Career Development
This page contains a variety of resources and tools to help you navigate your career.
GSSW Career Services is committed to supporting your professional development throughout your time at GSSW and beyond. We will help you articulate your skills, knowledge and experiences gained at GSSW and present yourself as a well-prepared, competitive applicant in the social work job market.
Contact:
- Phone: 303-871-6146
- Email: Stacy.Said@du.edu
- Office: Craig Hall 263
We welcome any feedback that you have on the resource list that follows. Please reach out via email or set up an appointment.
Career Platforms
Learning to navigate job boards and other career platforms is an important step in your career development journey. Learn about and register for each career platform.
The Field Database is maintained by the GSSW Field Office. Please visit the field page for more information.
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PCO (University of Denver Career Platform & Job Board)
PCO is the online job board and main career services platform for GSSW and the University of Denver. Through PCO you can view jobs, access the employer database, register for events and schedule an appointment with your career development advisor. You have access to PCO as a student and graduate of our program!
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Crimson Constellations
Crimson Constellations is a student and alumni networking platform for the University of Denver. Students, alumni, faculty/staff, and employers/community partners are all invited to set up an account. Through Crimson Constellations you can communicate directly with your network through the platform & can easily sync your LinkedIn profile for quick registration!
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GSSW Career Services Recordings via Canvas
GSSW records career events to provide additional opportunities for students and alumni to network and gain insight into the social work industry and develop career-readiness skills. Access these recordings through the GSSW Career Services resource on your Canvas learning management system.
Professional Associations
Maintain relevant professional memberships and build a network of colleagues to assist you as you move from student to graduate.
While it is important for every social worker to stay connected to others within the profession, there are many associations and organizations to consider. Keep your specific career path and professional needs in mind as you select organizations where you can both grow professionally and contribute to the organization.
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American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
The American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy represents the professional interests of more than 50,000 marriage and family therapists throughout the United States, Canada and abroad.
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Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
For over 50 years, the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies and its members have strived to alleviate human suffering through the application of scientific principles.
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The Association of Oncology Social Work
The Association of Oncology Social Work is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to the enhancement of psychosocial services for people with cancer and their families.
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Association of Veteran Affairs Social Workers
The Association of Veteran Affairs Social Workers helping to solidify social workers' sense of identity, independent voice and social work community throughout the VA health care system.
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Children’s Bureau
The Children’s Bureau partners with federal, state, tribal and local agencies to improve the overall health and well-being of children and families.
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Clinical Social Work Association
The Clinical Social Work Association is a national individual membership organization dedicated to providing essential services, products, professional support and national identity for clinical social workers.
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Colorado School Social Work Association
The Colorado School Social Work Association promotes the profession of school social work in Colorado to enhance the social emotional growth and academic outcomes of all students.
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Colorado Society for Clinical Social Work
The Colorado Society for Clinical Social Work advances the profession by providing opportunities for education, setting practice standards, promoting public recognition of the profession and advocating for protection of clinical social workers and their clientele.
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International OCD Foundation
The nonprofit International OCD Foundation serves a broad community of individuals with OCD and related disorders, their family members and loved ones, and mental health professionals and researchers around the world.
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International Federation of Social Workers
The International Federation of Social Workers is the global body for the profession. The federation and its national members strive for social justice, human rights and inclusive, sustainable social development through the promotion of social work best practice and engagement in international cooperation.
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National Association of Perinatal Social Workers
The National Association of Perinatal Social Workers works to promote, expand and enhance the role of social work in perinatal health care, helping individuals, families and communities respond to psychosocial issues that emerge during the period from pre-pregnancy through an infant’s first year of life.
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National Association of Social Workers
The National Association of Social Workers is the largest membership organization of professional social workers in the world. It works to enhance the professional growth and development of its members, to create and maintain professional standards, and to advance sound social policies.
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School Social Work Association of America
The School Social Work Association of America empowers school social workers and promotes the profession to enhance the social and emotional growth and academic outcomes of all students nationally and globally.
