Friday, September 28, 2007

Sources for Recruiting Women

From Barry Geiman barrygeiman@comcast.net

Recruiting Women
http://www.recruiting-online.com/course55a.html

Useful Lists

About.com (see women's)
Google's US list of women's business organizations and its other
list by industry
the top 100 companies for working mothers

DiversePRO has a list of 100+ women's organizations broken down by
category.

Finally, see our diversity resources list, which includes some
women-
focused groups.
Business (General)
Advancing Women
African American Women Online
The Albuquerque-
Santa Fe Women in Business Directory - longest
continually published women's directory in the US. AWBD is part of
a nationwide network of women's directories with women-owned businesses, women's services, and resources
American Association of University Women
American Business Women's Association
Asian Women in Business
Association of Women Professionals
Black Career Women
Business and Professional Women Association - has many local
chapters
Business Women's Network - see its list of women and minority
business resources
Career Woman 2000 - part of the Hire-Power network of sites
Career Women - sister site of DiversitySearch.com and
MBACareers.com
Catalyst
Center for Women & Enterprise
Classifieds for Women - powered by CareerEngine.com
Feminist Career Center
Forum for Women Entrepreneurs
General Federation of Woman's Clubs
Hispanic Women's Corporation
Home-Based Working Moms advocates home employment and home
businesses
to allow parents to spend more time with their children
The International Virtual Women's Chamber of Commerce - offers
micro-
businesswomen worldwide an online venue to form profitable
relationships and attend meetings and networking events virtually
iVillage - Online community for women (jobs in CareerBuilder
network)
Jewish Women International
Jobs4Women
lifeprint - formerly AlumnaeResources.com, it's a non-profit
primarily but not exclusively women-focused
National Association for Female Executives
National Association of Career Women
Organization of Women in International Trade
U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce - plethora of resources; a network
of affiliates that unite the women's marketplace whose mission is
to
develop leaders, accelerate economic growth and provide a community
voice for women.
Women-related Business, Work and Finance email lists - useful
listservs
Women Employed
Women Inc.
Women Leaders Online
Women and Minority Business Enterprise
Women's Professional Network
Womans-Work - Founded in 2000, allows searching by alternative work
arrangements
Women.com Careers
Women's Executive Network
Women's Net (another URL)
Women's JobSite
Women's Wire - search powered by Monster.com
WWWomen Search Directory - Very comprehensive list of trade
associations/career resources for women.
Communications
Association of Women in Communication (AWC Online) - job listing
page
is here
Association for Women in Sports Media
New York Women in Communications
Unique Women Marketing Association
Women in Agriculture
Women in Cable & Telecommunications Information - Founded in 1979,
WICT develops women leaders in cable and telecommunications
Engineering/Science/Construction
Association of Women Industrial Engineers
Association of Women in Metal Industries
Association of Women in Science
Committee on Women in Science and Engineering
National Association of Women in Construction
Professional Women in Construction
Society of Women Engineers
Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering - many
organizations
listed, but list has not been updated so many links are bad.
However,
type the organization name in your favorite search engine to find
the
current URL.
Women-related Science/Technology email lists - very targeted
listservs for women techies
Women Construction Owners and Execs
Women in Engineering Programs & Advocates Network
Women in IT & Engineering
Women's Engineering Society - UK-focused
Finance & Insurance
American Society of Women Accountants - job page here; has local
chapters
Association of Professional Insurance Women
Financial Women International
National Association of Insurance Women
Women in Asset Management
Womens Funding Network
IT/Computing (also see Communications)
Association for Women in Computing (or here) - links to many local
chapters
Cybergrrl - Online community for women; see its Yahoo-like
directory
of sites for, by and about women called Femina
DigitalEve - Professional society for women involved in Internet
industries (Boston chapter is particularly active), founded in
September 2000 by women formerly affiliated with the New York-based
Webgrrls (see below).
GirlGeeks - online community for women and girls interested in IT
created by the Bay Area Video Coalition, a non-profit focused on
new
media education and training for underserved groups.
The Institute for Women and Technology - Founded in 1997 to
increase
the impact of women on all aspects of technology
LinuxChix - a community for women who like Linux and to support
women
in computing. Over 10 listservs plus chat channels and 36 actual
chapters in 10 countries. The membership ranges from novice to
expert
programmers, system administrators and technical writers.
Systers - an informal organization for technical women in
computing.
Started in 1987, there are now over 2500 members in 38 countries;
affiliated with The Institute for Women and Technology
The Ada Project - TAP is a central clearinghouse for information
and
resources relating to women in computing
Webgrrls International - For women involved in Internet industries
(Microsoft ran diversity ad banners on its homepage in 2003)
Wise-Women - a world-wide, online community of web designers,
developers and programmers (formerly Women's New Media Association)
Women-related Science/Technology email lists - very targeted
listservs for women techies
Women in IT & Engineering - started Oct. 2001, but never took off
Women in Technology - has many local chapters and a job board
WorldWit - The umbrella group for 29 local listservs in the U.S.
and
abroad geared to women in technology (e.g., masswit-
subscribe@... is the subscription email address for the
Massachusetts list) as well as a separate jobs listserv for some
metro areas.
Legal
American Bar Assn. commission on women in the legal profession
League of Women Voters
Minority Corporate Counsel Assocation
National Organization for Women
Medical
American Association of Women Dentists
American Medical Women's Association
Association of Women Surgeons
Real Estate
Association of Real Estate Women - AREW is New York City-focused
CREW Network - A national association of women in the commercial
real
estate industry with chapters in many metropolitan areas (also
known
as National Network of Commercial Real Estate Women)
Women in Real Estate (W.I.R.E.)
Other
Association for Women in Architecture
Association of Women in Mathematics
Association of Women in Packaging
Women in Higher Education - tied to a national print publication

If you know of others, please email us and we will add appropriate
ones here.

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