Land a Green Job 101:
Resources Links for All Episodes
1. Five key questions to turbo-charge your job hunt
Plan your job search strategy with job coach Trish Kenlon:
- Visit Sustainable Career Pathways career coaching page.
- Connect with Trish on LinkedIn.
- Connect with Sustainable Career Pathways on LinkedIn
- Follow Sustainable Career Pathways on twitter: @SustainableCP
- Get job postings, inspiration interviews and career resources from the Sustainable Career Pathways Newsletter
- Search Trish’s comprehensive list of sustainable job boards, networks to join and conferences to attend.
- Hear Trish’s job search tips on Season 1 Episode 7 of Degrees
Network with job-seeker Maya Johnson:
- Connect with Maya on LinkedIn
- Learn more about Maya’s Reach One Book scholarship on Instagram
- If you attend a public university in Prince George’s County, Maryland or Greensboro, North Carolina, apply for Maya Johnson’s Reach One Book Scholarship.
Learn more about the internships that Maya mentioned in this episode:
Learn more about the policy and advocacy organizations Trish suggested to Maya:
Volunteer and network with other planet-savers before you find your career:
- US Climate Action Network has an awesome list of all their members and advocacy organizations.
- Join one of over 500 local chapters of the Climate Citizens’ Lobby to be part of bi-partisan solutions to climate change.
- Live outside of the U.S.? Join an international group of fossil-free activists with 350.
- If you want volunteer with international NGOs, join one of Climate Action Networks’ 1,100 chapters in 90 countries.
- Stay up to date on environmental justice issues with Defend Our Future’s blog: https://defendourfuture.org/
- Attend panel and networking meetings by joining Al Gore’s virtual and free Climate Reality Leadership Corps training.
Stay up to-date on the latest news in sustainability and environmental justice:
- Learn about energy and environmental policy on The Hill.
- Read about a green economy on Bloomberg.
- Learn about essential environmental and energy news on E&E.
- Learn about environmental and business news from around the world on Reuters.
2. Green jobs are surging. Where to find them
Receive new sustainability job posts every day:
Take in the latest sustainability job data and trends; dig into GreenBiz’s resources:
Learn more about how the growth in ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) is impacting the corporate sector:
3. Real talk about salaries, gender and race in green jobs
Learn more about gender equity in sustainability careers:
Learn more the importance of breaking the “Green Ceiling” for People of Color:
How you can make more money in a green job:
4. Certifications: Do I need them?
All the certifications mentioned in this episode come from John Davies, Vice President of GreenBiz:
To figure out which certifications are right for you:
There are so many other ways to gain experience and knowledge that are important to sustainable careers, no matter your certification or degree:
- Apply to be a Climate Corps Fellow and help a business become more sustainable.
- Learn how to balance purpose with profit in Leading the Sustainability Transformation professional certificate program from GreenBiz and WholeWorks.
- Like John Davies said, any job is useful and full of knowledge. Learn how to translate your past experiences (whether it’s a deli cook, retail or a camp counselor) to an impact or sustainability job.
- Read this article from Mic about how to land a green job regardless of your experience level, which includes not having a 4-year a degree.
5. Resumes suck. But here’s how to rock the search
If you don’t know where to start in your job search or how to find jobs:
If you don’t land the job after an interview:
- For interview tips and practice questions for social impact jobs, visit Net Impact’s interview toolkit.
- What questions to ask in your next job interview.
- Practice for a virtual interview (because they aren’t going away) with this how-to-guide from Dan Bond of Acre, a sustainability recruiting company.
- Find a mentor to walk your journey with you through Echoing Green’s mentorship program.
How to tackle resumes and cover letters for sustainability jobs:
- Walk of Life’s guide to cover letters.
- Incorporate your own unique path into your cover letter. Be inspired by other success stories in impact careers.
- Common misconceptions about resumes and CVs from Walk of Life.
- For tips on how to organize and structure a resume for a sustainability job, read this article on The Guardian.
- Learn how to transfer your existing skills to a sustainability team’s needs with this guide from GreenBiz.
6. Awkward! Networking mistakes to avoid
How to find communities to join — aka network:
- Join a local Net Impact chapter (or start one)! There are more than 400 in over 40 countries.
- Peruse more than 40 networks to join on Sustainable Career Pathways.
- Attend conferences specific to your interests, be they transportation, energy, or finance.
- Join one of more than 400 local hubs of the Sunrise Movement, an organization committed to nonviolent action for climate change and good-paying jobs.
- Join a local chapter of 350, a global network focusing on clean and renewable energy.
- Join the Green Jobs Network
What to do once you’ve joined:
