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Serving Diverse Students

The Williams OCC and its staff celebrate and support all Williams students and alumni. We provide resources and services to meet the career development and job search needs of Williams diverse student and alumni populations.

To take full advantage of our services please make an appointment to meet with John Noble, OCC Director and liaison to the Williams Multicultural Center.

• Academic Careers Online targets employers who are committed to diversity in recruitment. Their site includes faculty, teacher, research, post doc, adjunct, library, admin-istrative and senior management positions at colleges, universities, research institutes, and schools around the world.
• Affirmative Action Register The National EEO recruitment publication directed to females, minorities, veterans, and disabled persons as well as to all employment candidates.
• AIGC/College Horizons Program A Pre-Graduate School Workshop for Native American Students. Horizons Graduate Program is a four-day "crash course" in preparing for graduate school. July 17-20, 2004 Washington University, St. Louis, MO.
• AsianDiversity.com is an online career portal for Asian Americans, which features a job board, original articles, and other ADI programs and events.
• The Black Collegian Online - A great place to start. Includes Job Searches • Employer Profiles • Graduate/Professional School • What's Happening • Military Opportunity Job Bank • African-American Issues • Global Study • Articles • Issues.
• Black EOE Journal Online - "The Black Employment and Entrepreneur Journal is America's leading African-American Business and Career magazine. Our mission is to be the epicenter of information for African-Americans seeking employment and business opportunities with Corporate America. Our goal is to connect, educate and promote equal opportunity thus, creating a more diverse environment. Our motto is Strength in Diversity."
• CALAHE (Connecticut Association of Latinos in Higher Education) has initiated an employment distribution and posting list through which we will supply interested individuals with current positions available in the higher education community in Connecticut and New England.
• California Chicano News Media Association - CCNMA's mission is to promote diversity in the news media by providing encouragement, scholarships and educational programs for Latinos pursuing careers in the news media, and to foster an accurate and fair portrayal of Latinos in the news media, and promoting the social, economic and professional advancement of Latino journalists.
• Conservation Careers Diversity Internship Program! The purpose of this program is to provide exposure and PAID opportunities to students of color, particularly Hispanic, African, Asian and Native American students, early on in their freshman and sophomore years to the conservation field. We hope that this internship program will help lead students to pursue a conservation or environmental career. Please circulate this information to all relevant listservs including faculty, students and others. Students receive $4,800 stipend, $300 relocation assistance, and free housing or $1,000 housing assistance. Deadlines are in January and February. To read about the internships, their locations and to apply online, students can go to: www.eco.org/conservation. A hardcopy application and internship listing is attached for your convenience! For more information, please call Casey Barnard at 617-426-4783 x160 or email her at cbarnard@eco.org OR Jo Chien at 617-426-4783 x166 or email jchien@eco.org.
• Co-op/Internship Opportunities for Minority & Underrepresented Students site contains hundreds of links to internships in the sciences and medicine.
• Cultural Diversity, from JobSearchTech, lists organizations, job banks and career sites dedicated to helping ethnic groups, minorities, veterans, and people with disabilities find jobs, recognition, scholarships, and more.
• DiversityWorking.com is a career opportunity resource and job search engine for the cultural diversity marketplace. Their goal is to offer the diversity population and diversity-minded employers direct access to each other. it is the largest diversity job board online.
• Eco.org Diversity Initiative - "Since 1990, ECO has been a national leader in diversifying the environmental field, making changes that not only impact the environmental community, but also our entire organization through programs, placements, fundraising, service areas and our strategicplan. ECO has created opportunities for over 1,850 people from under-represented groups. Get involved in ECO's Diversity Initiative and an environmental careers can be yours."
• Freeman ASSIST The Freeman ASSIST Program, generously sponsored by the Freeman Foundation, offers educational allowances to outstanding undergraduate students from East and Southeast Asia who are pursuing summer internships in the U.S. nonprofit sector.
• Goldman Sachs Internships and Scholarships ... "Through Firmwide Diversity Recruiting, Goldman Sachs has initiated and continues to manage a number of programs designed to increase awareness of the firm and our industry within diverse communities."
• HireDiversity.com Includes job searches; Diversity Resources/Articles for African-Americans, Asian-Americans, Disabled, Gay & Lesbian, Hispanics, Mature Workers, Native Americans, Veterans, Women; Career Fairs; "Who's Hiring?"; and Headlines.
• IMDiversity.com has a career center where you can search jobs, post resumes, research employer profiles, and read news, tips, and tools for your career development needs.
• Institute for Diversity in Health Management Summer Enrichment Program Undergraduate and Graduate Level Internship and Greater New York Hospital Association Summer Enrichment Program. Also job listings and resume posting.
• MAIP The MAIP program encourages African American, Asian American, Hispanic, Native American and multiracial and multiethnic college students to strongly consider advertising as a career. Students who are chosen gain practical work experience, establish contacts and, perhaps most importantly, are better prepared to assume an entry-level position with an agency upon graduation. At the same time, the program gives advertising agencies a cost-effective way to identify and recruit talented multicultural students.
• MentorNet is The E-Mentoring Network for Diversity in Engineering and Science. Our mission is:
  • To further the progress of women and others underrepresented in scientific and technical fields through the use of a dynamic, technology-supported mentoring network.
  • To advance individuals and society, and enhance engineering and related sciences, by promoting a diversified, expanded and talented global workforce.
• MinorityJobs.net Diversity Jobs - Search over one million diversity jobs. Free resume posting & Job listing site, with Career guide, civil rights, legal & government news archive, plus scholarship links.
• MinorityMBAs.com is the leading online destination for leading minority MBA professionals and students. Companies committed to diversity in middle and senior management positions post jobs and internships. Our MBA members complete career profiles that are included in an online database that hiring managers search to find candidates. We work to develop partnerships with top business schools and clubs to establish ongoing relationships with current students and alumni.
• Monster.com Diversity & Inclusion gives career advice, search jobs by employers actively seeking a diverse workforce.
• The Multicultural Advantage Links to scholarships, fellowships, and other awards for minorities in a variety of fields.
• Multicultural Undergraduate Summer Internships at the Getty Center In order to increase diversity in the professions related to museums and the visual arts, the Getty offers summer internships in a variety of programs and administrative departments of the Getty Trust to undergraduates of culturally diverse backgrounds.
• NABJ - National Association of Black Journalists Student Education Enrichment & Development Programs (SEED)...This organization offers Student Member, Internship Program, sports Journalism Institute, Scholarship Program, Student Career Mentoring Program, Student Development Program, UNITY Study Project Information, Student Short Courses.
• NASCAR Diversity Internship Program The NASCAR Diversity Internship Program is a 10-week, full-time, paid summer internship program designed to expose diverse college and university students to the exciting career opportunities within the motorsports industry.
• National Employment Minority Network For job seekers: Search Jobs; Resume Management; Resource Center; Career Fairs; List of Employers.
• National Urban League Employment Network Position yourself for personal and professional excellence by posting your resume today on the Forte Wayne Urban League online employment center at www.fwurbanleague.org/ and be part of the only job resource dedicated exclusively to diversity recruitment locally and nationwide!
• Quintessential Careers: Diversity Employment Resources... "Are you a member of a disadvantaged job-seeker group? Are you looking for job and career sites that focus on diversity and a multicultural workforce? This section of Quintessential Careers is all about highlighting the best career and job sites geared especially for women and minorities."
• Saludos.com - Latino job seekers will find an abundance of useful information here at the Saludos Hispanos Career Center. We offer tips for everything from finding the right career to mastering the job interview to in-depth articles about specific careers. If you are a bilingual Latino college graduate looking for a job, our Career Center puts the information you need at your fingertips.
• Sponsors for Educational Opportunities - (SEO typically recruits at Williams) SEO "is Career Program is the nation's premiere internship programs for talented students of color (Black, Hispanic/Latino, Asian and Native American) leading to full time job offers. Since its inception in 1980, the Career Program has placed over 3,200 undergraduate students of color in internships leading to opportunities in exciting and rewarding careers in the most competitive industries worldwide." They have internships in the following industries: Accounting; Asset Management; Corporate Law; Information Technology; Investment Banking - New York; Investment Banking - Other Major Cities; Management Consulting; Media; Philanthropy.
• Summer Opportunities for Undergraduate Minority Students - This guide lists over 130 programs including opportunities that range from first-year students to graduating seniors.
• WorkplaceDiversity.com - "WorkplaceDiversity.com has an extensive database of employment opportunities across all sectors nationwide. Diversity and Inclusion is a significant asset in the workplace. Therefore, we provide a forum for those diverse candidates to connect with employers who seek them. Our easy-to-use tools are one of the most efficient avenues for proactive job search in a competitive, global world. Your future begins today! Begin your search now!" This site also includes an extensive list of related resources.

