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Online Version of this Issue Green Career Tips Archive
Getting your dream green career takes action. Read this week's tip and find out what you can do to make your dream a reality.
Are you ready to take action in finding your green career? Carol is available for you! New teleclasses start all the time. Find out more in the Highlighted Events section.
This week we celebrate the second anniversary of Green Career Central! What an adventure it has been. Thank you to our members and subscribers who have supported us through the years!
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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.
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.
Hope you can attend - I’ll be unveiling my latest Green Economy Map during the call! If you can’t make it this Friday, sign up and we’ll send you the audio and information about the Green Economy Map.
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Five Ways to Tap into Your Green Network: Locally and Online
Thursday, Nov 19th 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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Manage Your Mindset: How to Succeed in the Green Economy
A Free Teleclass
Wednesday, Dec 2nd at 6 pm Pacific
Are you having difficulty navigating your way into the green economy? Are you feeling alone or isolated in your journey to your green career? In this free teleclass, Carol reveals how understanding the green economy will help you move forward, build momentum, and succeed in the new economy.
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Tip of the Week: Take Action to Create Green Career Opportunities
Two years ago this week, we launched Green Career Central at the San Francisco Green Festival. Although the green economy was just a glimmer, opportunity, potential, and excitement were in the air.
Now, two years later the green/clean/sustainable economy has more form, though the policy cornerstones are still being defined. Funding from the venture capital community and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is providing stimulus to a number of industries and research areas. We continue to discover additional industries stepping forward to take concerted efforts to make their business practices greener, cleaner, and more sustainable.
Although it’s tempting to think the momentum has created a mature green economy, it’s important to remember that we are in the midst of the earliest stages of the green economy. Any time a new era begins opportunities abound if you are creative, determined, and flexible. Right now green efforts are sprouting in start ups, large companies, governmental agencies, non profits, non governmental agencies, academic institutions, and solo businesses.
The Actions You Take
To find these opportunities you must do your homework to connect with those opportunities. It’s not enough to just:
- Dream about having a green career.
- Think about your possibilities.
- Hope for green opportunities to come your way.
- Read about your target industries.
To be in the right place, at the right time, knowing the right people, you must take action!
- Talk to people in green jobs that match your interests to discover what they do.
- Build your network of contacts who share your interests and values.
- Take classes to learn as much as you can about general green/sustainable topics as well as specific skills you need within your profession.
- Find opportunities to gain experience in the green arena by working on projects, interning, or volunteering.
The Timing
There’s no way to predict exactly how long it will take for you to find the position that fits your needs, interests, and experience. You can’t even forecast the exact path your journey will take. Be open to opportunities, connections, and experiences that take you closer to your goal of having a green career in a particular area of the economy.
Each experience you have will open doors, introduce you to people, and give you key experiences that begin to build. You may not see exactly how everything fits together until well into your green adventure. That’s okay. The key is to take the actions that continue to create opportunities for you.
Keep in mind that you don’t have any control over every aspect your timing. If your target industry or your target company isn’t developed enough to hire someone with your skills, you can’t force the matter. You must take strategic actions to build your portfolio of experience so you are the best candidate in the field when they are ready to hire.
Your Income
Within the green economy, you may find your income comes in a different form that you are accustomed to. Part-time positions, contracts, consulting, project work, and internships may be the best way to get your foot in the door.
While building your network, experience, and momentum, you may need to find income-generating work that leverages the skills you used in the traditional economy. Only you can determine the right balance for your activities. The mix will vary for each person and may even change as your life/work situation changes. The key is to continue to find ways to take action to create green opportunities for yourself and your future.
As you can tell, this isn’t an instantaneous solution if you are currently out of a job or if you need to shift to a new job in short order. Do what you need to do to have money coming in while you search for green opportunities that fit your current life circumstances.
Remember, the key to opening up green doors is getting out in the world, taking action, and choosing opportunities that move you closer to your green career goal.
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Green Career Central Blog:
Green Career Trends: Green industry trends we found this week include fresh water, LED street lights, and a joint study of transportation systems in Singapore.
Follow the Green Money: Green money has been secured by an innovative recycling company, an organization that provides funds to inventive auto designers, and thin film solar.
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Green Career CentralTM is a virtual career center for motivated professionals who are ready to find a green career that fully expresses their passions, skills, values, and talents.
Carol McClelland, PhD, founder and Executive Director of Green Career Central, 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 eighteen 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. Carol is currently writing Green Careers for Dummies, which will be available in bookstores in late January/early February 2010.
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