5 Career Websites for African American Students

Many career websites offer career advice and resources for African American college students and alumni. To compile this list we asked - what kind of career advice and resources are relevant for the African American college student and alumni today? These 5 career websites meet the needs of African American college students in different ways but are all relevant. College students should connect with these career websites via Twitter, Facebook or subscribe for current career information.

Career Websites for African American College Students: #1 - HBCUConnect.com

This career website is the largest gathering online of African American college students and alumni who have attended Historically Black College or Universities (HBCU's). This career website has a social networking platform for college students and alumni to connect with each other and communicate around mutual interests from HBCU homecoming to scholarships. This career website has an extensive job board with companies interested in recruiting diverse candidates. African American college students and alumni upload resumes for employer searches.

Career Websites for African American College Students: #2 - TheHBCUCareerCenter.com

TheHBCUCareerCenter.com career website focuses only on the professional and career development of diverse college students, alumni and staff of HBCU's through regular updates on career events, internships, study abroad programs, diversity fairs and leadership programs as well as offering tips on resume writing, interviewing and job search strategies. TheHBCUCareerCenter.com career website supports HBCU employees with the first job board dedicated to HBCU jobs to assist HBCU's to target professionals to support their institution's mission, HBCU-HR content and publishes a quarterly career newsletter for HBCU staff.

Career Websites for African American College Students: #3 - HBCU-Careers.net

This career website targets African American students and career centers at Historically Black Colleges and Universities through a bi-annual magazine and online job announcements from employers recruiting diverse talent. The career website features career articles written by HBCU career professionals. These career articles offer information for college students on how to conduct successful job and internship searches. Two articles from this career website are Taking the Fear out of Salary Negotiations and Behavioral Interviewing; Letting your past behavior dictate future performance.

Career Websites for African American College Students: #4 - BlackCollegian.com

BlackCollegian.com describes their career website as the "Career Site for African American College Students." The print edition is free for college career centers and has wide distribution as a resource for African American college students and students of color across America. The online service has a career center featuring articles, advice, news, tools and examples to help students succeed in jobs and internships. Articles such as You're a Graduate and No Job...Now What? offer practical career advice from career, HR professionals and staff writers.

Career Websites for African American College Students: #5 - LovickCareer.com

African American college students can visit lovickcareer.com career website and select links to industry clusters to learn about employment opportunities. LovickCareer.com publishes the Minority Career Journal quarterly which is distributed to college career centers. Each issue has editorial content dedicated to a pertinent employment issue. For example the Winter 2010/ 2011 issue featured HBCU's and the Spring 2011 issue features the US auto industry. The Minority Career Journal has over 20 000 subscribers.