Professional Associations and Communities
Professional associations, online communities, and affinity networks with career centers, job boards, local chapters, and hiring events for your profession.
Your profession almost certainly has an association or community, and most run a career center or job board that only members and insiders watch. Many offer free public resources even where full membership is paid. Pick your profession, then narrow by the features that matter to your search.
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Affinity and professional networks
Blacks In Technology Foundation
Job board, career fairs, chapters, mentorship, and employer partnerships for Black professionals across technology careers.
Operation Code
Slack, mentorship, career transition support, and technical workshops for military community members moving into technology.
Out in Tech
Slack, local chapters, job resources, volunteer programs, and events for LGBTQ+ professionals across technology functions.
PyLadies
14K+ Slack, global chapters, Python workshops, and mentorship for women and gender minorities in Python and software/data careers.
R-Ladies Global
Global Slack, worldwide chapters, workshops, and peer support for women and gender minorities in R and data science.
Tech Ladies
Free job-board/community access, paid Slack, events, and recruiting partners for women and underrepresented professionals in technology.
Techqueria
19K+ Slack, job board, local chapters, and mentorship and events for Latine professionals across technology functions.
Women in Revenue
Job board, mentorship, events, and large GTM affinity network for women across revenue and GTM functions.
Women in Tech SEO
Slack, global and regional meetups, mentorship, and career AMAs for women and marginalized-gender SEO professionals.
Professional associations
AAPC
Coding job board, local chapters, forums, and conferences for medical coders, billers, auditors and compliance staff.
ACPA - College Student Educators International
Career Central, chapters, commissions, and convention for student-development and student-affairs professionals.
AFCEA International
Career Center, chapters, employer-heavy expos, and mentoring for defense, intelligence, cyber and government technology.
AICPA & CIMA
Global Career Hub, state societies, professional communities, and events for accounting, audit, tax and finance professionals.
AIGA, the professional association for design
Design job board, local chapters, and portfolio and community events for graphic, brand and visual designers.
American Bankers Association
Banking job board, online communities, state partners, and conferences for retail, commercial and compliance banking roles.
American Bar Association
Legal Career Center, practice sections, local bar directory, and events for attorneys, law students and legal professionals.
American Chemical Society
Chemistry job board, career fairs, local sections, and national meetings for chemists and chemical-science professionals.
American College of Healthcare Executives
Leadership job board and career resources, chapters, and congress for hospital, health-system and healthcare executives.
American Geophysical Union
Geoscience job board, sections, online community, and annual meeting for earth, climate and space-science professionals.
American Health Information Management Association
Career Assist job bank, state associations, member community, and conference for health information, coding, data and privacy roles.
American Hotel & Lodging Association
Hospitality careers, state associations, and industry conferences for hotel operations, sales and hospitality leadership.
American Indian Science and Engineering Society
Career hub, conference career fair, chapters, and scholarships and mentoring for Indigenous STEM talent.
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Aerospace career center, sections, technical committees, and forums for aerospace, aviation and defense engineers.
American Institute of Architects
Career Center, community hub, state/local components, and conferences for architects and built-environment professionals.
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
CareerEngineer job board, local sections, technical divisions, and conferences for chemical, process and biochemical engineers.
American Marketing Association
Job board, local chapters, member resources, and conferences for marketing generalists and specialists.
American Medical Informatics Association
Informatics job board, working groups, symposia, and member network for clinical informatics, biomedical data and health IT.
American Nurses Association
Nursing Career Center, state associations, and professional issues network for registered nurses and nursing leaders.
American Organization for Nursing Leadership
Nursing-leadership job board, state affiliates, and conference for nurse managers, directors and executives.
American Physical Society
Physics job board, career fairs, member units, and scientific meetings for physics research, industry and academic careers.
American Planning Association
Planning job board, state chapters, divisions, and conference for urban planners, zoning and community-development professionals.
American Public Health Association
CareerMart, sections and forums, annual meeting, and mentoring for public-health, epidemiology and health-policy careers.
American Society for Quality
Career Center, geographic and technical communities, and conferences for quality, Lean, Six Sigma and compliance roles.
American Society of Association Executives
CareerHQ job board, member sections, conferences, and professional network for association and nonprofit executives.
American Society of Civil Engineers
Career Connections, sections and branches, institutes, and conferences for civil, structural and infrastructure engineers.
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Engineering career center, technical communities, sections, and conferences for mechanical, manufacturing and energy engineers.
American Statistical Association
Statistics job board, chapters, sections, and major meetings for statisticians, biostatisticians and quantitative analysts.
American Water Works Association
Water-industry job board, sections, conference, and professional network for water utility, engineering and treatment professionals.
Association for Computing Machinery
Computing job board, professional chapters, SIGs, and conferences for software, research and computer-science careers.
Association for Financial Professionals
Treasury and finance job board, regional groups, and large conference for treasury, payments and FP&A professionals.
Association for Supply Chain Management
Job board, mentoring, chapters, forums, and certification network for supply-chain planning, operations and logistics.
Association for Talent Development
Job Bank, local chapters, conferences, and certification community for L&D, training and talent-development roles.
