Human Resources, Training & Development

Areas & Employers For Work:

Human Resources Management/Development

• Human Resources: benefits, compensation, employee relations, recruiting, retention, equal employment opportunity, policy development (Financial Institutions; Manufacturing Firms; Hospitals & Healthcare Organizations; Educational Institutions; Employment & Staffing Agencies; Federal/State/Local Government)
• Training & Development: industrial & technology training; employee & organizational development; performance improvement; organizational change (Consulting Firms; Retail & Customer Service Industries; Business & Industry; Educational Institutions)
• Nonprofit: development, volunteer coordination, programming, administration (Community Agencies; Healthcare Organizations; Private Foundations)
• Business: management, customer service, marketing (Private & Public Corporations)
• Industrial/Organizational Psychology: organizational development, assessment & evaluation, performance appraisal, job analysis, teaching (Consulting Firms; Universities; Private & Public Companies; Government Agencies; Military Research Organizations; Test Preparation Companies)
• Law (Law Firms; Federal/State/Local Government; Private Practice; Corporations; Universities; Nonprofit & Public Interest Organizations)

Professional Associations & Job Search Sites:

• Advancing Women http://www.advancingwomen.com (focused on careers & business for women & diverse populations)
• American Business Women's Association http://www.abwa.org
• American Society for Training & Development (ASTD) http://jobs.astd.org/search/browse/
• Association for Human Resource Management www.ihrim.org
• BPW International http://www.bpw-international.org (International Federation of Business & Professional Women)
• Catalyst http://www.catalyst.org (works with businesses to help build inclusive work environments)
• Career Marketplace http://careermarketplace.com (includes: accounting, business, human resources, information technology, & sales/marketing)
• Electronic Recruiting Exchange, Inc. http://www.ere.net 
• HR Industry News http://www.hrnewswatch.com
• HR JobNet http://www.hrjobnet.com
• HR Staffers http://www.hrstaffers.com
• HR World http://www.hrworld.com
• Indeed http://www.indeed.com
• International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans http://www.ifebp.org
• Job Postings for Benefits & HR Professionals http://ifebp.org/Resources/Jobs+and+Resumes/Jobs/default.htm
• Labor & Employment Relations Association http://www.leraweb.org
• Making the Difference (Business) http://www.makingthedifference.org/federalcareers/business.shtml (federal government careers)
• Making the Difference (Communications) http://www.makingthedifference.org/federalcareers/communications.shtml (federal government careers)
• Recruiters Network http://www.recruitersnetwork.com/jobs4hr.htm
• Recruiting Crossing http://www.recruitingcrossing.com/
• Simply Hired http://www.simplyhired.com
• Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) http://jobs.shrm.org/home/
• Training Crossing http://www.trainingcrossing.com/
• World at Work http://www.worldatwork.org

Information compiled from:

• University of Delaware Career Services Center:
  http://www.udel.edu/CSC/women.html
• University of North Carolina-Wilmington Career Services:
  http://www.uncw.edu/stuaff/career/Majors/hr.htm
• University of Pennsylvania Career Services:
  http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/undergrad/resourcesbyfield/main.html
• University of Tennessee-Knoxville Career Services:
  http://career.utk.edu/wcidwtm/pdf/humanresources.pdf

Disclosure: Please take note that while this is a sampling of some of our favorite resources for job hunting and career research, inclusion does not represent an endorsement by UWW Career & Leadership Development.

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