• AAPD-American Association of People with Disabilities
• ADA Guide for People with Disabilities Seeking Employment
• California Employment Development Department has special programs and services for people with disabilities.
• Campus Career Center article, "The Essentials of an Effective Job Search for Disabled Workers"
• COSD Career Opportunities for Students with Disabilities In September 1998, Dr. Robert Greenberg, Director of Career Services and Alan Muir, Coordinator of Disability Services at that time at the University of Tennessee, determined a need existed to focus career-planning services on students with disabilities.
• ENTRY POINT! is a program of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) offering Outstanding Internship Opportunities... in Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science, and some fields of Business ...for Students with Disabilities."
• Equal Opportunities Publications, Inc. Companies Actively Recruiting - Careers & the Disabled.
• Emerging Leaders Summer internship and leadership development opps for students with disabilities. Started by Booz Allen and administered by the National Business and Disability Council.
• Federal Jobs for People with Disabilities Currently, over 209,284 people with disabilities, seven percent of the total federal civilian workforce, work for the federal government. Opportunities exist at all levels of government and in hundreds of occupations.
• Getting Hired is a website designed for people with disabilities. It includes a Community of Support to help you make connections, resources to help you reach your potential, such as Profile/Resume Builder, Career Assessment, and Video Interview Training, and job listings.
• Independent Living Research Utilization They create opportunities for independence for people with disabilities through research, education, and consultation.
• JobAccess JobAccess provides a place where people with disabilities can seek employment, confident that they will be evaluated solely on their skills and experience. JobAccess Resume Builder which helps you to build and post a professional looking resume that companies across the US will be able to browse.
• Job Accommodations Network A free consulting service (through gov’t Office of Disability Employment Policy ODEP) 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 option.
• Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars, Scholarship Program for College Students with Disabilities Working to help students develop leadership skills and gain valuable work experience in public service. The Washington Center will complement students' professional experience with solid academic training for credit from highly qualified instructors. In addition, students will be exposed to community, national and international leaders through workshops, seminars, lectures, embassy visits and networking events held throughout the course of each semester. The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) will offer technical guidance and support to the program.
• We Connect Now "is dedicated to uniting people interested in rights and issues affecting people with disabilities, with particular emphasis on college students and access to higher education and employment issues." This is a great site that shares extremely vital and current information and also functions as an indispensable support system.
• Workforce Recruitment Office of Disability Employment Policy connects students to public and private sector opportunities.

