I spent the weekend of October 16th-18th at the Reaching Out MBA Conference in Atlanta. This is the annual LGBT (gay and lesbian) diversity conference. Tons of fellow LGBT MBA students (over 600 I think) and over 50 companies attended. We had a group of 4 people from Cornell attend.
There are several other diversity conferences: Black MBA, Hispanic MBA, and the new Asian MBA conference. As strange as it may sound, if you are not affiliated with one of those groups (you are a straight white guy for instance), you can still attend if you would like to meet a recruiter from a company that does not come to campus. The Career Management Center actively encourages people to attend. Often, people come home with job offers. I had three interviews for a summer position while I was in Atlanta. That said, I would say there is a bit of "unease" with people attending who are not really part of that diversity group. Just be respectful and reach out to the people there. At the end of the day, everyone understands that we are all looking for a great job.
