#hiretrans

As with all our jobs, we prioritize trans youth of color (particularly Black and Indigenous trans youth) in our selections. Applicants can reside anywhere in the United States. Hours 60 hours in 2017, 275-300 per year after (2018) Pay $1000 for 2017 and $5000 for 2018. Other benefits Funding for attending queer and trans conferences and events, optional access to Trans Youth Leadership Summit, option to represent TSER in media. Applicant Information Email 1-2 writing samples related to fundraising, a resume, and a short cover letter to tser [at] transstudent.org (a single PDF document is preferred), with the subject line “Application.” Email us if an acknowledgement of your application is not received after three weeks. We will be conducting interviews on a rolling basis so the sooner you get your application in, the better. Please apply by September 23rd.

(San Francisco, CA, February 8, 2017) Today the SF LGBT Center announced that it has launched #HireTrans, a mass transit PSA campaign aimed at encouraging employers to hire transgender workers. The campaign --- conceived and designed by the Center's Trans Employment Program--- will run on SFMTA Muni buses and trains, and in Muni and BART stations platforms starting this week until the end of March.

#tbt my sign made @hetrickmartin I made for @nycpride & bring to 💡 the amount of 🌈 #capitalism that is involved in the march that was originally supposed to be about fighting for rights, and not companies like @wellsfargo & @whotels @budweiser that are sponsors but also don’t have inclusive work policies or #hiretrans folks on top of doing #business with countries like #Russia 🇷🇺 that are killing & detaining #Queer & #trans folks. #art #poster #painting #graphicdesign #protest #justice #prideoverprofit (at Manhattan, New York)

I I have been told by my co-workers that my gender presentation is unprofessional. I have been disrespected by employers, and employees of choosing not to use my pronouns (They/Them) because it's too complicated for them, and they feel they have the right to tell me how I should identify. I should be allowed to dress professionally that affirms my identity, just like women of color can wear their hair out naturally and express their cultures as well as religious individuals. My gender expression doesn't make me invalid, not capable and shouldn't be an excuse for workplace discrimination. These microaggressions and more are often unheard and silenced in a cisgender world that openly discriminated against #Transgender & #Nonbinary individuals and the reason our community struggles with finding employment, emotional and professional development as well as surviving because of our workplace culture of exclusion. I am a human being as anyone else with feelings, and the need to apply my skills, and knowledge in building the society, I should be supported and included in all spaces as anyone else.

I would hope that women, blacks, and other minorities would build empathy towards LGBTQ individuals especially Transgender & Gender Non-Conforming because of their struggle to deal with the glass ceiling, and biases in their workplaces. I hope people realize our struggle is the same, and those who have struggled shouldn't throw the weight on someone else.

@crystalthedovecry ・・・ A small clip from my performance at @faultlinebar “You’ll float too” Clip 1🎈🎈🎈😘 . . . #transmusician #transgirl #girlslikeus #trans #singer #songwriter #originalmusic #transisbeautiful #musician #pianist #roland #emogirl #it #youllfloattoo #lgbtsupport #hiretrans #liveperformance #morethantrans #newmusic (at Faultline)

For most job applicants, the question “Have you ever been known by any other name?” is not a stumbling block. If you have a maiden name—or if you simply hated your first name and changed it from Jacqueline to Jessica—it’s unlikely that disclosing a previous alias on an application or a background check authorization form would adversely affect your chances of employment. But for transgender applicants, that question can be a perilous catch-22: Unless your pre-transition name was gender-neutral, answering it honestly will out you. But leaving it blank could cause problems, too. “If you say that no prior names were used when that’s actually not the case, that could leave you open to the charge of lying on the application, which could give your employer reason to fire you,” Jillian Weiss, the executive director of the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund, told The Daily Beast. Transgender people experience poverty and unemployment at astronomical rates compared to the general population. Among the nearly 30,000 respondents to The National Center for Transgender Equality’s 2015 U.S. Trans Survey—which was released last month—nearly one third reported living in poverty; 15 percent reported being unemployed; and 27 percent said they had been fired, denied a promotion, or not hired for a job based on their gender identity in the previous year. (For comparison, the current unemployment rate in the U.S. is less than 5 percent and the poverty rate is 13.5 percent.) It’s clear that acquiring—and holding onto—jobs is one of the most pressing problems faced by the already-imperiled transgender community. But between name changes, background checks, and social security records (PDF), it’s almost impossible to get through the job application process without revealing your transgender status and opening yourself up to discrimination. “It is very difficult in this day and age for a person to remain ‘stealth,’” the Transgender Law Center notes in a fact sheet on employment rights. “This is because employers may have access to databases tied to a person’s social security number, which may contain information about previous name and gender information.” In an ideal world, of course, being transgender would be about as relevant to the job application process as having brown eyes. But in the current environment, accepting the unfortunate inevitability—or at least, the likelihood—of being outed may be an important first step depending on one’s individual situation. Ashley Brundage, a transgender woman who is now an Inclusion Consultant for PNC Bank, interviewed at over 40 companies before accepting her current position. Over that time, she says, she learned how and when it made sense for her to self-identify as transgender during interviews. At first, she tried not disclosing at all. It didn’t work. So she changed her strategy. “During later interviews, I began to self-identify [as transgender], which led to greater conversation around diversity and inclusion but no job offers,” she told The Daily Beast. “During my final interviews, I self-identified but also connected my desire to work at a particular company with the business case for diversity and inclusion.” There is a wealth of research to suggest that LGBT-supportive workplaces reap tangible rewards like higher job satisfaction and increased competitiveness in talent recruitment. But this means that companies that want the benefits of transgender talent need to be sensitive to the obstacles they face during the application and hiring process...

Want to find out more? - http://transemploymentprogram.org/transatwork/