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Diverse Populations

The following web sites include resources for minorities, women, people with disabilities, and for gay, lesbians, and bisexuals.

Ethnic Minority
The Ohio State University Minority Advising Program The Minority Advising Program (MAP) was established to meet the academic needs of minority students at The Ohio State University.
The Ohio State University Office of Minority Affairs The official OSU web site about minority services on campus.
The Ohio State University Multicultural Center The Multicultural Center provides intellectual and cultural enrichment, programs, services, and facilities for students, faculty, staff, and community. It's goal is to create a community environment that recognizes cultural differences, respects cultural uniqueness, and facilitates cross-cultural interaction, learning and appreciation.
Native Web NativeWeb is an international, nonprofit, educational organization dedicated to using telecommunications including computer technology and the Internet to disseminate information from and about indigenous nations, peoples, and organizations around the world.
Nativejobs Provides a nationwide job bank of professional and technical vacancies for Native American job seekers since 1996
Black Collegian The career site for students of color. Serves the career and self-development interests of African-American collegians throughout America since 1970.
National Association of Asian American Professional Here you will find a comprehensive listing of resource tools to help you maximize your leadership potential as an Asian American Professional, or to educate yourself as an eager student of Asian American business, service, and/or government.
Saludos Hispanos Hispanic employment - Hispanic jobs - workforce diversity bilingual professionals - employment recruiting. Free Resume Postings For Hispanic Job Seekers.
Equal Opportunity Publications Find employment issues and stats concerning ethnic minorities, women, and people with disabilities, includes links to job and employers.
Career and Job resources for Minorities Quintessential Careers provides this list of careers and job resources designed to aid women and minorities. Includes more than 50 links.
Minority Career Network Resource features job listings databases by region and employment opportunity boards. Browse a FAQ and a monthly newsletter.
Minority Career Center IM Diversity.com provides this career resource for minorities. Access news, tips, and tools for career development needs.
Career Conferences of America Coordinators of career conventions and conferences offer internship referrals and job recruiting. Read about future conferences.
Women
The Women's Place at The Ohio State University A great source of information about women and careers from right in our own "backyard"!
WWWomen The premier search directory for women on line.  Has links to employment opportunities for women.
Working Mother Magazine Working Woman Network provides a unique complement of on- and offline resources to serve the dynamic and influential group of more than 60 million women business leaders and decision makers.
About.com Career Planning Excellent site with a wealth of information pertaining to women in specific career fields and issues facing women in the workplace.
Career-Intelligence.com Provides women with information, exercises and advice dealing with career planning (self-assessment, research), job transition (strategies, cover letters, resumes, interviewing tips) and career management (business travel, balancing work & family, stress management, sexual harassment).
Opportunities and Careers This web site has several sections of particular interest to women: family friendly programs (which companies have such programs and what they offer); help for companies that want to be family friendly, and women and opportunity advice (advice about career development).
Career for Women and Work Sponsored by the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, this site describes the center's mission, projects, and other activities, and offers a very useful "Virtual Library" of annotated links in more than 20 categories relating to women and work, including everything from data and statistics sources to relevant books and films.
Institute for Women's Policy Research An independent, non-profit, scientific research organization that conducts and disseminates research on women's policy issues.
People with Disabilities
The Ohio State University Office for Disability Services The official OSU web site about disabilities services on campus.
New Mobility's Interactive Café (For people with disabilities) WELCOME to newmobility.com, the Web site for New Mobility Magazine and the leading online resource for Disability Culture and Lifestyle. Newmobility.com is a tremendous research and communication tool for anyone with an interest in disability issues. And note that almost all our site is accessible without having to log in.
DO-IT: Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology The University of Washington Do-it program works to increase the representation of individuals with disabilities in challenging academic programs and careers.
Career Resources The Disability-Careers Office is a grant-funded initiative at the University of Tennessee, designed to assist college students, with all types of disabilities. It provides comprehensive career related links.
Job Accommodation Network  A free consulting service designed to increase the employability of people with disabilities. Comprehensive source for job accommodations. 
National Business and Disability Council The leading resource for employers seeking to integrate people with disabilities into the workplace and companies seeking to reach them in the consumer marketplace. 

Entry Point

 

 

WrightChoice Internship Program

 

Is a program of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) offering Outstanding Internship Opportunities for Students with Disabilities in Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science, and some fields of Business.

WrightChoice Intern Program, Inc. is a non-profit organization designed to promote and facilitate internship opportunities to under-represented populations in the employment arena. The target market includes collegiate students from minority populations and students with disABILITIES.

 

GLBT
Sexual Orientation and Career Decision Making Although everyone has concerns or questions when searching for a job or considering a career change, gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) people have additional issues related to their sexual orientation. Courtesy of Lawrence University.
Human Rights Campaign For more information about domestic partner benefits and issues of discrimination in the workplace click on "work net".
Lambda Legal Lambda Legal is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, the transgendered, and people with HIV or AIDS through impact litigation, education, and public policy work.
Planet Out Worldwide on line GLTB community.  For more information on career related issues click on  " Money and Careers".
Affirmative Action
Affirmative Action Register The National Effective Equal Opportunity Recruitment Publication is directed towards females, minorities, veterans, and persons with disabilities, as well as to all employment candidates.
General Resources
General Resources Provides information about career related issues for ethnic diverse populations, Foreign Nationals, Gay and Lesbian, Religious Resources, Women, and the Elderly.

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