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Social Work Hospice & Palliative Care Network
The Social Work Hospice & Palliative Care Network promotes advancement of knowledge and best practices for hospice and palliative care social workers to ensure access to expert social work services for all patients and families facing serious illness.
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Society for Social Work Leadership in Health Care
The Society for Social Work Leadership in Health Care promotes the universal availability, accessibility, coordination and effectiveness of health care, with a focus on the psychosocial components of health and illness.
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Society for Social Work and Research
The Society for Social Work and Research is a nonprofit professional membership organization that supports social workers, social welfare professionals, social work students, social work faculty and researchers in related fields.
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Society for Transplant Social Workers
The Society for Transplant Social Workers is a professional membership organization dedicated to clinical excellence, research and education on psychosocial issues and peer support among solid organ transplant social workers.
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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is the agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that leads public health efforts to advance the behavioral health of the nation. SAMHSA's mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America's communities.
Identity-Based Career Resources
This growing list of identity-based career resources can be utilized by students and graduates who identify with a specific identity and/or intersecting identities as they work through their job search process and beyond.
As the GSSW Career Service Office connects with additional resources and tools, they will be added. If you have insight into an additional resource that has been helpful to you, please share it with gssw.careers@du.edu so that it can be promoted to all GSSW students and alumni.
- African American/Black
- American Indian/Indigenous
- Asian American, East & South Asian
- People with Disabilities
- Latinx/Hispanic
- LGBTQIA+
- Middle Eastern
- Veterans
- Older-Aged Workers
- Women
The following platforms intersect different identities:
Diversity Jobs
The Diversity Jobs website promotes diversity and inclusion in the workplace by creating a space where diversity-minded employers engage the best and brightest diverse talent.
Diversity Employers
This job board features career opportunities targeting new college graduates of diverse backgrounds in every industry nationwide.
Diversity Working
This website is the career opportunity resource and job search engine for the cultural diversity marketplace.
IMDiversity
This website includes an employer directory, diversity news and identity-specific "Diversity Villages," including the Minorities Global Village.
African American/Black
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Online Resources & Job Boards
- The National Association of Black Social Workers: A listing of open positions and an employer directory
- IMDiversity: Employer directory, diversity news and identity-specific "Diversity Villages," including the African American Village
- Black Career Network: Government, public service, nonprofit, research, medical and health care jobs
- African American and Black Jobs: Connecting African American and Black professionals with employers who embrace diversity
- Equal Opportunity Publications: Job board and resource center
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Publications & Articles
- The Memo: A variety of career resources, including career boot camps with the mission of motivating and encouraging women of color to achieve their personal and professional goals
- Black EOE Journal: America's Leading African American business and career magazine
- The Black Perspective: Dedicated to promoting diversity and inclusion in America’s employment and education
- The Black Enterprise: The premier business, investing and wealth-building resource for African Americans
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Organizations
- Black Career Women's Network: A national career development organization dedicated to fostering the professional growth of Black women
- Congressional Black Caucus Foundation: Advancing the global Black community by developing leaders, informing policy and educating the public
- National Urban League: Enabling African Americans and other underserved urban residents to secure economic self-reliance, parity, power and civil rights
- Colorado Black Chamber of Commerce: A vital hub connecting African American business owners and entrepreneurs with the resources needed to assist them in growing their enterprise and creating new economic opportunities and job growth in Denver and surrounding communities
- The National Association of Black Social Workers: Enhancing the quality of life and empowering people of African ancestry through advocacy, human services delivery and research
- Minority & Women's Chamber Coalition: Colorado's voice for minority and women in business
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP): Grassroots activism for civil rights and social justice
- National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Clubs: Promoting and protecting the interests of African American business and professional women
- National Coalition of 100 Black Women: Promoting leadership development and gender equity in the areas of health, education and economic empowerment
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State & Federal Laws
- U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: African Americans in the American Workforce
- U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: Race/Color Discrimination
American Indian/Indigenous
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Online Resources & Job Boards
- Indian Health Service: An agency within the Department of Health and Human Services that is responsible for providing federal health services to American Indians and Alaska Natives
- Native American Jobs and Career Resources: Employment opportunities for all people from diverse, Indigenous and minority cultures
- National Congress of American Indians: Job opportunities submitted by employers that are American Indian, Native Hawaiian or Alaska Native businesses, governments or organizations
- Native Hire: Native America's premier employment resource
- USA Jobs Native American Resources: Indian Preference within the USAjobs job board
- IMDiversity: An employer directory, diversity news and identity-specific "Diversity Villages," including the Native American Village.
