Center forCareer and Professional Advising

For more information, including legal rights and accommodations, please visit the Office of Access and Disability Services’ webpage on Disability and Your Career.

Connect with Haverford Alumni: You can connect with Haverford alumni via Haverford Connect. Search by help topic (under “More Filters”) and select "Advice about workplace accessibility."

Job Databases / Search Sites For Persons with Disabilities:

• Enable America: Offers business and community connections.
• Getting Hired: Connects job-seekers with disabilities with employers.
• Lime Connect Fellows: An annual leadership development program that prepares and connects rising juniors for summer internships with global corporations.
• We Connect Now: Dedicated to uniting college students with disabilities in access to higher education and employment issues.
• Resume Lab: "How To Thrive In Your Career If You Have a Disability"

For more information, including LIFTFAR requests, please visit Haverford’s First Generation/Low Income webpage.

• Connect with Haverford Alumni: You can connect with Haverford alumni via Haverford Connect. Search by help topic (under “More Filters”) and select "Being the first in college."
• Career Closet: Borrow professional attire from the CCPA for your next interview or professional event! Also look out for our free clothing giveaway event each fall- FGLI students are given priority with a special pre-event! [Closed due to COVID-19]
• FirstGEN Fellows: First Generation Social Justice Leaders: A ten-week summer program for undergraduate students who are the first in their immediate families to attend an institution of higher education, and who are passionate about pursuing careers in social justice.
• I'm First!: Resource to provide students who lack a family history of higher education with inspiration, information, and support on the road to and through college.
• 1vyG: The largest conference for first-generation, low-income students in the world. Historically, the conference has served as a space for first-generation, low-income students to connect and empower one another.
• GRE Fee Reduction Program: ETS provides the GRE® Fee Reduction Program for individuals who can demonstrate financial need, for those who are unemployed and receiving unemployment compensation, and for national programs that work with underrepresented groups.

Resource list adapted from Swarthmore College.

For more information please visit Haverford’s Center for Gender Resources and Sexuality Equity

• Connect with Haverford Alumni: You can connect with Haverford alumni via Haverford Connect. Search by help topic (under “More Filters”) and select LGBTQIA+. Also, keep an eye out for events by Rainbow Quorum, Haverford’s LGBTQ+ Alumni Affinity group. 
• LGBTQ+ Workplace Resource Guide: From finding inclusive companies, getting comfortable with the interview process, to coming out at work, here is a resource guide to help you navigate the corporate landscape as a member of the LGBTQ+ community.
• Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2020 Corporate Equality Index: The national benchmarking tool on corporate policies and practices pertinent to LGBTQ employees.
• Lambda Legal- Know Your Rights: Your rights in the workplace and what to do if you experience discrimination.
• LGBTQ+ Job Postings Sites: PinkJobs, DiversityWorking, TJobBank, Out Professional Network Job Board

Before you begin your job search, review the International Student Support Office’s page on Living and Working in the U.S. and make sure that you understand current immigration regulations regarding your visa type. International students MUST check in with dallison [at] haverford.edu (Denise Allison) or nweisz [at] haverford.edu (Natasha Weisz) before accepting any position, paid or unpaid, part-time or full-time, on- or off-campus.

• Connect with Haverford Alumni: You can connect with Haverford alumni via Haverford Connect. Search by help topic (under “More Filters”) and select "Advice for Non-U.S. Citizens or Working and Living Outside the U.S."
• Fellowship Opportunities for International Students: List of fellowships for graduate study or professional placements open to international students or non-U.S. citizens.
• GoinGlobal (includes H-1B Plus database): The CCPA subscribes to this site which contains a job and internship search database with career guides that provide country-specific job search information. 
• My Visa Jobs: Find employers with a history of hiring foreign nationals. Search annually updated lists of employers accepting H-1B visa holders. Sort lists by state, industry, or job title. This site also contains information about work authorizations and information about a variety of industries. 
• Explore working, interning or volunteering in a country that is neither home nor in the U.S.: Indeed Worldwide, Go Abroad, Opportunities by location by UT at Austin, Overseas Jobs

For more information please visit the Office of Multicultural Affairs.

