Intersecting identities may influence your preparation for life after ¶¥¼¶¹ú²úÊÓƵ, your career goals, and even your professional development. You likely have questions about your job search that your straight and cisgender peers may not. The Career Connections Center is here to support your career exploration with access to resources, answers to questions about employment rights, and connections to other LGBTQIA+ professionals. with your career adviser to ask questions, build a job or internship search strategy, and navigate the resources available to you.
- °Õ³ó±ðÌýOffice for Identity, Student Engagement, and Access (ISEA) at ¶¥¼¶¹ú²úÊÓƵ is staffed with an Associate Director for Gender and Sexuality, who focuses on LGBTQIA+ students, initiatives, and programs and oversees affinity spaces for Trans and Queer students at ¶¥¼¶¹ú²úÊÓƵ. More info can be found at LGBTQIA+ Resources.
- The Center for Counseling and Personal Growth provides individual support, discussion groups, events and programs, and resources for your mental and emotional health, including a Mental Health Toolbox.
- provides a ranked list of internships for diversity, intern reviews, and easy access to application portals for opportunities.
- is the national benchmarking tool on corporate policies, practices, and benefits pertinent to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer employees.
- has a job board of curated opportunities from LGBT-owned businesses and organizations with strong diversity initiatives.
- lists events and local Chambers of Commerce across the country and world.
- provides diverse communities with a trusted professional network and has a job board that curates opportunities from organizations with a strong commitment to diversity and LGBTQIA+ initiatives.
- Campus Pride Jobs is a job board for college students and similarly aged members of the LGBTQIA+ community.
- Empowering LGBTQ+ Entrepreneurs:
- is the nation’s leading LGBTQIA+ networking organization. You can attend across the country that focus on specific interests, identities, and affinities.
- is a national association of lawyers, judges, and other legal professionals, law students, activists, and affiliated lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender legal organizations. The LGBT Bar promotes justice in and through the legal profession for the LGBTQIA+ community in all its diversity.
- is a professional society and global community of LGBTQIA+ students and professionals in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Out to Innovate provides members with mentoring and career development opportunities through .
- works to increase the number, diversity, and impact of LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs, and amplifies their stories to drive the economic empowerment of the community. StartOut offers every month.
- offers a wide range of resources for LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs, including professional networks, career development tools, and accelerators.
- is a community of more than 50,000 LGBTQIA+ members who work together to promote the visibility and inclusion of women, queer people, and others from backgrounds under-represented in technology.
- OutBüro offers networking groups for LGBTQIA+ students, professionals, business owners, entrepreneurs, nonprofits, and employers.
- seeks full equality without restrictions or barriers for LGBTQIA+ individuals in workplaces, unions, and communities.
- is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of LGBTQIA+ individuals through education and public policy work. Visit the website to access legal resources and learn about workplace and public accommodation rights by state.
- is the largest national trans-led organization advocating self-determination for all people. TLC has a wealth of you can use to help answer questions about employment rights and being out in the workplace.
- works to change policies and society to increase understanding and acceptance of transgender people, replacing disrespect, discrimination, and violence with empathy, opportunity, and justice. NCTE has extensive resources to help you learn about your workplace rights and find solutions for dealing with employment discrimination.
- is a national legal organization committed to advancing the civil and human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their families through litigation, legislation, policy, and public education. NCLR offers legal and other resources to help deal with employment discrimination.