Monday, October 22, 2007
change in green job maket
Nearly every day, it seems, I get an email from a friend, friend of a friend, or complete stranger seeking job advice. Their situations vary, but the requests go something like this: "I'm a (recent college graduate/mid-career changer/returnee to the job market) with a background in (engineering/marketing/sales/business development) and am (interested in/passionate about) (sustainable business/clean technology). What advice can you offer to help me find a job?"
Truth is, as much as I'd like to find all of these folks all meaningful employment, I don't have much to tell them. I offer a few general and simplistic bits of advice. ("Don't go into environmental departments. In many companies, they're the last place to effect meaningful change. Rather, go into operations or design or finance, which afford better opportunities to be a change agent.") And I might direct them to GreenBiz JobLink, where we feature job listings. But that's about it.
As Anne Moore Odell reports this week, the options are growing. Monster, the online job giant, is focusing its considerable heft in helping green-job seekers find work. They're partnering with two nonprofit groups, including Environmental Defense. The activist organization, founded forty years ago under the motto, "Sue the bastards!" now seems to be changing its tune to something like, "Hire them faster!" - Joel Makower
Truth is, as much as I'd like to find all of these folks all meaningful employment, I don't have much to tell them. I offer a few general and simplistic bits of advice. ("Don't go into environmental departments. In many companies, they're the last place to effect meaningful change. Rather, go into operations or design or finance, which afford better opportunities to be a change agent.") And I might direct them to GreenBiz JobLink, where we feature job listings. But that's about it.
As Anne Moore Odell reports this week, the options are growing. Monster, the online job giant, is focusing its considerable heft in helping green-job seekers find work. They're partnering with two nonprofit groups, including Environmental Defense. The activist organization, founded forty years ago under the motto, "Sue the bastards!" now seems to be changing its tune to something like, "Hire them faster!" - Joel Makower
# posted by Surya Swamy : 10:35 AM