• WomensJobList.com "Founded in 1999, WomensJobList.com was created for employers and job seekers dedicated to diversity and inclusion. Over 8,164 companies and organizations link to WomensJobList.com†, providing employers with exclusive access to highly qualified candidates."
• Lyons Network "The Lyons Network is an organization of women professionals and students dedicated to advancing the opportunities of women for leadership, professional success, and global impact. Founded in 1999 at Mount Holyoke College, the first and premier liberal arts college established for women in this country, The Lyons Network continues to put together conferences, speaker series, talks and workshops across different fields and industries."
• Women for Hire Magazine Online contains advice and links to professional associations and resource organizations.
• Institute for Women's Policy Research The Institute works with policymakers, scholars, and public interest groups to design, execute, and disseminate research that illuminates economic and social policy issues affecting women and families and to build a network of individuals and organizations that conduct and use women-oriented policy research. IWPR, an independent, nonprofit, research organization also works in affiliation with the graduate programs in public policy and women’s studies at The George Washington University.
• The Mariam K. Chamberlain Fellowship in Women & Public Policy is designed to provide aspiring social scientists with the opportunity to contribute to research that enhances economic and social justice for women.
• IWPR Summer Internships include paid summer internships in Research, Communications and Outreach, and Development.
• American Association of University Women Established in 1881, the American Association of University Women (AAUW) is a leading voice for equity and education for women and girls. AAUW is comprised of three corporations: The Association, a 501(c)(4) 100,000-member organization with more than 1,300 branches nationwide that lobbies and advocates for education and equity, with a 501(c)(3) Leadership and Training Institute; the AAUW Educational Foundation, a 501(c)(3) public foundation established in 1958 to provide support and advancement for women in higher education and to conduct research on equity in education for women and girls; and the AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund, a 501(c)(3) organization that provides funds and a support system for women seeking judicial redress for sex discrimination in higher education.
• American Business Women's Association... To bring together businesswomen of diverse occupations and to provide opportunities for them to help themselves and others grow personally and professionally through leadership, education, networking support, and national recognition.
• Business and Professional Women/USA Business and Professional Women/USA, founded in 1919, promotes equity for all women in the workplace through advocacy, education and information."
• Feminist.com is a grassroots, interactive community by, for and about women. We aim to facilitate information-sharing among women and encourage mobilization around political issues. Feminist.com promotes women's business development, supports women-friendly organizations, expands civic participation and encourages women's self-sufficiency. Feminist.com is a responsive community that offers resources for all women and provides a safe space for diverse dialogues. This site contains many resources.
• Feminist Majority Foundation The Feminist Majority website includes their publications, such as newsletters and special reports. There are also links to other women's issues sites, such as: Breast Cancer Center, Global Feminism, National Center for Women and Policing and Feminist Research Center. There are also numerous Take Action! opportunities, several listings of hotlines, and a daily Feminist News section."
• Making Face, Making Soul A Chicana feminist homepage.
• National Organization for Women NOW's website contains a comprehensive array of information about the organization, including online versions of their print publication, NOW Times. Sections on the site include NOW Political Action Committee, Young Feminists and Global Sisters.
• National Women's Hall of Fame
• National Women's Health Network The mission of the National Women's Health Network is to advocate for national policies that protect and promote all women's health and to provide evidence-based, independent information to empower women to make fully informed health decisions."
• National Women's Law Center "Our Mission... to protect and advance the progress of women and girls at work, in school, and in virtually every aspect of their lives."
• Scholarships, Fellowships and Postdoctoral Awards for Women
• Third Wave Foundation is a national organization created by and for young women between the ages of 15 and 30. The organization informs and financially supports young women around the country and the projects that serve them by sharing information and resources, thereby creating a community in which members can coalesce, network, strategize, and ultimately take action."
• Women in Sports Careers Network Mission Statement: To provide women and girls professional guidance, education, and support to pursue and manage sports related careers."
• Women's Sports Foundation has grants and scholarships, a career center, reports on issues, and community.