Networking and Mentoring

• Connect with Haverford Alumni: You can connect with Haverford alumni via Haverford Connect. Search by help topic (under “More Filters”) and select Diversity and Inclusion. Also, keep an eye out for events by Multicultural Alumni Action Group (MAAG).
• Professional Associations and Affinity Groups: Use this directory to search for professional associations. Most offer student memberships at a discount, and memberships usually come with access to programs such as speaker events, or job fairs. 

Asian/Pacific American

• Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership (CAPAL): Organization devoted to increasing public service opportunities for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander youth, including internships for college students.
• National Association of Asian American Professionals: The NAAAP is a non-profit organization that cultivates and empowers Asian and Pacific Islander leaders through professional development, community service, and networking. It offers a diverse range of professional development programs including a career center and job board.
• National Council of Asian Pacific Americans: A directory of links to Asian Pacific American organizations, many with career sites of their own. The links also include website and contact information for networking and internship and job search purposes.

Black/African American

• African American Professional Associations: Compilation of links to the leading African American professional associations, many with career and job sites of their own, collected by Monster.
• DiversityInc.com: Produces Top 50 Companies for Diversity and other speciality lists, with the methodology including employee surveys.
• National Urban League Job Network: The Urban League Job Network is backed by the National Urban League and is dedicated to helping diverse students find employment opportunities.
• U.N.C.F: The nation’s largest private scholarship provider to minority group members. It manages various scholarship, fellowship, and internship programs.

Hispanic/Latinx

• The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute: Learn more about a congressional internship program in D.C. 
• Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities: A compilation of internship and job boards sponsored by the association, which represents more than 400 colleges and universities committed to Hispanic higher education success in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Latin America, and Spain.
• Hispanic and Latino Professional Associations: Compilation of links to the leading Hispanic and Latino professional associations, many with career and job sites of their own, collected by Monster.
• iHispano: Job board sponsored by the Professional Diversity Network.
• Latino Careers: Job board sponsored by LATCareers.com.
• LatPro.com: Source for connecting Hispanic and Latino bilingual job seekers with recruiters searching for skilled diversity candidates.

Indigenous/Native American

• Native American Professional Organizations: A list of 21 organizations and professional associations serving the Native American community.
• Indian Country Today: The magazine’s website, which includes internships, a scholarship guide, and job search database.
• National Congress of American Indians: A list of job opportunities submitted by employers that are American Indian, Native Hawaiian or Alaska Native businesses, governments, or organizations. It also includes opportunities submitted by organizations seeking Native American applicants.
• Native American Jobs: A job search database for Native American job seekers which includes Tribal and Non-Tribal companies across the nation.

Additional Multicultural Resources

• IMDiversity.com: A career and self-development site devoted to serving the cultural and career-related needs of all minorities.
• INROADS: Organization dedicated to helping businesses gain greater access to diverse talent through continuous leadership development of outstanding ethnically diverse students and placement of those students in internships at many of North America’s top corporations, firms and organizations.
• INSIGHT Into Diversity: One of the most recognized resources for equal opportunity employers who are seeking to add diverse, qualified candidates to their workforce. Job postings include positions in academia, business, healthcare, and the government.
• Institute for Broadening Participation: A directory of links to programs designed to increase diversity in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce. The programs include internship, job, scholarship and fellowship opportunities. 
• NACE Diversity Resources: The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) connects university career service professionals to recruiters and employers. It maintains a list of diversity resources accessible to students. 

Resource list adapted from Georgetown University.

For more information please visit the Office of Religious & Spiritual Life’s webpage.

• U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: Resources and information on religious discrimination.
• Religious Garb and Grooming in the Workplace: Publication by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission answering questions about how federal employment discrimination law applies to religious dress and grooming practices, and what steps employers can take to meet their legal responsibilities in this area.
• Religiously-affiliated Professional Associations: Consider joining an identity-relevant professional association to help facilitate networking connections and job leads.

Resource list adapted from Brandeis University.

• Immigrants Rising: Empowers undocumented young people to achieve educational and career goals through personal, institutional and policy transformation.
• My (Un) Documented Life: Community for undocumented immigrants, including scholarship opportunities, strategies for navigating the educational system and information on how to apply for DACA.
• Student Caffe: Information on opportunities that DACA/undocumented students can and cannot apply for.
• United We Dream: Nonpartisan network is made up of over 100,000 immigrant youth and allies and 55 affiliate organizations in 26 states.

Resource list adapted from Brandeis University.