African American

Internships

• INROADS
• Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO)
• Minority Access Internship Program
• Multicultural Advertising Intern Program (MAIP)
  American Association of Advertising Agencies (AAAA)
  This award is designed to support African-American, Asian-American, Hispanic-American, and Native-American college students majoring in advertising, marketing, communication, liberal arts, English, or who are able to demonstrate a strong desire to pursue career in advertising.
• CBS Diversity Internships
  CBS offers a multitude of internship opportunities in divisions throughout the company that are open to all those who apply, providing they meet the outlined criteria. CBS's internship programs span communications, marketing, IT, and other professional areas.
• Center for Disease Control - Office of Minority Health (OMH) - Training Opportunities
  OMH supports training opportunities for qualified students at all levels of their education in order to increase the capacity of the organizations in which these students will work in the future . Whether you are looking for a summer internship or a year-long fellowship, you can gain valuable public health experience in one of the programs linked from this page. Also links to opportunities outside CDC and OMH.
• UNCF
• MLT – Management Leadership for Tomorrow
• The Institute for Responsible Citizenship
• Katz Media Group
• T. Howard Foundation
• Institute for Responsible Citizenship - Dynamic Internship Program for Black Males
• Lehman Brothers/ MLT Wall Street 101
• CHCI Washington DC Internship
• Goldman Sachs 2008 Diversity and Women's Conference
• Advertising Industry Diversity Job Fair
• The Official Diversity Campus Career Guide for Minority Students at Colleges and Universities (Magazine)
• Equal Opportunity – The Career Guide for Minority Graduates

Scholarships

• JP Morgan's Launching Leaders Scholarship Program has been named one of Vault Inc.'s Top 10 Internships. Black, Hispanic and Native American students with a 3.5 GPA who are interested in Financial Services are eligible to apply. The program includes life-changing internship opportunities as well as scholarships of up to $10,000 a year.
• Goldman Sachs' Diversity Internships and Scholarships offers several opportunities both in the U.S. and abroad for Black, Hispanic and Native American students, students with disabilities and women.
• Microsoft Corporation encourages undergraduate students from groups currently underrepresented in the field of computer science to pursue technical degrees.
• Institute for Responsible Citizenship
• 100 Hispanic Women

Full-Time Job Search

• The Black Collegian Online - The job board for this well regarded site.
• The Black EOE Journal - Job board plus other valuable resources.
• HireDiversity - Job board focused on various diverse populations.
• National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) - A job board for accounting, finance, IT, and other career fields.
• IMDiversity Career Center - Another job board focused on diverse job seekers.
• Diversity Career Expos - Information on job and career fairs in several cities.
• Black Enterprise - Job seekers can use a search engine to view positions by function, salary or zip code and read career advice and lists of top black-owned enterprises.
• Black Voices - The career center of Black Voices provides a search engine of over 13,000 jobs and a resume database specifically geared towards minorities.
• Blackworld
• Gannett Talent Development Program - This site runs a search engine for thousands of jobs nationally and internationally, includes a resume database, professional links, and information about business opportunities.
• Diversity Leaders Power Conference
• Goldman Sachs 2008 Diversity and Women's Conference
• Advertising Industry Diversity Job Fair
• The Official Diversity Campus Career Guide for Minority Students at Colleges and Universities (Magazine)
• Equal Opportunity – The Career Guide for Minority Graduates
• Diversity Inc. Magazine – 2007 Top 50 Companies for Diversity

Networking Links/Professional Associations

• Diversity Resource Links
  A list of professional associations for African Americans and other diverse groups.
• Academic and Professional Associations
• National Society for Black Engineers
• Katz Media Group
• Institute for Responsible Citizenship
• National Black Law Students Association
• National Association of Black Journalists 

Business

• Black Data Processing Associates - More than 55 chapters. Open to African Americans in data processing and related fields.
• National Association of Black Accountants - Membership includes more than 200,000 African American professionals in accounting and finance.
• National Association of African Americans in Human Resources - A national organization of human resource professionals with 26 local chapters; includes consultants and students.
• National Black Business Trade Association - A self-help resource and networking group founded in 1993 that provides businesspeople with information, products, services and technologies.
• National Black MBA Association - A 6000-member professional organization made up of African American graduates with MBAs and advanced degrees. Established in 1970, its mission is to increase the number and diversity of African Americans in business.
• National Sales Network - An association of African American sales and sales management professionals. Organized in 1992, with more than 1,200 members in nine chapters.

Design

• Organization of Black Designers - Comprised of 3,500 design professionals in visual communications, as well as graphic, interior, fashion and industrial design.

Engineering and Science

• American Association of Blacks in Energy - 33 chapters. Specialties include energy policy, technology and the environment.
• National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers - Organized in 1972 to build a community of minority scientists and engineers; 21 professional chapters plus others at colleges and universities.
• National Society of Black Engineers - Started in 1975, it now has more than 10,000 members, 270 college and university chapters, 75 alumni extension chapters and 75 precollege chapters. The group's mission is to increase the number of African American engineers, as well as help them succeed professionally and to give back to their communities.
• National Society of Black Physicists - The largest organization of African American physicists; 16 sections ranging from astronomy, astrophysics and nuclear physics to technology transfer, business development and entrepreneurship. Its mission is to promote the professional well-being of African American physicists within the international scientific community.

Food Services

• BCA - Incorporated as the Black Culinarian Alliance in 1998 and now known by its acronym. A national educational and networking organization that serves African American and other minority professionals working in hospitality and food services.

General

• 100 Black Men of America - Founded in 1963; now 105-plus chapters with more than 10,000 members. Its mission includes leadership, mentoring, education, health and economic development.

Government

• Blacks in Government - Members are civil servants at the federal, state, county and municipal levels. Founded in 1975; 50 chapters include the Departments of State and Homeland Security, the Coast Guard and the National Institutes of Health.

Healthcare

• National Black Nurses Association - Organized in 1971; 76 chapters represent more than 150,000 African American nurses in the US, Caribbean and Africa.
• National Medical Association - The oldest (founded 1895) and largest national professional organization for African American physicians. A leading force for parity in medicine, it provides educational programs and conducts outreach efforts.
• Student National Medical Association - The largest organization focused on the needs and concerns of African American medical students and residents.

Law and Criminal Justice

• National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice - State and local chapters across the US. Members include law enforcement personnel, corrections officers, court employees, social services workers, academics and clergy.
• National Bar Association - An advocate for social justice since 1925; promotes professional development for African Americans in the legal profession. More than 20,000 member lawyers, judges, educators and law students.
• National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives - Founded in 1976; more than 3,500 members. Public service organization serves as the "conscience of law enforcement."

Media

• National Association of Black Journalists - A professional organization for African Americans working in print, radio, television, new media and related areas; founded in 1975.

Other

• Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships – Predoctoral
  The Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.
• Society of Wetland Scientists - Minority Undergraduate Travel/Mentoring Awards
  The Society of Wetland Scientists (SWS) announces the availability of minority undergraduate student awards for travel to attend the annual SWS meeting - May 26-30, 2008 in Washington, DC. SWS is committed to increasing membership diversity and is offering full travel awards for support of undergraduate students from underrepresented groups.
• Goldman Sachs 2008 Diversity and Women's Conference
• The Official Diversity Campus Career Guide for Minority Students at Colleges and Universities (Magazine)