Minority Students

Please visit the Career Services Center, where you will find a welcoming and inclusive atmosphere. We aim to provide resources and services to all diverse students and we encourage you to utilize all of the various services and programs that would be helpful to you in identifying your strengths and abilities and reaching your career goals, whether that might be employment or graduate or professional school.

Services

We provide services and resources that can help with your:

Self Exploration
Choosing a Major
Goal Setting
Job Search
Job Readiness Preparation, such as Interviewing Skills and Resume Writing
Graduate School Preparation
Graduate Student Resources
Also, be sure to see our online workshops.

Events

Diversity Recruitment Banquet
Tues., October 28, 2008

This will be a networking event where employers from various industries will be on hand to network with and recruit students from diverse backgrounds.

Hi-Tech Career Fair
Saturday, February 14, 2009

One of the largest Hi-Tech/Diversity Career Fairs in the region; hundreds of employers as well as graduate admissions representatives will be there recruiting students interesting in science, technology, health-related and business careers.

UMBC Campus Resources

McNair Program

Ronald E. McNair Post baccalaureate Achievement Program provides experiences that prepare students for graduate education. The McNair Scholars Program is designed to prepare first-generation and low-income students, and members of groups who are underrepresented in graduate education for doctoral studies in all disciplines. The program involves students in research, mentoring, and other scholarly activities. McNair participants are from disadvantaged backgrounds and have demonstrated strong academic potential.

Research and Funding Opportunities for UMBC Meyerhoff Scholars

The Meyerhoff Scholarship Program encourages students to conduct research early on in order to gain hands-on experience and to develop a clearer understanding of what studying in the sciences entails. Scholars perform research at top research institutions in the United States and abroad. The following are some of the research programs available Contact the Meyerhoff staff.

For more information about these and other research opportunities.

Helpful On-line Career Resources

Affirmative Action Register
The National Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) recruitment publication directed to females, minorities, veterans, and all other applicants.

Diversity Business.com
Job posting service for large corporations and small businesses.
Job seekers can search jobs, post resumes.

Diversity/Careers in Engineering & Information Technology
Publication focused on the minority/diversity technical professional.

Diversity.com:Hiring Made Easy
Diversity recruitment job postings, corporate culture branding, career networking and executive recruitment services nationwide.

Diversity Link
Job listings and resume postings targeted for diversity candidates (women, persons from varied ethnic backgrounds, disabled candidates)

DiversityWorking.com
Dedicated to promoting diversity in the workplace.

Equal Opportunity Publications, Inc.
Information on the Equal Opportunity, Woman Engineer, Minority Engineer, CAREERS and the Disabled, Workforce Diversity For Engineering And IT Professionals, Hispanic Career World, and African-American Career World publications. Includes a list of employers currently recruiting new employees along with a list of job announcements.

GreaterDiversity.com
Jobs, diversity forums, employment research, and other minority career related resources.

HireDiversity
National diversity recruitment service linking qualified entry-level to senior-level candidates with Fortune 500 companies and the government. Includes news channels of interest to various populations, and job listings.

HirePotential
A national staffing firm dedicated to recruiting and employing individuals from the "untapped workforce." Also includes information for people with disabilities, mature workers, and veterans.

IMDiversity.com
Sponsored by The Black Collegian magazine, this is an excellent resource for all minority and diversity candidates, including women and the disabled.

Minorities in Medicine
Resources for minorities considering a career in medicine.
"The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) has a commitment to increasing the number of underrepresented minorities in medical education."

MinorityJobs.net
Combines job listing and career information with news and information on civil rights, including immigration, education, government, and historical information. Includes an on-line resume database.

Minority Professional Network
Career, business, and lifestyle information. Also includes information on several "offline" events throughout the US and abroad providing excellent networking opportunities with real face-time.

The Multicultural Advantage
Career advice, employment resources, and much more, all targeted to persons of color.

OnlineDiversity
Provided by the publishers of The Black EOE Journal, The HISPANIC Network Magazine, and The Professional WOMAN'S Magazine; includes several job listings.

PharmaDiversity Job Board
Focused on matching diversity candidates with all types of jobs in the pharmaceutical industry from accountants and administrators to sales to research. Lots of articles targeted to various audiences.

WorkplaceDiversity
Diversity recruiting, including the 40+ group. Can target a specific industry sector. Includes employer profiles, news and information targeted to various diverse audiences, and information on associations and organizations supporting and promoting minority and diversity interests.

African American Students

Black Voices Career Center
Targeted job postings, a searchable resume database, company profiles, diversity job fairs, special program/editorial items, and entertainment-related areas.

Black Enterprise
Search for jobs. Knowledge center for job search, career management and professional development articles and advice.

Black Engineer
Provided by the publishers of US Black Engineer Magazine.

Black Engineer of the Year Conference
Provided by the promoters of the Hi-Tech Career Fair and the Black Engineer magazine, Career Communications Group

Black Collegian Online
"The career site for students of color." Online version of the career magazine geared towards African-Americans. Hard copy version of the magazine available for free in the Career Resource Center (MP212).

African American Village
(on IMDiversity.com)
Offers career opportunities and serves as a forum where people of color are able to articulate specific issues, concerns, and possibilities.

Hispanic/Latino Students

Saludos Web National Job Listings
Supported by Saludos Hispanos magazine, this Web page serves the Hispanic community by providing a site for employers actively seeking to recruit qualified Hispanics to post job listings. Search for jobs, read career and internship advice; see Hispanic friendly companies with opportunities for Spanish-speaking bilingual professionals.

LatPro.com
Leading employment source for Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking professionals throughout the Americas .

Hispanic-American Village
(on IMDiversity.com)
Offers career opportunities and serves as a forum where people from all Hispanic cultures and communities are able to articulate specific issues, concerns, and possibilities.

Hispanic Business.com
Links to employment opportunities, business magazines, market research and community events. Career section has job search powered by HireDiversity.com.

ihispano.com
Job search site.

National Society of Hispanic MBAs
"Fostering Hispanic leadership through graduate management professional education and professional development in order to improve society."

The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
SHPE was founded in Los Angeles, California, in 1974 by a group of engineers employed by the city of Los Angeles . Their objective was to form a national organization of professional engineers to serve as role models in the Hispanic community.
The concept of Networking was the key basis for the organization. SHPE quickly established two student chapters to begin the network that would grow to encompass the nation as well as reach countries outside the United States . Today, SHPE enjoys a strong but independent network of professional and student chapters throughout the nation.

Asian Americans

Asian American Journalists Association
A professional organization devoted to Asian Americans pursuing media careers includes job listings.

Asian American Village
(on IMDiversity.com)
Offers career opportunities and serves as a forum where people from all Asian cultures and communities are able to articulate specific issues, concerns, and possibilities.

National Association of Asian American Professionals
This non-profit organization promotes the personal and professional development of the Asian American community.
"National organization where professionals of varying Asian descent work together across the country. We serve to educate not only our members through professional development but also raise Asian American awareness in corporate America and ensure that Asian Americans are included in diversity programs."

Native Americans

Index of Native American Resources on the Internet
Developed to provide information resources to the Native American community.

Native American Village
(on IMDiversity.com)
Offers career opportunities and serves as a forum where people from all Native American cultures and communities are able to articulate specific issues, concerns, and possibilities.