How Career Services Can Support LGBTQIA+ Students (feat. Amanda Zielinski Slenski and Suede Graham)

Amanda Zielinski Slenski and Suede Graham of Out for Undergrad, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping high-achieving LGBTQ2+ undergraduates reach their full potential, discuss how career centers can support LGBTQIA+ students. 

In this episode, Amanda and Suede cover:

• Some of the unique challenges that LGBTQIA+ students often encounter as part of career exploration
• Barriers or biases LGBTQIA+ students might face during interviews or internships, and how career services can coach them to be prepared to handle these situations confidently
• How career services teams can help students assess a company’s culture or inclusivity as part of the job search process
• How career leaders can best support LGBTQIA+ students in career development and immediate strategies that can be implemented to increase support
• How to consider adapting career advising, workshops, and resources to meet the unique needs and circumstances of LGBTQIA+ students
• And more

Resources from the episode:

• Amanda’s LinkedIn profile
• Suede’s LinkedIn profile
• Out for Undergrad website
• Out for Undergrad job board
• Emmanuel College LGBTQIA+ community page (powered by uConnect)
• Human Rights Campaign website
• Human Rights Campaign LGBTQ+ Professional and Student Associations
• Windo
• oSTEM
• Reaching Out MBA Romba Conference
• Point Foundation (LGBTQ scholarship fund)
• Out Leadership
• Out to Succeed 2.0 (global survey of the LGBTQ+ workforce)

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