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Blegen House is an LGBTQ Resource Center of Campus Life, encompassing issues of Social Justice. We provide support and resources on social, cultural, community, and campus life matters. Blegen hosts social and cultural programs, works in collaboration with student organizations, and provides leadership opportunities to enhance the campus life experiences of LGBTQ students - all while being mindful of greater social justice issues and striving towards creating an inclusive and educational campus community as a whole. As part of the Campus Life Office, the center also works with all students to promote cultural pluralism and positive intergroup experiences. All are Welcome Here.
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There are over 1000 books and binders within the CDO, categorically separated to help your internship, job, or post-graduate search. Some of the resources are career specific, broken down into particular fields of interest, while others are more general career reference materials. There are domestic and international listings, with tips on interviewing, finding housing, researching prospective companies or colleges, and study guides for standardized graduate school tests. You are encouraged to make full use of the assistance provided by the counselors and CDO peer advisers.
This site is a diversity career portal for minorities, women and other job seekers and diversity recruiters.
A gay and lesbian career site, with a job database.
A collection of resources about transitioning on the job and other issues transsexual and transgendered workers and their employers may face.
The mission of GFN Career Central is to bridge the employment gap for GLBT employers by providing the information and services to find the most appropriate position within the most GLBT friendly company.
Job search engine providing employment opportunities and resources to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) job seeker in the US.
This website has resources for special populations including African Americans, Asian Americans, disabled, gay & lesbian, Hispanics, Native Americans, and women. Their mission is to “facilitate excellence in diversity recruitment by bringing together human resources professionals with quality, prescreened, multicultural and/or bilingual professional candidates from diverse backgrounds.”
The best source of information on workplace and corporate policies related to sexual orientation and gender identity. Includes information about non-discrimination policies, organizations with domestic partnership benefits, municipalities that have laws banning employment discrimination, and career articles. Search the WorkNet Employer Database for information about several hundred organizations’ policies, LGBT employee group contacts, and more. This site pays the most attention to transgender issues in the workplace.
The mission of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force is to build the grassroots power of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. They do this by training activists, equipping state and local organizations with the skills needed to organize broad-based campaigns to defeat anti-LGBT referenda and advance pro-LGBT legislation, and building the organizational capacity of their movement.
“NOGLSTP is a national organization of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people (and their advocates) employed or interested in scientific or high technology fields. NOGLSTP’s goals include dialogue with professional organizations, disseminating information, improving our members employment and professional environment, opposing anti-queer discrimination and stereotypes, educating the queer, scientific, and general communities, and fostering inter-city contacts among our members.”
“Out & Equal™ Workplace Advocates is the pre-eminent national organization devoted to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community in the workplace.
Our mission is to educate and empower organizations, human resource professionals, Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) and individual employees through programs and services that result in equal policies, opportunities, practices, and benefits in the workplace regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, expression, or characteristics.”
OutProfessionals is a job search and networking web site including a directory of businesses, women’s network, LGBT events and links, and volunteer opportunities.
PlanetOut Careers has information that addresses typical workplace dilemmas faced by GLBT people. Includes descriptions of gay-friendly companies, job listings and message boards.
An organization dedicated exclusively to the employment needs of the GLBT professional workforce, with a job search engine for GLBT-friendly companies.
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A collaborative project initiated by the Liberal Arts Career Network (LACN), a consortia of 28 private liberal arts colleges to make available the best information from a wide range of career fields.
Includes a directory of LGBT-friendly professionals and Fortune 500 corporations.
WorkplaceDiversity.com, the source for diversity talent, is the central job search web site for Corporate recruiters who want to make a good faith effort to reach experienced diversity talent.