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Green Career Resources
Careers in sustainability are now firmly planted in the mainstream. The Greener Careers collection is chock-full of resources and tools to help you navigate this exciting sector. To see the latest in job listings, be sure to check out GreenBiz.com's green job board.
Featured Content
- Our advice columnist counsels a new energy and carbon director on how to enlist HR for hiring future leaders.
- How did sustainability professionals get where they are -- and where are they headed next?
- GreenBiz looks at the salary, role, challenges, and trends of corporate sustainability execs.
- Does your company need help improving efficiency and cutting costs? Pollution prevention interns could be the solution.
- That's the question we hope to answer over time, with our monthly "Movers & Shakers" column cataloguing the career moves of leaders in the sustainability world.
- Knowing what to do once you go in for an interview is crucial for any job seeker, but just as important -- and often overlooked -- is having a checklist for what NOT to do. Here's one, based on...
- As CSR becomes more specialized, it's time to take a look at where these efforts are placed in relation to community relations and corporate philanthropy.
- Learn how to best engage employees from strategies recently offered at the Sustainable Brands conference.
- A recent study from Net Impact shows that young workers are motivated by their company's CSR programs, and would even take a pay cut to work for a company committed to sustainability.
- Report says up to 60 million new jobs could be created by global shift to cleaner energy, technology and industry.
Green Job Resources
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As corporate sustainability becomes an ever more integrated part of daily operations, the positions that make it possible are also expanding. Here are some of the forces shaping the job market for current and aspiring sustainability pros.
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Wondering what you can do with that green MBA? Here are four graduates who landed jobs at top corporations -- and who are growing sustainable careers.
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The second annual GreenBiz Salary Survey tracks more than just how much sustainability leaders at large corporations are paid; the study finds steady growth in attention to, and resources for, sustainability professionals.
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Where are all the green jobs? A new new report from the Brookings Institution and Battelle finds that there are 2.7 million in the U.S., and they're all around you.
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A new Net Impact report shows the breadth of careers in which sustainability is a key factor.
Reports
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From demographics to pay rates, this survey looks at the latest trends among sustainability professionals in 2011.
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This report from Green for All, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the University of Massachusetts explores how investments in energy efficiency, clean technology and public transportation can raise the standard of living for everyone in the United States.
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This study, conducted by the U.S. Green Building Council and Booz Allen Hamilton, predicts that the green building industry will be responsible for the creation or support of 7.9 million jobs, contributing $554 billion to the U.S. GDP, in the next four years.
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The aging of the boomer generation is converging with a growing urgency around efforts to reduce energy use and carbon production. WIth green jobs being a natural fit for many boomers seeking encore careers, this paper focuses on eight emerging encore career opportunities in the green economy.
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This report outlines the ways that broadband technologies and smart grids can create jobs, save individuals and businesses money, and cut the national carbon footprint.
Tools
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This white paper offers seven tips for incorporating into your business.
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Online dictionary features more than 250 must-know terms of sustainable business.
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GreenBiz.com's go-to guide to landing the environmental job of your dreams.
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Practical guidebook helps EH&S managers align processes and systems with the goals of senior management, and translate initiatives into bottom line results.
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An event designed by the U.S. Conference of Mayors to help office managers and recycling coordinators educate employees about recycling at work.
Videos
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Ellen Weinreb identifies companies that have found over $100 million in savings stemming from employee’s suggestions. She highlights sustainability innovations as well as the systems that support the capturing of ideas.
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The role of companies and local governments in promoting economic and workforce development.
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Live from the State of Green Business Forum in San Francisco, green jobs advocate Van Jones speaks with Joel Makower about how green jobs can benefit people, the economy and the environment.
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A trip across India looking for energy and environmental innovations leads to the creation of a energy efficiency platform that provides real-time access to energy use data.
Podcasts
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(Episode 101): Since its founding six years ago, the Presidio Graduate School has been at the forefront of sustainability business education, and Seyed Amiry, the head of the school, talks about the future of green business education, especially in tough economic times.
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(Episode 90): GreenBiz.com's senior writer Marc Gunther speaks with Eric Gillespie, the CIO of Onvia about how his firm's website, Recovery.org, is helping companies track federal stimulus spending -- and get a slice of the pie.
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(Episode 83): Peter Beadle, the founder of GreenJobs.com, talks to GreenBiz Radio about the ways in which finding a green job is just like finding any other -- and the ways green jobs are different.
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(Episode 55): The second half of this two-part podcast series with Jim Hartzfeld of InterfaceRAISE looks at how the company took a cue from nature to break new ground in carpet design.
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(Episode 47) Rachel Patterson of San Francisco's Hanson Bridgett law firm offers a snapshot of the year it took her company to become a certified green business.
Books
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"The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems" offers a look at the ways that investing in green jobs can save the economy and the environment at the same time.
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Developed by the Environmental Careers Organization (ECO), this book brings you definitive information from the real world of environmental problem-solving.
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Profiles of “driven, creative individuals who question the status quo, exploit new opportunities, refuse to give up — and remake the world for the better.”
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Profiles and backgrounders on people working in environmental jobs.
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Interviews with individuals working in a wide range of environmental jobs.
Organizations
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Provides information on hazardous chemicals found in consumer products.
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Information on environmental health and safety issues in the UK.
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Online database of information on antimicrobial chemicals.
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Land here for management-information systems on health, safety, and the environment.
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Helps employees in Washington state find commute alternatives.
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