Career and Job Resources for Women Job-Seekers
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What follows are the best career and job sites geared especially for
women.
We also have job and career pages for every other disadvantaged
job-seeker group. Go to our main Diversity
Job-Seeker Career and Job Resources.
And if you are looking for some great networking resources for women, then go check out
Quintessential
Careers: Women's Networking and Professional Associations.
Your first stop? Check out these useful women's career articles, tools, and resources:
Women's Career and Job Sites:
Advancing Women -- a great resource for women in
the workforce, specializing in women networking with women.
American Business Women's Association (ABWA) -- whose mission is to bring together
businesswomen of diverse occupatiopns and to provide opportunities for them to help
themselves and others grow personally and professionally through leadership,
education, networking support, and national recognition.
Bella Online: Career --
the career channel of BellaOnline.com, a comprehensive multimedia network created by women for
women, hosted by Karen Girard.
Subjects include career planning, networking, skills inventory, conflict resolution, and much more.
CareerBabe -- providing up-to-date and insightful advice on the hottest career
opportunities as well as providing the most useful career information. Job-seekers
can also write to CareerBabse for anwsers to specific questions.
career-intelligence.com
-- an online career resource for women by women, offering multiple tools and resources, including assessment and career
planning information; resume and cover letter tips; career counseling; and more. Free to job-seekers.
Career Women -- online career center for women, including a job bank, resume
bank, career resources, advice, and more.
Dress for Success -- a nonprofit organization that provides interview suits
to low-income women seeking employment. No fees are
charged, ever, either to the member organizations or to the women served.
Empower Me! --
a great site for the empowerment and advancement of African-American
professional and business women. Find all sorts of resources (workshops,
conferences, networking forums) to help grow your business, further your career.
Free to job-seekers.
Explore Career Pathways --
The Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology (SCWIST) developed this site for
women and girls who are seeking information on finding work or planning a career in
science and technology. Within this site job-seekers will find information and training
resources that will help you find your way in the new workplace economy.
Feminist Majority Foundation's Feminist Careet Center -- designed to help feminist employers and
feminist job-seekers find each other. Job-seekers can browse through
job listings and/or post their resumes. Also includes a database of internships.
The Feminist Majority Foundation -- provides a career center that where female
job seekers can post their resumes or search through job listings. Also includes an
extensive list of internships for women.
National Association for Female Executives (NAFE) -- the largest women's professional
association and the largest women business owners' organization in the country, providing resources and
services -- through education, networking, and public advocacy -- to empower its members to
achieve career success and financial security.
Negotiating Women --
provides innovative training and consulting to professional women; a company of women committed to help
other women. Provides practical advice to help women at every stage of your careers to claim your
value and create conditions for success in business. No cost to job-seekers.
9to5, National Association for Working Women -- the Web site for the
15,000 strong organization. Deals with issues of job problems, family
leave, sexual harassment, job redesign, and other issues related to working women.
The Organization of Women in International Trade (OWIT) -- offers a job bank for its
members. OWIT is a non-profit professional organization designed to promote women
doing business in international trade.
Women For Hire --
where women job-seekers can find a variety of career and job resources specifically for you,
including recruiting events and job fairs, career coaching, resume critiquing, and job-search seminars.
Job-seekers can post your reusme. Free and fee-based.
WomensMedia.com -- a great site for working women, this site
provides the latest in-depth material to help working women advance by promoting a positive attitude in women, a respect for women’s talents,
and a way out of the cycle of seeing women as victims. Includes articles, discussion/networking forums, and more. Free.
WomenSportsJobs -- where
women who are interested in working in the sports industry (including sports marketing,
event management, community relations, coaching, athletic administration, health & fitness, broadcasting, and more)
can sign-up for subscription-based (and fee-based) job listings as well as submit
your resume (for free).
WomensJobSearch.net --
(formerly AdvancingWomen.net) a career site designed to assist women seeking career advancement.
Job-seekers can browse for jobs (by occupation/industry) and post your resume, as well as find tips
and other resources. Free to job-seekers.
Women's Village -- from IMDiversity.com, this site provides valuable
information on career opportunities as well as the tools needed to survive and
succeed in America's workplace.
Women's Work -- self-titled, "the business site for business women,"
this Web site includes all sorts of resources and links for women, including
business resources, forums and chats, shopping, and feature stories.
womenworking.com --
a career and networking site designed where working women who juggle a career and
personal life find strategies for success, including advice on navigating work/life, leadership, and advancement;
improving your business skills; and more. No cost to job-seekers.
Working Moms Refuge -- a site by working moms for
working moms. All sorts of information, resources, and advice -- with special sections related to career
management and opportunities, being a single mom, juggling work and parenthood, and other topics.
Free to job-seekers.
WWWomen -- The self-proclaimed premier search directory for women. Includes a
rather large directory of issues relating to women beyond (but including) career
and employment issues. Has one of the most vibrant and dynamic online communities for women, with
more than 50 different topics.
And for those looking for job and career advice in print, don't forget that for the
complete list of career books (including specific books for
women),
check out the Quintessential Careers
Bookstore, in association with Amazon Books.
If you don't find exactly the types of job sites you're looking for
on this page, check out: General Job Resources.
And if you are looking for a job in a specific occupation,
you might also want to look in the list of industry-specific job
Web sites.
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