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Publications & Articles
- Indian Country Today: The voice of Indigenous people throughout the Americas
- Infotracer United States Tribes: History and Resources about Native American tribes in the United States
- Tribal College: Journal of American Indian Higher Education
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Organizations
- Women Empowering Women for Indigenous Nations: Strengthening and sustaining tribal cultures and supporting and encouraging tribal leadership
- Division of Indian and Native American Programs: Providing employment and training services to low-income and unemployed American Indians, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians
- National Congress of American Indians: The oldest, largest and most representative American Indian and Alaska Native organization serving the broad interests of tribal governments and communities
- Indian & Native American Programs Workforce Development: Indian and Native American Program’s community site for Section 166 grantees
- Native American Disability Law Center: Advocating for the rights of Native Americans with disabilities in the Four Corners area
- Rocky Mountain Indian Chamber of Commerce: Assists commerce that benefits American Indian Communities through economic development
- Minority & Women's Chamber Coalition: Colorado's voice for minority and women in business
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State & Federal Laws
- Division of Indian and Native American Programs Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)
- Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Section 166
Asian American, East & South Asian
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Online Resources & Job Boards
- National Association of Asian American Professionals: Everything you need to make your resume stand out, ace the interview, advance your career and navigate the digital world through social media and digital communication
- Asian Career Network: Events and platforms for employers and job seekers to network and discuss employment opportunities
- Asian Jobs: A central recruiting location for bilingual individuals from around the world
- IMDiversity: Employer directory, diversity news and identity-specific "Diversity Villages," including the Asian Village
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Publications & Articles
- The Memo: A variety of career resources, including career boot camps with the mission of motivating and encouraging women of color to achieve their personal and professional goals
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Organizations
- Asian Chamber of Commerce: Supporting and promoting businesses locally and nationally
- The Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum: Influencing policy, mobilizing communities and strengthening programs and organizations to improve the health of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders
- South Asian Americans Leading Together: A national movement strategy and advocacy organization committed to racial justice through structural change
- Asian American Government Executives Network: Promotes, expands and supports Asian American and Pacific Islander leadership in government by holding leadership workshops, senior executive service development programs and one-on-one mentoring and coaching sessions
- The Center for Asian Pacific American Women: The premier organization developing Asian America and Pacific Islander women to be impactful and influential leaders
- Minority & Women's Chamber Coalition: Colorado's voice for minority and women in business
- State & Federal Laws
People with Disabilities
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Online Resources & Job Boards
- Disability Equality Index: A national, transparent benchmarking tool that offers businesses an opportunity to receive an objective score on their disability inclusion policies and practices
- Job Accommodation Network Disability Disclosure: Resource on disability disclosure and the Americans with Disabilities Act
- Sierra Group Foundation: A resource on disability and employment
- Job Accommodation Network: Free, expert, confidential guidance on job accommodations and disability employment issues
- Ability JOBS: Leading job site for people with disabilities
- Ability Links: A leading online community for job seekers with disabilities and inclusive employers
- Chronically Capable: Leading the flexible work revolution for job seekers with chronic illnesses and disabilities.