Association of Corporate Counsel
In-house legal job board, some chapter listings, and practice networks for corporate counsel and in-house legal teams.
Association of Energy Engineers
Energy job board, local chapters, certification network, and conferences for energy managers, engineers and sustainability professionals.
Association of Fundraising Professionals
Fundraising Career Center, chapters, mentorship, and annual conference for fundraisers, development officers and nonprofit leaders.
CFA Institute
Global job board, local societies, career resources, and networking for investment, research, asset-management and finance roles.
CPCU Society
Insurance career center, chapters, interest groups, and networking for insurance underwriting, claims and risk professionals.
Casualty Actuarial Society
P&C actuarial job board, affiliates, meetings, and member network for property-casualty actuaries.
Cloud Security Alliance
Career resources, chapters, research working groups, and summits for cloud-security and compliance professionals.
College and University Professional Association for Human Resources
Higher-ed HR job board, some chapter JobLines, and connect community for HR professionals in colleges and universities.
Commercial Real Estate Women Network
Career Center syndicated to 50+ chapter pages, member directory, and events for women building commercial real-estate careers.
CoreNet Global
Career Action Center, chapters, professional groups, and conferences for corporate real-estate and workplace strategy roles.
Council for Advancement and Support of Education
Advancement job board, districts, conferences, and member network for higher-ed fundraising, alumni, marketing and advancement.
Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals
Career Center, local roundtables, global conference, and mentoring for supply-chain and logistics professionals.
Data Visualization Society
14K+ Slack, job channels, mentorship, and outlier conference for data visualization, information design and data storytelling.
EDUCAUSE
Higher-ed IT job board, professional communities, and large conference for higher-education IT, security and edtech roles.
Financial Executives International
Executive finance job board, chapters, peer network, and events for controllers, CFO-track and senior finance leaders.
Financial Planning Association
Career Center, local chapters, online community, and conferences for financial planners and wealth-management professionals.
Global Association of Risk Professionals
Career resources, certifications, global events, and member content for FRM, risk, climate-risk and quantitative professionals.
Government Finance Officers Association
Government-finance jobs, state associations, and annual conference for public-sector finance, budget and accounting professionals.
Healthcare Financial Management Association
Healthcare finance job bank, chapters, community, and conferences for healthcare finance and revenue-cycle professionals.
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
JobMine, chapters, professional communities, and employer-heavy conference for health IT, informatics and digital-health professionals.
Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals
Career Center, chapters, HITEC, and professional network for hospitality finance, IT and systems professionals.
INFORMS
Career Center, career fairs, chapters, societies, and online community for operations research, analytics and decision-science roles.
ISACA
Career Center, local chapters, online discussions, and events for cybersecurity, audit, GRC and privacy professionals.
ISC2
Career and workforce resources, chapters, online community, and events for certified cybersecurity practitioners and career changers.
Information Systems Security Association
Job board, chapters, special-interest groups, and events for security practitioners, managers and executives.
Institute for Supply Management
Career Center, affiliates, member networking, and events for procurement, sourcing and supply management.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Global job board, free Collabratec network, sections, and conferences for engineering, software and technology professionals.
Institute of Management Accountants
Career center, chapters, and mentoring and certification network for management accountants and corporate-finance professionals.
International Association of Business Communicators
Job board, chapters and regions, member networking, and conferences for corporate, internal and strategic communicators.
International City/County Management Association
Local-government job center, state associations, online community, and conference for city and county managers and public administrators.
International Facility Management Association
Public job board, chapters, councils, and conferences for facilities and workplace professionals.
International Live Events Association
Career resources, chapters, professional networking, and events for live-event producers, planners and suppliers.
Medical Group Management Association
Career Center, state MGMA groups, member community, and conferences for medical-practice operations and administration.
Meeting Professionals International
Career Center, global chapter network, and employer and supplier events for meeting, event and hospitality professionals.
NAFSA: Association of International Educators
Job Registry, 11 regions, member networks, and annual conference for international student services, study abroad and global education.
NASPA - Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education
Student-affairs job board, knowledge communities, regions, and conference for student affairs and campus administration professionals.
National Association of Black Journalists
Job board, large convention career fair, chapters, and mentorship for Black journalists and media professionals.
National Association of Colleges and Employers
Career Center, regional associations, and employer and career-services network for campus recruiters and higher-education career-services staff.
National Association of Hispanic Journalists
Media career center, convention career fair, chapters, and scholarships for Hispanic/Latine journalists and media professionals.
National Institute of Governmental Purchasing
Public-procurement job board, chapters, annual Forum, and community for government procurement and contracting professionals.
National Society of Black Engineers
Career Center, large convention career fair, and regional/professional chapters for Black engineering and STEM talent.
National Society of Professional Engineers
Career Center, state societies, licensure network, and events for licensed professional engineers across disciplines.
Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network
Nonprofit-tech job board, community groups, free account, and major conference for nonprofit technology, digital and operations roles.
Online News Association
Digital-journalism job board, ONA Local, and annual conference for digital journalists, product and audience professionals.
Professional Convention Management Association
Career Center, chapters, networking, and large industry events for business-event, convention and meeting professionals.