• American Indian College Fund - "Building better lives. Revitalizing Indian communities. Replacing despair with hope. That, simply, is what the American Indian College Fund is all about. Through our scholarships for American Indian college students and our support of America's tribally controlled colleges and universities, we are giving hope to, and creating better lives for, generations of Native American students and their families and communities."
• American Indian Graduate Center, Scholarships and Fellowships - "The American Indian Graduate Center, Inc. announces the availability of fellowships and loans for service to American Indian and Alaska Native undergraduate and graduate students."
• American Indian Science and Engineering Society, Scholarship and Internship Programs - "AISES scholarships are awarded to undergraduate and graduate students, who are members of AISES, for leadership and academic achievement. These monies are to assist talented students in meeting the financial demands of attending college. The awards are intended to augment unmet need, loans, and student employment."
• The Association of American Indian Physicians
• Career and Job Resources for Native American Job-Seekers
• College Scholarships for Native American Students - Courtesy of a Better Chance.
• Financial Aid for Native American Students - "This page provides information about financial aid for Native American students, compiled with the assistance of Donovan Gomez, Executive Director of the San Juan Pueblo Department of Education. In addition to spelling out requirements for Native American status, the FastWEB scholarship search lists 70 active award sources for Native American students only, 11 award sources for Native American or Native Alaskan students, and hundreds of awards for minority students."
• IM Diversity -- Native American Village
• National Society : Daughters of the American Revolution, American Indian Scholarships - (1) American Indian Scholarship: The American Indians Committee of the DAR awards this scholarship to Native Americans. This award is intended to help Native American students of any age, any tribe, in any state striving to get an education. All awards are judged based on financial need and academic achievement. Specify that you want information on the American Indian Scholarship when you send the stamped self addressed envelope for information. This scholarship is intended to help Native American college/university and technical school students of any age, any tribe, in any state at the undergraduate or graduate level. Graduate students are eligible; however, undergraduate students are given preference. Applicants must be Native Americans (proof of American Indian blood is required by letter or proof papers)in financial need and have a grade point average of 2.75 or higher. There will be no exceptions. This is a one time $500 award. Deadlines: For Fall term, April 1; For Spring term, October 1.
  (2) Frances Crawford Marvin American Indian Scholarship: This scholarship is awarded once a year to one student. A candidate for this scholarship must be enrolled full time at a 2 or 4 year college or university. Applicants must be Native Americans, and proof of American Indian blood is required by letter or proof papers. Students must demonstrate financial need, academic achievement, and have a 3.0 GPA or higher. A recipient may reapply for this scholarship and be considered along with other members of the applicant pool. The amount of scholarship is based on total return of the endowment, and may vary year to year. Deadline: February 1.
• Native Web - Foster communication between native and non-native peoples
• Young Native Writers Essay Contest - "The Young Native Writers Essay Contest is a writing contest for Native American high school students and is designed to inspire honest portrayals of the richness of Native American life and history. The contest is a program of the Holland & Knight Charitable Foundation. Students responding to this year's writing contest should present in an essay of no more than 1,200 words, a) specific or general struggles and/or triumphs of Native Americans in history or in today's world, based on the students experiences and scholarly research; and b) how the writer will use his or talents to enhance the future of his or her own Native American community. Subject suggestions include, but are not limited to, Native American involvement in treaties, governments (Federal and Tribal), languages, education, folklore, religion, entertainment, health, nutrition, media, sports, and current events. The following prizes will be awarded to winning essayists: five first-place winners will each receive an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C., to visit the National Museum of the American Indian, and other prominent sites. The winners will be accompanied by the teachers who inspired their entries into the contest. First-place winners will receive a special award for display at home or school. In addition, each first-place winner will receive a scholarship ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 each to be paid directly to the college or university of their choice. The contest is open to all Native American Indian and Alaska Native high school students who are enrolled members of a state- or federally-recognized tribe. Also included are high school students enrolled in alternative schools, as well as those who are home schooled. For further information, see the program's Web site."

RECOMMENDED BOOKS:

• National Directory of Philanthropy for Native Americans. Phyllis A. Meiners and Greg A. Sanford, eds. Kansas City, Mo. : Corporate Resource Consultants, 1992. 138pp. Funding Center (1st Floor, East) HV89 .N36 1992. Contains profiles on 24 foundations, 12 corporations and corporate foundations, and 3 religious institutions considered to be the most prominent funders of Native American programs.
• The American Indian and Alaska Native Higher Education Funding Guide. Gregory W. Frazier. Denver, Colorado: Arrowstar Pub, 1989. 113pp. ERIC Microfiche Collection, 2nd floor, West Wing, ED362355. Identifies scholarships, fellowships, etc. for Native Americans.
• Financial Aid for Native Americans. Gail Ann Schlachter and R. David Weber. El Dorado Hills, Calif. (San Carlos Industrial Park, 1100 Industrial Road, Suite 9, 94070): Reference Service Press, biennial. Funding Center (1st Floor, East) LB2338 .F5646. 2001-2003, 2003-2005, and 2006-2008 available in print;1999-2001 edition also available electronically. Detailed information on nearly 1500 funding opportunities open to American Indians, Native Alaskans, and Native Pacific Islanders (including Native Hawaiians and Samoans). The listings cover every major subject area, are sponsored by hundreds of private and public agencies and organizations, and are open to Native Americans at any level, from high school and college through postdoctorate and professional.

Please contact: John Noble, Director, Williams OCC for more information or if you wish to add to our resources.
John.H.Noble@williams.edu or 597-2311

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