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Special Populations

African American

Black Collegian Online
A career site that provides information on career resources for Black collegians. Job search strategies, graduate school opportunities, career and industry reports are abundantly explored.

Blackworld
An internet directory for varying information, including a career center.

National Black MBA Association
A web site dedicated to economic and intellectual wealth.  Includes information on employment networks.

National Society of Black Engineers
An organizational web site with job and scholarship postings.

NetNoir
A black network site.

Athletics

www.Athletes4Hire.com
Many employers like to hire former athletes because of the dedication, work ethic, competitiveness, and other intrinsic traits that athletes possess and develop from the rigors of being a collegiate student-athlete. The website is currently being promoted to every NAIA and NCAA school in a 7 state region.

Asian

National Association of Asian American Professionals
An organization web site which includes a person of contact for help finding a job.

Nethighway (used to be asianet.com)
A site to help you create a domain name in the hopes of exploring opportunities in the internet field.

Disabled

Careers and the Disabled Magazine
CAREERS & the disABLED Magazine, established in 1986, is the nation's first and only career-guidance and recruitment magazine for people with disabilities who are at undergraduate, graduate, or professional levels.

College Recruiter Articles
Article 1 -
An article on how “Technology opens employment doors for people with disabilities.”
Article 2 - An article with answers on how to job hunt.  The article is titled “Ask the experts: Job hunting when you’re disabled.”
Article 3 - An article with answers on if you should mention your disability to a prospective employer.  The article is titled “Ask the experts: Do not disclose your disabilities when applying for a job.”

Deafjobnet.com

Disability Resources Monthly
A "wonderfully well-organized site ... for cutting through the morass of disability-related material on the Web" -- Encyclopedia Britannica Internet Guide.

DO-IT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking,   and Technology)
A resource and support program focusing on “Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology.”

Employment and Rehabilitation Programs
A site whose mission is to promote the employment of Social Security beneficiaries with disabilities by designing policies that make work pay, promoting research and program innovation, educating the public about programs and services that facilitate entry into the workforce, and partnering with other public and private groups to remove employment barriers for people with disabilities.

The International Dyslexia Association
A web site that addresses the concerns of dyslexic college students and provides resources.

JAN Assisting Individuals With Disabilities
a free consulting service designed to increase the employability of people with disabilities by: 1) providing individualized worksite accommodations solutions, 2) providing technical assistance regarding the ADA and other disability related legislation, and 3) educating callers about self-employment options.

President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities
This website is full of contact information, current events, documents, and feedback.

The National Business & Disability Council
A site for employers to search for prospective employees with disabilities.  You can post your resume through the site or search the nationwide database for jobs.

Your Expedition Article
An article that describes Erik Weihenmayer, a blind man, and his dreams and adventures of climbing mountains.

Diversity

AAR/EEO Affirmative Action Register
A web site for the National EEO Recruitment Publication directed to females, minorities, veterans, and disabled persons, as well as to all employment candidates.

DBM
An organizational site created to align workforces to meet changing business needs.

Diversity/Careers in Engineering & Information Technology
A site with descriptions of articles and news from the publication, as well as career opportunities.

Diversity Employment
A multicultural employment resource offering a job and resume database.

Equal Opportunity Publications
A site dedicated to information concerning the publications, as well as a resume database for help in locating a job.

Hirediversity
A search engine for jobs and opportunities.

NACME (the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering)
A site dedicated to providing leadership and support to increase the representation of successful African American, American Indian and Latino women and men in engineering and technology, math and science-based careers.

Gay/Lesbian

Gay Financial Network
A site that contains a career center as well as many other helpful resources concerning the gay community.

Gaywork.com
GAYWORK.com is an online community for both the gay & lesbian individual looking for a job.

Federal Government Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Employees
A site that helps to eliminate prejudice and discrimination in the federal government based on sexual orientation.

Human Resources Directory
An organization that works towards equal rights for gay, lesbian and transgender people.

Queer Resources Directory
A gay and lesbian information directory.

Out & Equal
A national nonprofit organization that advocates safe and equitable workplaces for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people.

Gay Workplace Issues
A list of books recommended to help with workforce issues concerning sexual orientations.

National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals (NOGLSTP)
An organizational site that advocates various sexual orientations into the scientific and technical fields.

National Gay & Lesbian Task Force
A national organization that advocates safe and equitable workplaces for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people.

Pride at Work
An Organization who's purpose is to mobilize mutual support between the organized Labor Movement and the LGBT Community.

Progayjobs.com
An online community for both the gay & lesbian individual looking for jobs.

PlanetOut.com
A leading global online media company offering consumer services, news and entertainment to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.

Hispanic

Hispanic Business
A magazine site with help concerning careers. 

Hispanic Online
A site with various resources including a career center and career opportunities.

JobLatino
A site that offers a resume database, tips on interviews and job searching techniques, and various resource information.

Latpro Professional Network
A job board for Hispanic and bilingual professionals.

Saludos (Hispanic Careers & Education)
A site that contains a job search engine as well as career advice.

Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
A site that offers matching of your resume with engineering companies.

The Society of Mexican American Engineers and Scientists
To promote excellence in engineering, science, and mathematics while cultivating the value of cultural diversity.

Native American

NativeWeb
A site dedicated to providing internet information to the indigenous people in the world.

American Indian Science and Engineering Society
An organizational site that holds a resume database and job listings.

Women

National Organization for Women
An organizational site that describes internship opportunities within NOW.

Feminist Majority Foundation
An organizational site with job postings for feminist and progressive organizations.

Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
An organization site that offers career guidance and professional development opportunities.

The Association for Women in Computing (AWC)
An organizational site that is dedicated to the advancement of women in technology fields.

Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering
A list of web site articles about women and minorities in science and engineering fields.

Women in Technology International (WITI)
An organizational site dedicated to providing women in technology inspiration, education, conferences, on-line services, publications and a worldwide network of resources.

iVillage
A resource site full of career advice and quizzes for women.

WWWomen
A search directory for women concerning many issues, including careers.

WomenJobSearch.net
Provides an online job search for women and still covers important topics such as: the different types of cover letters, building a strong job search chain, and tips to making a successful career change.