Career Support for Students of Color
As staff and allies, we at the Northern Vermont University Career & Internship Center strive to provide a safe and welcoming environment for everyone. We promise to create this environment by challenging stereotypes and assumptions on campus while empowering individuals to challenge these off-campus.
How We Can Help
- Explore your individual talents, interests, and abilities
- Explore potential employers
- Become empowered to feel confident in what you have to offer the workforce
- Discover your unique career path
Make an appointment at your Career Center to learn more.
Diversity-Committed Employers
Diversity committed employers will have:
- A diversity statement
- A non-discrimination policy
- Offer employee support or networks for individuals of color
- Engage in diversity recruitment efforts
- Hold professional diversity memberships
- Demonstrate racial/ethnic diversity among senior management and the Board of Directors
Other Ways to Learn About an Employer’s Commitment to Diversity
- Search the internet to see if they have lawsuits or civil rights violations
- Visit the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s website which has an appellate briefs search
- Note recent changes or updates to policies and work culture which may indicate there has been a charge of discrimination
- When interviewing ask about workplace culture and diversity commitment with examples; additionally, ask the surrounding community members about the organization
Links and Resources
- National Association of Asian American Professionals
- Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement
- NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
- Directory of Diversity Employers
- GoldenSea’s 50 Great Employers for Asian Americans
- Vermont Family Network Cultural Competency Resources