know if a company has experience with hiring international candidates.

  Companies that sponsor H1B visas: GoinGlobal – GoinGlobal provides links to H-1B visa employers for every state. To access GoinGlobal, visit the Resources tab on EagleOps.

  United States Office of Foreign Labor Certification – This is a federal government agency that U.S. companies turn to for policies and procedures when hiring international candidates.

  Professional Attire: Dressing for Interviews and the Workplace, The Balance Careers.com – This is a guide to U.S. standards for business casual and business formal attire.
  

  Myth Vs. Fact: International Student Job Search In America – LinkedIn

  Job-Search Strategies for International Students Who Didn’t Win the 2022 H-1B Lottery

  How to Navigate Your Way through American Workplace Culture

  Cultural Vistas – Practical training information for international students and non-U.S. citizens seeking career-related experience

  Common Cultural Barriers Chart

  International Organization Affairs Approved International Organizations – List of organizations covered under the International Organizations Immunities Act (1945), who often provide full-time international employees with G-4 status. Students who work for one of these organizations during the program of study must have an F-1 or J-1 work authorization.

  Uniworld Online –  A global business database with up-to-date contact information for multinational companies with headquarters in over 200 countries and 20,000 industries. UNIWORLD Online provides contact information for headquarters, subsidiaries, branches, and executives for businesses operating in the U.S. and abroad.

  AISEC – A non-profit global platform for students to explore and develop their leadership potential through global internships and volunteering opportunities.

  Recruit Net – An international job search site with jobs listed in more than 20 countries all over the world.

• Undocumented and DACA

  Life After College: A Guide for Undocumented Students

  Financial Support & Resources for DACA Recipients 

  National Immigration Law Center

  Immigrants Rising – Entrepreneur focus

  Educators for Fair Consideration (E4FC)

  First-Generation Students and Job Success

  DACA and Workplace Rights

  Teach For America – Supporting and Creating Safe Spaces for ALL students Great resource for educators, but has ton of information for students

• LGBTQI

  GLAD: Know your rights,you can search by issues or by states.

  Lambda Legal: Overview of laws that protect you in the workplace.

  MAP Project: Current state laws and locality ordinances on employment discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation.

  National Center for Transgender Equality: Overview of employment rights and protections specifically for transgender workers.

  HRC Coming Out at Work Toolkit: includes questions to consider and resources.

  Trans Road Map Transition at Work Resources: provides strategies and resources for on the job transitions.

  Out For Undergrad (O4U): Admitted O4U students to take part in a weekend-long professional program, which partner firms in each industry help us produce and offer unique professional conferences — incredible opportunities for talented young people to meet, learn and grow.

  National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce: Promoting the LGBTQI+ community in the area of business, find local events and business collaborations.

  LGBT BAR: National association for LGBTQI+ legal professionals, with networking events, several lecture series and a job board.

  OutandEqual.org provides a job search database, as well as a resource library with tools for those students on the job hunt; sponsored by “Out & Equal Workplace Advocates” at outandequal.org.

  Out Professionals: job bank and news resource for LGBTQI+ job seekers.

  LGBT Connect: a division of WorkplaceDiversity.com, with a job bank for LGBTQI+ job seekers.

  NACE Community: LGBT Resources

• Women

  Asian Women in Business – Resources for starting and managing a business as well as career programs and a scholarship fund

  CareerWomen – Job listings from recruiters actively looking to hire women

  Feminist Jobs Board – The board provides feminists with a space to find jobs that progress the status of women or encompass their passion for social justice

  New York Women in Communications – Career development resources, including job and internship listings and skill-building podcasts

  Professional Woman magazine – Information ranging from professional concerns to civic affairs, all of which impact a professional woman

  Society of Women Engineers – Conferences, online courses, scholarships and a job board

  Sponsors of Educational Opportunity – Provides training for professionals interested in alternative investments

  Woman Engineer magazine – Career-guidance and recruitment magazine for women engineering, computer science and information technology students & professionals

  Women in Technology International – Global organization empowering women in business and technology

  WomenWorking.com – Links to various professional associations for women