3 ways women and students of color are approaching the job search differently

uccessfully recruiting diverse early-career talent requires an intentional approach. Although students from underrepresented backgrounds want many of the same things in a job as Gen Z overall—starting with stability and salary—their concerns, priorities, and goals also differ in some …

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Equity at Work: Fulfilling Its Promise through Process

Companies around the globe have responded to the demand for change to address social and racial inequities, pledging billions of dollars and making sweeping promises. Corporations want to drive fairness in the workplace and create sustainable change but rarely know …

By Amanda Nell
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Merlinda Francois, CEO and Business Coach, on Setting Your Own Criteria for “Being Aligned”

Working out of alignment can be detrimental for any professional or aspiring entrepreneur. Yet still, for many millennials, their hyper-competitiveness and need to keep up is the thing that leads to disorientation. There are dangers associated with simply doing “busy …

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Handshake Employees’ Best Career Advice for Students of Color 

At Handshake, team members share their experiences and get advice in dedicated identity-focused communities called employee resource groups (ERGs). Five members of Wakanda, a community of Black professionals ranging from interns to executives, spoke to the Handshake intern class and …

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How To Handle Microaggressions in the Workplace

Source: Indeed Career Development blog

Psychologist Derald W. Sue, author of “Microaggressions in Everyday Life”, defines microaggressions as, “The everyday slights, indignities, put-downs and insults that people of color, women, LGBT populations or those who are marginalized experience in their …

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Dismantling The Bamboo Ceiling

In her book “Breaking Through The Bamboo Ceiling,” author Jane Hyun acknowledges that she places a lot of responsibility on Asians to improve their circumstances in the workplace. But she also acknowledges, in an interview with The Atlantic, that it’s …

By Emily Mun
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Don’t Just Settle for a Mentor, Look for a Sponsor

Back in October, I attended a conference designed to help motivate and inspire new and future entrepreneurs. I listened with enthusiasm as a variety of industry leaders talked about their experiences, the good, the bad, and complicated parts of their …

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179 Businesses Owned by Asian American and Pacific Islander Women

Since the pandemic began, we’ve been asking the Ellevest community to support other women financially by sharing their favorite businesses led by women+ from communities that have been disproportionately affected.

For more than a year, Asian American and Pacific Islander …

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Asian American Organizations You Need to Know

Seramount has put together a list of key organizations serving the Asian-American and Pacific Islander community. For more information visit our Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (AAPIHM) resource hub.

Ascend

Ascend is the largest, non-profit Pan-Asian organization for …

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