Career Services is committed to supporting women in their career exploration and professional development and to provide targeted resources that may be helpful to them. We encourage you to explore the resources on this page and throughout the Career Services website. Penn students and alumni can also schedule an appointment to meet with a career advisor by logging into Handshake.
Search for Opportunities
Many organizations are interested in diversifying their workforce, including hiring more women. Career Services has created a running list of diversity recruitment programs that may interest you. You may also want to review the resources linked at the bottom of the page. Read more about searching for a job or internship.
Negotiation Tools
Unfortunately there still exists a gender wage gap in many parts of the world, including the United States. Check out these resources to help you research salaries and negotiate offers. You can also log in to Big Interview with your Penn Key to access an extensive negotiation curriculum.
Connect with Penn Women's Center
The Penn Women’s Center works with students, staff and faculty of all genders and identities. The Center’s mission is to promote gender justice, and to empower, support, and advance personal and professional development for women and female identified persons.
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.
In my junior year of high school, I finally got to experience the practicalities of my passion: biological research. It was my first time in a certified lab, so I didn’t know what …
Walking into a four-bed emergency department for the first time, I was greeted with an ambulance call. The paramedic excitedly reported two people were ejected from a vehicle and in critical condition – ETA 10 minutes. As I turned to greet …
I would like to begin by thanking the Career Services Summer Funding Committee for granting me the funding to take advantage of an opportunity to intern with the Florida State Attorney’s Office …
In recent years, more and more institutions of higher education are requesting applicants to graduate programs to write a statement of diversity. A diversity statement, also sometimes referred to as a personal history statement, is used by these institutions to …
By Doris Tabassum
Doris TabassumAssociate Director, Graduate School Advising
‘This summer, I had the privilege of working for the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia as a research assistant in the department of radiation oncology. As a member of the Hao Huang laboratory, I …
PoliCorner.org is a free political internship and jobs platform connecting Penn students with 2,000+ political and public service internships and career …
Cold Spring Harbor LaboratoryView All Jobs
Atlantic RecordsView All Jobs
NJ Department of Environmental ProtectionView All Jobs
Jefferies, LLCView All Jobs
BungieView All Jobs
University of Pennsylvania - Office of InvestmentsView All Jobs
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureView All Jobs
J. Paul Getty TrustView All Jobs
