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Do you want to SEE where the stimulus money going? In this week's tip, Carol shares some quick and easy ways to glean good information for your job search from the Recovery.gov website.
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Highlighted Event: Upcoming Events for Fall 2009
If one of the events below interests you, click through to the Web site for details.
"Jump Start Your Green Career" 6-Week Intensive Workshop
Six week workshop by phone – begins Tuesday, Nov 3rd
*** Last Chance to Sign up ***
See full description with benefits, results, and investment on website
Are you ready to move your search for your green career forward? In this 6-week intensive teleclass workshop, facilitated by Carol McClelland and her team of career coaches, you’ll bring your green niche into focus and create a personalized action plan to help you get the results you desire. Achieving both of these outcomes helps you shorten your path to your green career.
If you wonder if this workshop is a good fit for you, please set up an appointment with Carol to talk about where you are in your process, and what you can expect from the workshop. Click to the full description for details about the workshop and how to set up a conversation with Carol.
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FOR CAREER COUNSELORS/COACHES ONLY
What You Need to Know About Green Careers
A Free Introductory Call
November 13, 2009
10 am Pacific / 1 pm Eastern
Now that I've finished writing Green Careers For Dummies, I'm ready to share what I know about green careers with you! To give you a content-rich training call with information you can use immediately in your work with clients searching for green careers, I’d love to hear your answer to this question: What is the most pressing question you have about the green economy and green careers? I'll sort through your questions and prepare an integrated presentation that covers the topics you most want to know about.
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Five Ways to Tap into Your Green Network: Locally and Online
Wednesday, Nov 18th at 6 pm Pacific
$19/member and $29/non members
Do you want to take your green network to the next level? When the job market is as tight as it is right now, your network is likely to be the most productive way to find job openings in your area. It’s never too early to build or strengthen your green network! Join us for this teleclass, where Carol will help you dig into the details of building your own network. This is not an introductory call but rather an in-depth call for those ready for more! Because there will be fewer people on this call, we will be opening the phone lines so Carol may answer your questions live and you may all share ideas.
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Tip of the Week: Recovery.gov 2.0: New Local Details about Stimulus Money Distributions
Have you ever wondered where the stimulus money has gone in your local area?
Have you been frustrated by how difficult it has been to find this information?
Do you wonder how much more money is going to flow into your community?
If so, then you are going to be excited about Recovery.gov 2.0.
Earlier this month the government unveiled their brand new site that displays how money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 has been distributed throughout the United States and the U.S. Territories.
On the home page of www.Recovery.gov you’ll find a map that enables you to drill down and down and down until you reach street level. Although the map is well designed and easy to navigate, I spent a couple hours exploring the site in depth so you’d be able to use these steps to get up to speed quickly.
Why This Data Matters to You
These new maps give you a way to compare how much money has been announced by agencies and how much as been received by local recipients.
- Understanding which projects have been funded in which organizations may help you find local job opportunities.
- If you are trying to find work in a particular field, you can discover which businesses have received funding from which governmental agency.
- You can drill down within these maps to identify the exact address of fund recipients.
The rest of this newsletter gives you a detailed overview of the maps.
Choose Your Map
- Clicking on Recipient Reported will pull up a BLUE map. This view of the map shows which companies, schools, and organizations have received funds from the stimulus package.
Tip: Check out the bar chart to the left of the map to see the U.S. Totals for Funds Awarded and Funds Received for contracts only. Grant and loan data will be added on Friday, October 30th. Click on the bars to find out the exact amount of money and the percentage of money distributed.
- Clicking on Agency Reported will pull up a GOLD map. This view of the map shows which agencies are distributing money and where that money is expected to land.
Tip: Check out the bar chart to the left of the map to see the U.S. Totals for Funds Announced, Funds Available, and Funds Paid Out for contracts, grants, loans, and entitlements. Click on the bars to find out the exact amount of money and the percentage of money distributed.
Actions You Can Take on the Homepage Map
After identifying the map you want to explore (Recipient or Agency), you have several options.
- The color of the state shows you the relative distribution of funds across the states. Hover your mouse over the states to pull up actual data for each state.
- Blue map - Funds Awarded, Funds Received, and Jobs Created
- Gold map - Funds Announced, Funds Available, and Funds Paid Out
- If you are interested in finding these same numbers for the U.S. Territories, click on the Territories tab in the lower right corner of the map.
Drilling Down to the Details
- You have two ways to drill down for more information.
- Enter your zip code in the lower right corner of the map to drill down to your immediate geographic area. (See the next section for more information about this detailed level of information.)
- Click on the state you want to explore.
- Either of these actions will take you to a larger, close up version of the map. Check out the Map View tabs to decide how you want to view the data on the maps.
- Unemployment data by state or county
- Funding by state, county, zip code, Congressional district
- Map style to show streets or the aerial view of the country
Exploring Your Local Area
When you click on any region (state, county, zip, district) you can see the number of awards and the financial value of those rewards in the table in the lower left corner of the map.
Tip: If you are having a hard time clicking on your zip code, county, or district, use the zoom bar on the left side of the map to enlarge the area you want to explore. Or return to the home page and click on your desired state. Give the map a moment to adjust the scale of the map. Then select the map view you desire.
When you arrive at the map, you’ll see colored dots scattered around the map that represent the three award types. These awards are categorized into contracts (green), grants (blue), and loans (purple) that Agencies are reporting (gold map) or that Recipients are reporting (blue map). Remember, the grants and loans for recipients won’t show on the map until after Oct 30th. When possible these dots are plotted at the exact location of the recipient organization. If the address is not known, the dots are placed in the center of the state or region.
Tip: Click between the Agency Reported vs Recipient Reported to see the difference between the number of dots the agencies have announced and the number of recipients that have reported the money. This will give you a sense of how much money is yet to land in your region.
The dots are the gold mine of this map! Keep drilling down for very detailed information about where money is landing in your area.
- Clicking on each dot gives you the name of the company and the amount of the reward.
- Click on “View awards for this Recipient” to see a description of the award, the city, and the award amount. If the recipient received multiple awards, you’ll be able to see details for all of the awards.
- Click on “More Details” to open up a new window with information about the award and the company, including the company’s address. The data you see depends on whether the award is a contract, grant, or loan.
If you are interested in the awards given out by a particular agency, click on the Recipients tab on the right side of the map. You can indicate which kind of awards you want to see and which agency you are researching. This creates a filter that shows you just the dots you want to see.
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Innovations and new developments are happening very quickly, we would like YOUR HELP in this venture! If you are selected to join the Industry Tracker team, you’ll:
- Delve into the developments in your target industry.
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- Gain a number of other benefits that we’ll spell out in the email we’ll send out next week.
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Green Career Trends: Trends we spotted this week include hybrids as taxis in AZ, programs for retrofitting homes, and new LED streetlights.
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