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We are celebrating our third anniversary on Earth Day! To celebrate, we'd like to improve Green Career Central for you. Find out how you can help us improve.
There are several teleclasses for you this month. Learn more about the green economy and where you fit, build a green network, and be a part of a guest interview. Learn how you can participate in the Highlighted Events section.
Are you specific enough about your green career goal? How will it affect you getting your dream job? Discover the answers to these questions and more in this week's Tip of the Week.
Are you ready to get specific on your goal, and get that dream career? Then check out our Jump Start Your Green Career workshop.
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Earth Day is our anniversary! As we celebrate our third anniversary we are looking to the future. We are calling this new era Green Career Central 2.0, a more interactive, community-based, customized solution to help you identify your green career and take the actions necessary to reach your green career goal.
To ensure we are creating new support options that meet your needs, we would love your input! Do you have a few moments to fill out a very short two-question survey? Your answers will help us understand the challenges you are facing in your quest for a green career.
Watch this space for news about our new offerings! We can’t wait!
Highlighted Events
 Carolyn Allen, Publisher of Solutions For Green & California Green Solutions, is interviewing me in an upcoming webinar about green career options. During the webinar, I will share my interactive visual map of the green economy that will help you see where your skills, interests, and education fit into this emerging new economy. I’ll also describe actions you can take right now to identify your green career focus and steps to take to transition from your current career into your green career.
Discover Your Green Career Options
Tuesday, April 20
9am Pacific
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Members Only Teleclass Events for April.
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Expand Your Green Network - Building a strong, vibrant green network is one of the most important steps you can take to find your green career. Each month during this Members Only call, you’ll discover a new networking strategy and actively network with other Green Career Central Members. Join us!
Wednesday, April 14, 10 AM Pacific / 1PM Eastern... TODAY!
An Interactive Networking Event
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Members Only Guest Interview - This month join us for our guest interview with Elinor Stutz, author of the upcoming book entitled HIRED! Did you know the interview really isn’t about you? Discover how you can use sales techniques to position yourself to outshine your competition. Even if you aren't quite ready to interview for your green job, use this opportunity to improve your interviewing skills.
Wednesday, April 28, 5 PM Pacific 8 PM Eastern
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Tip of the Week: Three Ways Your Vague Green Career Goal Limits the Success of Your Job Search
When I talk with people who want to transition into a green career they often tell me their goal.
- I want to work in solar or clean tech.
- I want to be in green sales.
- I want a job in sustainability.
When I ask them to be more specific, they are often at a loss for words. Either they don’t know enough about the industry to know where their skills fit, or they aren’t sure what skills they have to contribute.
Although they feel they are being specific, their goal isn’t concise enough or detailed enough to be very useful in the quest for their green career. Where do you stand?
Do you have enough specificity to direct your job search activities? Is your goal so broad that you vacillate between being completely overwhelmed with all there is to research, and pinging from one topic to the next trying to get something, anything to stick?
If you are in this situation, it’s likely you are frustrated with your lack of progress, worried that you’ll never figure it out, and confused about what actions to take next.
If you are not specific about your green career goal, it’s likely your contacts are confused as well. When your contacts don’t know what you want to do they have a difficult time offering referrals that fit your needs. They don’t know which resources, events, training opportunities, or contacts align with your goals. This isn’t just about referrals to resources! Your contacts aren’t going to be able to pass you viable job leads either.
As a result, you won’t get the results you need from your networking activities. There’s no way to build momentum. Leads will dribble in bit by bit in a way that isn’t very cohesive or focused.
The hiring managers that are trying to interview you are also confused! They may not understand why you are interviewing for the position. They may not be able to connect the dots between your past experience and the position you are applying for. Need I tell you, this probably won’t bode for the outcome of your interview.
If you don’t understand how to present yourself in a cohesive, organized, convincing way, you can’t expect to get hired into a job that’s a good fit for you. Your only hope is to run into a hiring manager who is able to spot a diamond in the rough. Even then, the manager may decide you are a great fit for a job that’s really not that interesting for you.
If you are determined to have a green job, you must create a destination or goal to guide you on your journey. Don’t expect to rely on the hiring manager, your recruiter, your mother, your spouse, or your best friend to figure this out for you. The only one qualified to determine your vision is YOU! You’ll need to discern, possibly with the help of a coach or coaching program, where your skills are best suited within the green economy. Your clarity isn’t likely to happen in a flash. It’s probably better to think of the process as a journey or a big project with multiple steps.
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Jump Start Your Green Career
 If you are ready to make your green career goal more specific, then join us for our next Jump Start Your Green Career Intensive!
May 20th – July 1st
As a result of this workshop by phone, you will:
- Be able to state your green career goal with confidence, clarity, and enthusiasm.
- Know how to use your goal to guide you as you research your career options, network with people in the field, and strengthen your resume.
- Have a personalized plan to guide your actions as you pursue your green career.
This 7-week intensive teleclass, facilitated by Carol McClelland and her team of career coaches, helps you shorten your path to your green career. Through a collection of personal exercises, group activities, and personal coaching sessions you gain a clear focus that guides your choices and actions regarding your green career search.
Early Bird Pricing until May 7th
Green Career Central Blog:
Follow the Green Money: Money, money, money! This week we are sharing news about billions of dollars that may go to NASA for climate research, and millions going to energy efficiency software, high efficient, low cost thin film solar cells, and smart meters.
Green Career Trends: Trends this week include a new announcement about smart grid training, a company converting beetle-killed trees as a source of power, and package delivery companies greening their fleets.
Membership Has Its Advantages!
If you are searching for your place in the green economy, check out how Green Career Central can help you shorten the path to your green career.
- You'll find green economy resources you can use to explore green industries and the green economy.
- You'll gain access to the 7 Steps to Your Green Career, a step-by-step sequence of actionable tasks you can take to reach your green career goal.
- You'll discover sources of support to help you stay focused and make progress faster.
"It's a hard to find an investment these days that pays for itself many times over but the annual fee for joining Green Career Central is certainly worth every penny. The process laid out is structured and easy to follow. It takes you through the steps to get a truer understanding what your interests and skills are and makes you excited about researching your career options, while giving you a sense of progress and accomplishment. Thanks Carol."
~WG Becoming an Energy Systems Consultant
Read what other members are saying about Green Career Central.
What's New at GreenCareerCentral.com
Blogs to Watch
Wondering which blogs to watch to gain a good sense of what’s happening in the green economy? Check out our new Members Only article with a list of blogs you can choose from.
Post Your Resume on the Green Career Central Job Board
Our job board allows you to post your resume anonymously, search the job openings, set up email job alerts, and apply for positions. Take a look!
Ask Us a Question
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Green Career CentralTM is an online resource center to help mid-career professionals, students, new grads, and career counselors make sense of the green economy and the green job market.
Carol McClelland, PhD, author of Green Careers for Dummies, is one of the nation’s leading green career experts. Throughout her career, Carol has helped thousands of people find work that matches their values and interests.
In addition to writing Green Careers for Dummies, Carol is the Founder and Executive Director of Green Career Central. This online resource center provides career guidance, coaching, and resources to clarify the ever-evolving world of green career possibilities for students, professionals, and career counselors.
Carol is driven by three passions: guiding people to discover fulfilling careers aligned with their values, learning about innovations that enable people to live, work, and play more sustainably, and marveling at the inspiring wisdom of nature.
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