- CSDWorks: Providing specialized services and educational materials, and building support systems that set Deaf and hard-of-hearing job seekers up for sustainable success
- DeafJobWizard: A job board that only lists Deaf-related jobs for both Deaf and hearing job seekers
- DisABLED Person: Working to reduce the unemployment rate of individuals and veterans with disabilities
- Project Hired/Ability at Work: Free job search assistance to people with disabilities in the San Francisco Bay Area
- Getting Hired: Helping employers to create an inclusive and diverse workforce for job seekers and their employees
- Recruit Disability: The Sierra Group job board
- Employer Assistance and Resource Network: Helping employers to tap the benefits of disability diversity and build inclusive workplace cultures
- USAJobs: Individuals with a disability can apply and compete for any job for which they are eligible and meet the qualifications and may also be eligible for a special hiring authority
- U.S. Department of Labor Office of Disability Employment Policy: Resource on "Youth, Disclosure, and the Workplace Why, When, What & How"
- U.S. Office of Personnel Management: Information on disability employment
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Publications & Articles
- A Guide for People with Disabilities Seeking Employment
- The Idealist Guide to Working (and living) with Chronic Illness and Disability
- Ability Magazine: Providing new insights into individual levels of ability
- Interview Tips & Decoding the Questions: A guide to job interviews for students with Asperger’s and ASD
- Should You Disclose Your ADHD at Work? Survey Says...
- Disclosure Decisions—To Get the Job
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Organizations
- American Association of People with Disabilities: A convener, connector and catalyst for change, increasing the political and economic power of people with disabilities
- Attention Deficit Disorder Association: Helping adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) to lead better lives
- Colorado Neurodiversity Chamber of Commerce: Providing strategies and opportunities to optimize business growth by building an authentically diverse and equality-based workplace while furthering opportunities for neurodiverse individuals to excel in business and leadership
- Native American Disability Law Center: Advocating for the rights of Native Americans with disabilities in the Four Corners area
- ADA National Network: Information, guidance and training on the Americans with Disabilities Act
- National Organization on Disability: Increasing employment opportunities for Americans with disabilities
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State & Federal Laws
- Americans with Disabilities Act
- The ADA: Your Responsibilities as an Employer
- Social Security Administration
- U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: Depression, PTSD, & Other Mental Health Conditions in the Workplace: Your Legal Rights
- U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: The ABCs of SCHEDULE A Tips for Applicants with Disabilities on Getting Federal Jobs
- U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: Disability Discrimination
Latinx/Hispanic
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Online Resources & Job Boards
- Hispanic & Latinx Jobs: An online employment site dedicated to bringing diversity to the American workforce
- Saludos: Joining the Hispanic bilingual professional with companies looking for diversity in the workplace
- Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement: Job board for Latino professionals
- iHispano: Connecting diverse talent with great opportunities.
- IMDiversity: Employer directory, diversity news and identity-specific "Diversity Villages," including the Hispanic Village
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Publications & Articles
- Hispanic Network Magazine: A Latino business and employment magazine
- The Memo: A variety of career resources, including career boot camps to motivate and encourage women of color to achieve their personal and professional goals
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Organizations
- The Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement: A national nonprofit dedicated to the employment, development and advancement of current and aspiring Latino professionals
- Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute: Developing the next generation of Latino leaders
- National Association of Puerto Rican Hispanic Social Workers: Organizing social workers and other human service professionals to strengthen, develop and improve the resources and services that meet the needs of Puerto Rican/Hispanic families
- Association of Latina/Latino Social Work Educators: Supporting the advancement of social work education, especially among the Latino population
- Hispanic/Latino Professionals Association: Providing diversity-based recruiting resources for employers as well as job and career information for individuals and job seekers
- United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce: Representing over 4.7 million Hispanic-owned businesses
- Minority & Women's Chamber Coalition: Colorado's voice for minority and women in business
- Colorado Hispanic Chamber of Commerce: Promoting and advancing the growth of the Hispanic businesses
- State & Federal Laws
LGBTQIA+
