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Do you have a crystal clear description of yourself, your vision, and your goals as you network in your target green industry? The clearer you are about who you are, what your goal is, and what you are looking for, the better your results will be. Read this week's Green Career Tip to prepare you to network with purpose!
Nearly every week we hear from members who want to know which companies are hiring. This week, we've created a table with company names, business focus, geographic area, and a live link to their job opportunities page. Get the downloadable file! Check out What's New at Green Career Central below!
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Pardon Our Dust
If you are a Green Career Central member, we wanted to let you know we are about to start a little remodeling project on the site. We’ll be moving sections around. The process to help you discover your green career will be on the left navigation bar and the resources will be on the right navigation bar.
If you happen to log on while we are working on it you may see things change before your eyes! It shouldn’t take us very long to finish.
If you can’t find something that you were using before the remodel, just leave a message on the discussion forum and we’ll point you to the new location.
Tip of the Week:
Are You Falling into This Green Networking Trap?
While I participated in a Barbara Sher idea party last week, I had a unique opportunity to observe a networking dilemma that traps a number of our members.
The Setting
Thirty people attended the idea party. About ten people had the opportunity to give a two-minute description of who they are, what they do, and what they want to brainstorm. Each brainstorming round was four minutes long. Scribes recorded the ideas so the person could listen to the ideas without having to write them down.
- What would you say if you had two minutes to describe yourself to a group of intelligent, creative people who were there, ready and willing, to help you?
- How effective do you think you’d be?
The Key to Success
How each person presented their two-minute description was a distinct predictor of their takeaway results.
Those who gave a crystal clear description got more ideas and more of the ideas were useful and actionable.
Those who were unable to give a crystal clear description got muddier results. They received ideas, but those ideas weren’t necessarily usable or relevant to their situation.
The reason for the difference? When people don’t understand what you are striving for, they can’t help you.
- What kind of results would you receive based on your two-minute description? Would you get targeted ideas you can use or muddy ideas that you can’t act on?
It’s important to note that this same scenario happens in every networking exchange you have. The clearer you are about who you are, what your goal is, and what you are looking for, the better your results will be.
The Bottom Line Discovery
- Take time to get as clear as you can.
- Prepare for networking opportunities.
- Evolve your pitch as your situation evolves.
The Benefits of Your Clarity
- You’ll receive better tips, suggestions, resources, contacts, referrals, and job offers.
- By better I mean on target, directly relevant to your needs.
- You’ll put forth the image of being clear, concise, passionate, and enthusiastic about your interests.
How to Prepare for a Networking Exchange
Long before you arrive at your meeting or talk with someone by phone, spend time thinking through the following questions.
- What’s the best way to describe yourself for this situation?
- What’s your big vision of where you are going?
- What are you going to ask for in this situation?
This is one example. Your description of yourself, your vision, and your goal may be completely different than this example. Use this as a guide to get you started. Don’t feel restricted by this format.
- I’m currently working as a salesperson in the pharmaceutical industry. I’m talking with people as I explore green careers.
- When I was young I worked in construction. Now I find I’m passionate about the green building industry and exploring options within that green industry.
- I’ve done some research on the green building industry. Can you answer a few questions I have? OR I’m interested in talking with people in these areas within the green building industry. Can you refer me to contacts or professional associations within these areas?
Try your main points out to a trusted friend or colleague to make sure they hear what you are trying to say. If they are confused, take time to learn what’s confusing. Keep editing your description until you feel comfortable with how you are presenting your situation.
Copyright © 2008 Transition Dynamics Enterprises, Inc.
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-- Kelly Fergusson
Menlo Park Councilmember (Mayor, 2007) turned Business Development Manager of Energy & Environmental Solutions
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Are You Searching for Your Green Niche?
You know you want a green career, but do you know what you want to do in the green economy?
The key to discovering your green niche is pinpointing how to leverage your skills, passions, talents and experience to plug into the green economy.
When you know what part of the economy you want to target, you’ll have an entirely new level of clarity. With that new clarity, your current level of overwhelm and confusion will decrease.
The What’s Your Green Niche eBook eBook takes you through a step-by-step process to determine your green niche. Here's a list of some of the things you'll gain as you work through this eBook. You'll:
- Create your personal definition of success.
- Discover how you know what you are drawn to.
- Develop a list of your 40 favorite skills and interests with the help of checklists.
- Brainstorm over 40 career ideas based on your favorite skills and interests in an hour or so.
- Narrow your career ideas to your top two ideas.
- Develop a plan to achieve your green career goals whether you want to return to school, launch your job search, or start your business.
Members - Download (part of membership)
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What's New at GreenCareerCentral.com
New Investment Index Highlights Promising CleanTech Companies
Nearly every week we hear from members who want to know which companies are hiring. Although there's no complete list of green companies, a new investment index provides a list of cleantech companies with potential throughout the United States and the world.
DOWNLOAD: We've created a table with company names, business focus, geographic area, and a live link to their job opportunities page. Scroll to the bottom of the page for the link to downloadable files.
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Cool Green Career Interviews
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Listen to interviews with our Green Career Experts
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Carol McClelland, PhD, founder and managing editor of this site, has helped thousands of people discover their dream career through her book Your Dream Career For Dummies and her work with individuals, groups, and students. Together with her team of experts, researchers and writers, Carol has pulled together sixteen years of experience into a broad collection of how-to articles, resources, support, and teleclasses to help you find your way to make a difference and prosper.
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