Job Search Resources for WOMEN’S STUDIES Majors In the Women's Studies program, female and male students have a unique opportunity to study a wide variety of disciplines taught from a perspective emphasizing women's issues in those fields. Reflecting the vitality of recent scholarship, these courses examine women's experiences; look critically at cultural myths and assumptions, and review accepted perceptions that have characterized women in a variety of academic disciplines. Occupations to Consider Admissions Counselor AIDS/Health Educator Aging Counselor Arts Administrator Biographer Business Manager Career Counselor Childcare Professional Consumer Advocate Critic Daycare Center Owner Divorce Counselor Domestic Violence Advocate Community & Family Development Specialist Editor Employee Relations Specialist Family Counselor Film Maker Financial Planner Consumer Product Safety Comm. Counseling Centers County Probation Department Day Care Centers Department of Labor Economic Development Councils Economic Research Foundations Educational Institutions Environmental Protection Agency Family Counseling Centers Federal Communications Agency Health Care Worker Health Policy Planner Hospital Administrator HR Administrator Investment Counselor Job Developer Journalist Lawyer Legislative Analyst Midwife Physician Political Lobbyist PR Specialist Psychologist Publisher Sales Rep/Manager Sexual Assault Counselor Social Worker Women’s Right Advocate Writer Financial Service Firms Government Agencies Health and Human Services Health Organizations Judicial Systems Labor Unions Law Firms Management Consulting Firms Market Research Firms Newspapers/Magazines Phone Crisis Line Planned Parenthood Public Relations Firms Research Firms Retail Stores Social Service Agencies Small Business Administration Support Groups Television/Radio Stations Volunteer Organizations Youth Organizations YMCA Women’s Rights Organizations Women Shelters Recent Kansas State University Graduates Pawnee Mental Health Services Potential Employers Advertising Agencies Advocacy Groups Book Publishers Chamber of Commerce Civil Rights Commission Civic/ Consumer Organizations Colleges/Universities College Alumnae Associations Commerce Department Community Affairs Agencies Consumer Affair Office Community Agencies Consulting Firms Rose Brooks Center Wichita Area Sexual Assault Center • Women’s Studies Database www.inform.umd.edu/ • K‐State Department of Women’s Studies www.k‐state.edu/womst/ •Global Fund for Women www.globalfundforwomen.org/ • National Women’s Studies Organization www.nwsa.org/ • Women for Hire www.womenforhire.com/ • Career Women www.careerwomen.com • Idealist www.idealist.org • Career Opportunities in Psychology • Community Psychology Net • Encyclopedia of Psychology • Nat’l Board for Certified Counselors • Online Psychology Career Center • Psych Web • Society for Human Resource Mgmt • The Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology American Humanics www.humanics.org/ American Psychiatric Association www.psych.org American Rehabilitation Counseling www.arcaweb.org Center for Advancement of Public Policy www.capponline.org/ Nat’l Organization for Human Services www.nohse.com/ Wider Opportunities for Women www.wowonline.org/
Websites to Consider •Current Jobs for Grads www.graduatejobs.com/ •The Feminist Majority www.feminist.org/ •USA Jobs www.usajobs.opm.gov/ • Job Hunt Organization www.job‐hunt.org/ Additional Online Resources • American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy • American Counseling Association • American Psychological Association • American Psychological Society Professional Organizations American Association of University Women www.aauw.org/ American Civil Liberties Union www.aclu.org/ Sources: Kansas State University Academic and Career Information Center, University of Tennessee‐Knoxville, Tulane University and Rutgers University