Professional Risk Managers' International Association
Risk job board, chapters, webinars, and certification network for market, credit and operational risk professionals.
Project Management Institute
Career resources, global chapter network, mentoring, and events for project, program and portfolio professionals.
Public Relations Society of America
Jobcenter, geographic chapters, professional-interest sections, and events for PR, media relations and communications professionals.
Radio Television Digital News Association
Broadcast-news job board, awards, conferences, and member network for broadcast, audio, video and digital-news professionals.
Risk and Insurance Management Society
Job board, chapters, regional conferences, and major employer expo for enterprise risk and insurance professionals.
Society for Human Resource Management
National job board, SHRM Connect, state councils and chapters, and events for HR, recruiting, benefits and people-ops professionals.
Society of Actuaries
Actuarial job board, sections, professional development, and events for life, health, retirement and risk actuaries.
Society of American Military Engineers
AEC job board, local posts, federal-sector events, and mentoring for AEC professionals serving government and defense.
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
Career Center, convention career fair, chapters, and mentoring for Hispanic/Latine engineering and STEM talent.
Society of Petroleum Engineers
Career resources, local sections, online community, and conferences for petroleum, subsurface and energy professionals.
Society of Professional Journalists
Journalism job board, professional/student chapters, and conferences for reporters, editors and newsroom professionals.
Society of Women Engineers
Career Center, large career fair, professional sections, and mentoring for women in engineering and technology.
TESOL International Association
TESOL job board, affiliates, interest sections, and convention for english-language teachers and program administrators.
Women in CyberSecurity
Job board, annual career fair, affiliates, and mentoring and conference for women entering or advancing in cybersecurity.
Professional communities
CTO Craft
18K leader network, slack, mentoring, roundtables, and conferences for senior engineering and technology leaders.
CX Accelerator
Slack with CX, events and customer-success channels and peer learning for cross-functional customer-experience networking.
Content + UX
14K+ Slack, specialist channels, peer support, and events for content design, UX writing and content strategy.
Customer Success Collective
10K+ Slack, jobs, regional chapters, meetups, and summits for customer success and retention professionals.
DataTalks.Club
Free Slack, jobs and career channels, events, and open courses for accessible data/ML learning plus job channels.
Design Buddies
Large Discord, job board, portfolio reviews, mentorship, and events for early-career and transitioning designers.
Engineering Managers Slack
Private confidential Slack for engineering managers for practicing software engineering managers.
Exit Five
Jobs space, 30+ chapters, workshops, and executive Slack tier for B2B marketing practitioners and leaders.
Locally Optimistic
Analytics Slack, leadership discussion, and peer advice for analytics practitioners seeking candid peer support.
MLOps Community
Large technical community, jobs, meetups, conferences, and learning for MLOps, ML engineering and AI infrastructure roles.
Mind the Product
60K+ Slack, careers channel, ProductTank meetups, and conferences for product peer learning, careers and local meetups.
Modern Sales Pros
Role-restricted leadership forum, peer advice, and events for sales managers, leaders, enablement and RevOps.
OWASP Foundation
Open security projects, local chapters, slack, and AppSec conferences for application-security engineers and developers.
Online Geniuses
Large Slack, hiring channels, AMAs, events, and specialist channels for broad digital-marketing networking and job leads.
Pavilion
Private Slack, member-only job board, 45+ chapters, career services, and 200+ annual chapter events for mid-to-senior GTM professionals investing in a high-touch network.
Product Marketing Alliance
50K+ Slack, jobs, summits, regional meetups, and certifications for product-marketing networking and specialized career resources.
Product School Community
Large free Slack, #job-portal, AMAs, and city and interest channels for broad product-management networking and job discovery.
Product-Led Alliance
Slack, product-led events, peer groups, and education for product-led growth and cross-functional product careers.
ResearchOps Community
Global Slack, town halls, working groups, and volunteer opportunities for ResearchOps practitioners and UX-research operations.
RevGenius
Large Slack, GTM jobs board, cohorts, and webinars and roundtables for broad revenue and GTM networking.
RevOps Chat by Weflow
Free Slack, city chapters, peer Q&A, and RevOps events for hands-on RevOps discussion and city networking.
RevOps Co-op
Private Slack, RevOps job board, career services, and public and member events for specialist RevOps peer support and job search.
Revenue Operations Alliance
Slack with jobs channel, regional meetups, summits, and resources for RevOps-specific global networking.
SalesGuild
Free Slack, weekly events, peer Q&A, and sales resources for sales practitioners seeking a smaller active peer group.
Slack Community Chapters
Worldwide chapter directory, local/virtual events, and platform expertise for slack admins, developers and community professionals.
Superpath
Private Slack, content jobs and gigs, events, and peer support for content marketers seeking focused career and freelance leads.
Support Driven
30K+ Slack, job roundup, support conferences, and peer groups for customer support and support-operations careers.
The Ops Room
Selective private Slack, peer help, and operator networking for senior operations practitioners seeking high-signal peers.
dbt Community
Large Slack, weekly jobs, meetups, office hours, and learning for analytics engineering and modern data-stack careers.