Athena sends regular emails to let you know about board and career opportunities we have posted on our platform that you might be interested in, but we do much more than that to help you gain access to opportunities. We partner with a number of other companies to increase visibility and opportunities for members, as well as work behind the scenes with referrers interested in Athena members.

Athena partners with a number of board marketplaces you can use to make yourself more likely to be “discoverable” in your board search.

Specifically, Athena partners with:

Board Search Marketplaces:

There are two-sided marketplaces like Nurole (UK based) and AboveBoard (VP level and above only), which both showcase board opportunities to candidates and candidates to board opportunities. Athena is a partner to the marketplaces just mentioned. This means that, at your request, we are able to recommend you to these systems and bypass any process they otherwise have for vetting your fit. Just email your documents to [email protected].

Athena is an approved referrer for other organizations that reach out to us on a case by case basis. These include many private equity, venture and investment firms such as HimForHer, PwC, Deloitte, BDO, JP Morgan's Board Advisor Services and others. These organizations often turn to Athena for referrals and we recommend women who meet what they are looking for at the time. We search for such referrals in our Find & Connect directory, so make sure your member profile is as up-to-date and as complete as possible to increase your visibility as a candidate.

If we have an opportunity through one of our partners that we believe you are a great match for, we will reach out to you via email and invite you to apply.

Not a penny! This service is included in your Athena membership free of charge.

If you have purchased a brand package or reach out to [email protected] to be invited to the board marketplaces, Our Operations Team will invite you to the different platforms we partner with. Once you have been invited to join the board marketplaces, it is up to you to set up your account, monitor your status, add your documents and check in regularly.

Get yourself registered on as many as possible and ensure that your CV and board documents are up to date and included with your profile. Make a plan to review these platforms every few months to see if you're interested in any recently posted positions.

Any member who has a board-ready Bio and CV can be invited to join the board candidate platforms. We no longer require that your board documents be created by Athena. Please note, AboveBoard only accepts members who are VP level and above.

Reach out to [email protected] with your Board Bio attached and the operations team will reach out to them on your behalf. Once you have been invite to join the marketplace, it is up to you to monitor your status, add your documents and check in regularly.

Unfortunately not. Athena has no control over logins from third-party partners once we send you the link to register. If you have questions about logging into a platform, we suggest you to get in touch with that board candidate platform's support team.

Having both documents is highly recommended. Provide the bio first to contacts and the CV after interest is expressed in you. Recruiters often like to see both. The CV shows the trajectory of your career, which helps people “get” who you are while bio is more of an overview.

Once a board marketplace reaches out to you, you'll gain access to that website. That's where Athena steps out. It is up to you to keep your information updated.