Ignite Your Ambition,
Unleash Your Potential
Empowering Black Women in the Workplace
Black Career Women’s Network (BCWN) is a national career development organization dedicated to supporting the professional growth of black women.
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We understand the career challenges Black Women may encounter more often than their peers and the impact it can have on their career trajectory.
We help Black women advance their professional development, navigate workplace challenges and reach their career goals.
How we support Black Women
Our approach will help you advance your career through coaching, mentorship, and professional development programs, equipping you with the knowledge and skills you need to grow and excel. While building a tribe of like-minded women in a worldwide community.
Learn, Grow, Connect Thrive Invest in Yourself
Applying what you learn to will enhance your confidence to pursue better job opportunities, execute strategies to help you navigate complex workplaces, increase your earning potential and experience greater career fulfillment.
Mentoring
Mentoring for us by us!
We know mentors can be hard to find! Our national Mentor Matching program is comprised of carefully selected professionals, coaches, and entrepreneurs from all industries and career levels to offer professional insight.
Our Focus & Approach
We believe that it’s important to develop and support several career competencies to help you achieve your professional goals. Our approach consists of four essential career components to help you cultivate a strong career trajectory.
Self Awareness
Know Your Professional Self
Increase your self-awareness by gaining clarity about your professional self, improve your self-advocacy, and enhance your ability to make empowering career decisions.
Professional Growth
Learn to Grow and Work Smart!
Professional development is critical for advancement. It requires developing new skills, shifting one’s mindset, seeking mentorship, building a network, setting goals, and more.
Mastering the Workplace
Developing Political Savvy
Workplace dynamics can sometimes be complex and more challenging the higher you climb. Learn how to thrive, not just survive, where you are using our 3 R’s workplace method.
Career Management
Manage Your Career for Success
From entry-level to mid-career. You need strategies to build and manage your career to make a name for yourself in your industry, not just on the job!
Our Signature Event
Annual Mentor Summit
Amplifying Mentorship with Authentic Sisterhood
Our signature event is designed to celebrate and support mentorship and community among Black professional women. Accomplished black women will come together to openly share their experiences and connect with leaders and entrepreneurs committed to empowering the next generation of Black career women. It’s a safe and supportive environment where women can gain valuable insights and advice. We believe that mentorship is crucial to success, and by amplifying its power, we inspire Black career women to excel in their chosen fields while being true to themselves.
What black women want most from work
Black women are far less likely to get help navigating organizational politics and balancing work and personal lives, and managers are less likely to promote their accomplishments. Black women with leadership ambitions are particularly interested in paving the way for others and positively impacting company culture.
91% Ability to Flourish
73% Ability to empower others
89% Ability to Excel
81% Ability to earn well
85% Ability to reach for meaning and purpose
Sources: Lean In and McKinsey & Company and Center Talent for Innovation
Become a member!
Get started to change your career trajectory. Be confident, empowered and resilient.
Joining the Black Career Women’s Network can provide you with an array of benefits such as access to networking opportunities, career guidance and mentorship, professional development resources, and potential job opportunities. Additionally, being a part of a community of professionals with similar career goals can offer valuable support and encouragement throughout your career journey.
Take control of your future, begin with investing in yourself, and connect with like-minded women who understand your career challenges.
Smart Guide: 6 Power Moves to Leverage in Your Career
The first step in making career moves is to understand how power moves can play a part in moving your career forward. We all have a desire to be successful on our terms, and knowledge is power. These 6 POWER MOVES are actionable steps you can make NOW within your current role and overall career.
- Execute moves to change how you approach your career
- Why you should intentionally build key relationships
- How to show up in your current role and gain new skill sets
- Why understanding your work-style supports self advocacy
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What Women are Saying about BCWN
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