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Online Resources & Job Boards
- LGBTQIA+ Jobs: Connecting LGBTQIA+ professionals with employers who embrace diversity
- CLEAR: Career resources and job board
- Out Professionals: Job opportunities for LGBTQ professionals
- PinkJobs: LGBT+ friendly, equal opportunity jobs and candidates
- Pro Gay Jobs: The leading organization dedicated exclusively to the employment needs of the LGBT professional workforce
- Out & Equal: Employer directory and job board
- Rocky Mountain Equality: Job board
- Out For Work: Career center resources, an annual conference, a job board and more
- LGBT Connect: Employer directory and job board connecting employers with the LGBT community
- LGBTQ Professional Recruitment Events: Annual LGBTQ+ focused recruitment events
- Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index: A national benchmarking tool on corporate policies, practices and benefits pertinent to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer employees
- Colorado LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce: Business directory
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Publications & Articles
- Trans Job Seeker Guide: Overcoming obstacles in the job market
- A CLEAR Guide to LGBTQ Resumes
- Job Searching While LGBTQ: How to Find a Truly Inclusive Place to Work
- Addressing Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination in Federal Civilian Employment: A Guide to Employment Rights, Protections, and Responsibilities
- Your Rights When Coming Out at Work
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Organizations
- National Association of Social Workers LGBTQIA2S+: Tools and resources to enhance social workers’ capacity to support LGBTQ people across the lifespan
- National Association of Social Workers Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Issues: Develops, reviews and monitors programs of the Association that significantly affect gay men, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people.
- GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders (GLAD): Working to create a just society free of discrimination based on gender identity and expression, HIV status and sexual orientation
- Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals: Working toward the liberation of LGBTQ people in higher education
- Out Professionals: The nation’s leading LGBTQ networking organization
- National LGBT Chamber of Commerce: The business voice of the LGBTQ community
- Colorado LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce: Empowering economic growth within the Colorado LGBTQ+ business community
- ONE Colorado: The state’s leading advocacy organization dedicated to advancing equality for (LGBTQ) Coloradans and their families
- Queer Business Alliance: Offering events and experiences designed to foster connection and advance LGBTQ+ professionals
- State & Federal Laws
Middle Eastern
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Online Resources & Job Boards
- Imams Online: An easily accessible online portal serving as a voice, information and career-placement initiative aimed at prospective Islamic leaders, Imams, Chaplains, Alims, and Aalimahs
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Publications & Articles
- Accommodating Islam in the Workplace: A Work in Progress
- The Memo: Career resources, including career boot camps to motivate and encourage women of color to achieve their personal and professional goals
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Organizations
- The National Iranian American Council: Giving voice to the Iranian American community
- State & Federal Laws
Veterans
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Online Resources & Job Boards
- Veterans Employment Toolkit: Answers and resources in finding and obtaining employment, making career decisions and excelling in the workplace
- Military Skills Translator: Tool to match military experience to civilian jobs
- USAJobs: Veterans’ preference may provide job seekers with preference over non-veteran applicants
- Feds Hire Vets: Federal employment information for veterans, transitioning military service members, their families, and federal hiring officials
- AMVets: Job board for veterans
- Job Opportunities for DisABLED Veterans: Job board for disabled veterans
- Recruit Military: Connect with employers looking specifically for veterans, military spouses and transitioning military members, including resources, job boards and career fairs
- Veterans Enterprise: Military and veteran business network, including resources, job boards and career fairs
- 100,000 Jobs Mission: Addressing the most pressing needs of veterans in finding and keeping jobs
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: Careers and employment information and tools
- Corporate Gray: Find jobs posted by hundreds of military-friendly companies nationwide
- Department of Defense: Explore employment opportunities
- Diversity Working/Veterans: The largest diversity job board for veterans
- G.I. Jobs: Helping military veterans and spouses find civilian jobs
- Hire Veterans: Marketplace to search and find top veteran jobs
- Hire a Veteran Colorado: The Colorado Department of Labor & Employment's Veteran Employment Specialists provide 1:1 assistance to eligible veterans and spouses seeking employment
- Hire Heroes: Veteran employment nonprofit
