As a person of color, you may face unique challenges as you search for opportunities and navigate the professional world. Career Services is committed to supporting students of color throughout their career exploration and professional development process. We are proud to partner with Greenfield Intercultural Center (GIC), La Casa Latina, PAACH, and Makuu to provide targeted resources for students of color. We encourage students to explore our resources to learn more about programs available to specific populations.
Search for Opportunities
Many organizations are interested in recruiting students from diverse backgrounds and cultural experiences. Career Services has created a running list of diversity recruitment programs that you may be interested in. In addition, to find other organizations and/or opportunities via Handshake, Penn Career Services website, and other job boards, there are specific keywords you can use to enhance your search. Read more about searching for a job or internship.
Try searching for the following keywords:
Your identity (e.g. Black, Latinx/Hispanic, Asian, Indigenous/Native etc.)
Identity specific programs will often contain the terms/phrases “people/students of color strongly encouraged”, “diversity”, “underrepresented”, “minority”.
Career Services offers a number of guides related to job searching, interviewing, negotiation and career development. As you investigate various industries, take advantage of opportunities to explore recruitment options promoting diversity and inclusion. Some companies offer pipeline programs or information sessions with current employees. Read more about our guides and resources.
Find Resources
On this page, we’ve compiled many resources to help you prepare for a career in the life or physical sciences. Of particular interest should be our industry specific job boards, as well as various scientific professional organizations.
This is part of a series of posts by recipients of the 2021 Career Services Summer Funding Grant. We’ve asked funding recipients to reflect on their summer experiences and talk about the industries in which they spent their summer. You …
This is part of a series of posts by recipients of the 2021 Career Services Summer Funding Grant. We’ve asked funding recipients to reflect on their summer experiences and talk about the industries in which they spent their summer. You …
This is part of a series of posts by recipients of the 2021 Career Services Summer Funding Grant. We’ve asked funding recipients to reflect on their summer experiences and talk about the industries in which they spent their summer. You …
Have you heard? Penn Career Services offers Summer Funding awards to support select students participating in work experiences that are unfunded or underfunded this summer.
You are invited to apply if you meet the following eligibility requirements:
With the summer internship search and post-graduation job search in full swing for many students, I couldn’t help but think about a NACE (National Association of Colleges and Employers) report I read in back in November 2021.
For almost 20 years, the Foundation has been providing financial support to multicultural individuals studying advertising, media, and/or the creatives …
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