In order to address historical race and gender gaps in the workforce, many industries have developed diversity recruitment programs. These programs focus on attracting, preparing, and placing underrepresented students for internships or jobs in these fields.
We have listed some recruitment programs and opportunities targeted to diverse candidates, but you should also search LionSHARE for more.
DIVERSITY RECRUITMENT PROGRAM |
INDUSTRY |
POPULATION |
PROGRAM RECRUITS
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STEM |
Persons with disabilities |
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Advertising |
Racial Minorities |
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Various |
Persons with disabilities |
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APS/IBM Research Internship for Underrrepresented Minority Students |
Science and Engineering |
Racial minorities |
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Finance |
Racial, gender, and/or sexual orientation minorities |
Yes | |
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Finance |
Women and ethnically diverse sophomores |
Yes |
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Gov’t/Public Service |
Racial minorities |
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Gov’t/Public Service |
Black students |
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Media — TV |
Racial, gender, and/or sexual orientation minorities |
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Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s Scholar Intern Programs |
Health Services, Accounting, Communications, Computer Science, Media/PR, Marketing |
Hispanic students |
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Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s Congressional Internship Program |
Gov’t/Public Service |
Hispanic students |
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Consulting |
Unspecified |
Yes |
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Media |
Racial minorities |
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Computer Science and Technology |
Women, Native American, African American, Hispanic, Students with disabilities |
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Gov’t/Public Service |
Racial minorities, people with disabilities, military veterans |
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Media — Film |
Unspecified |
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Media — TV |
Unspecified |
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Gov’t/Public Service |
Unspecified |
Yes |
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Arts Management |
Racial minorities |
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Financial Services |
Racial, gender, and/or sexual orientation minorities |
Yes |
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STEM |
Racial and gender minorities |
Yes |
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Various |
Hispanic students |
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Tech |
Racial, gender, and/or sexual orientation minorities |
Yes |
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Business |
Racial minorities |
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Financial Services |
Women |
Yes |
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Financial Services |
Women |
Yes |
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| General Recruiting |
Black, Hispanic, Native American |
Yes |
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General Recruiting |
Persons with disabilities |
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Business |
Racial minorities |
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Consulting |
Black and/or Hispanic |
Yes |
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Academia |
Racial minorities |
Yes |
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Law and Social Science |
African American, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, Native American, or |
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Various |
Racial Minorities/Multicultural |
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The Morris K. Udall Foundation Native American Congressional Internship |
Public Affairs |
Native American and Native Alaskan students |
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Public Affairs |
Racial minorities |
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Business |
Racial minorities |
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Arts Management |
Racial minorities |
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Smithsonian Institution Minority Awards Program for Visiting Students |
Arts Management |
Racial minorities |
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T. Howard Foundation Multimedia and Entertainment Internships |
Media |
Racial minorities |
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Energy |
Racial minorities |
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Media |
Unspecified |
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