- Military Hire: The Military Friendly Company survey investigates and identifies the organizations whose commitment to serving the military and veteran community is comprehensive in scope and meaningful in terms of actual outcomes and impact
- Veteran Recruiting: Nationwide virtual career fairs for veterans and military spouses
- Publications & Articles
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Organizations
- Department of Veterans Affairs: Providing veterans the world-class benefits and services they have earned
- Disabled American Veterans (DAV): Providing support for veterans of all generations and their families, including connecting veterans with meaningful employment, hosting job fairs and providing resources
- American Corporate Partners: Easing the transition from the military to the civilian workforce through national corporate career counseling for returning veterans and active duty military spouses
- Call of Duty Endowment: Identifies and funds the most efficient and effective organizations that get unemployed veterans back to work
- Hire Heroes USA: Helping U.S. military members, veterans and military spouses find new careers
- Job Accommodations Network: Providing publications and resources as a way to share accommodation situations and solutions for veterans and service members in need
- Veteran’s Enterprise: Military and veteran business network, including resources and articles
- Wounded Warrior Project: The Warriors to Work program provides warriors and their family members with the resources and assistance they need to be successful in the civilian workforce
- State & Federal Laws
Older-Aged Workers
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Online Resources & Job Boards
- Age Friendly Employers: Certified age-friendly employer program
- Retirement Jobs: Jobs for age 50+ job seekers
- Wahve (Work At Home Vintage Experts): Bringing together "pretiring" professionals and businesses so companies get highly skilled workers with the exact talent they need and retiring workers get to continue their careers working from home
- National Experienced Workforce Solutions: Connects professionals age 55+ with part-time and full-time opportunities nationwide
- Publications & Articles
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Organizations
- Age Friendly Institute: Elevating age-friendly initiatives and providing a platform for capturing feedback about them from older adults
- Strategic Planning Group on Aging: Producing a comprehensive strategic action plan on aging to prepare for the wide-ranging effects of the demographic shift in Colorado's older adult population, so that all Coloradans may continue to age with dignity and maximum quality of life
- State & Federal Laws
Women
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Online Resources & Job Boards
- Advancing Women: A top women and diversity recruiting site
- Feminist Majority Foundation: Job board
- IMDiversity: Employer directory, diversity news and identity-specific "Diversity Villages," including the Women's Village
- Fairy God Boss: Job and company reviews for women
- Women For Hire: The leading women's and diversity career recruitment specialist
- Women’s Job List: Helping employers to promote diversity and inclusion within their workplaces and provide job seekers with easy access to those companies
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Publications & Articles
- 42 Resources for Women in Leadership and Business
- Career Contessa: Helps working women be more fulfilled, healthy and successful at work
- The Glass Hammer: Offering career advice and executive coaching for experts, managers and leaders who work in financial and professional services, technology, big law and Fortune 1000 firms
- The Memo: A variety of career resources, including career boot camps with to motivate and encourage women of color to achieve their personal and professional goals
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Professional Organizations
- Black Career Women's Network: A national career development organization dedicated to fostering the professional growth of Black women
- Colorado Women's Chamber of Commerce: Providing opportunities that better the community and economy and help women grow their businesses and their careers
- Federally Employed Women: An advocacy group to improve the status of women employed by the federal government
- Institute for Women’s Policy Research: A nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that engages in research and dissemination to shape public policy and improve the lives and opportunities of women from diverse backgrounds
- Minority & Women's Chamber Coalition: Colorado's voice for minority and women in business
- National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Clubs: Promoting and protecting the interests of women business owners and professionals
- National Coalition of 100 Black Women: Promoting leadership development and gender equity in the areas of health, education and economic empowerment
- National Organization for Women (NOW): Working to elect more uncompromising feminists to the White House and Congress
- The Women's Foundation of Colorado: A unity foundation creating more pathways to economic security for Colorado women
- Women Empowering Women for Indigenous Nations: Strengthening and sustaining tribal cultures and supporting and encouraging tribal leadership
- State & Federal Laws
