Job Resources

Looking for a job?

Follow SCP on LinkedIn at Sustainable Career Pathways, I post every new job I come across there. Feel free to connect with me personally as well at Trish Kenlon, I’m incredibly active on LinkedIn and love to share resources that help job seekers!

Start here first

If you’re new to the site, I recommend starting with these reader-favorite job search resources:

Check out my ongoing series on sustainability skills training at GreenBiz that has featured several hundred learning opportunities (many of which are free) and includes the incredibly popular article: Which of these 46 professional sustainability certifications is right for you?
Listen in as the legendary Yesh Pavlik Slenk of EDF Climate Corps and I talk job search tips, trends & how to just.get.started with your sustainability job search on Environmental Defense Fund’s Degrees Podcast
Check out the super specific job search strategies I cover with Scott Breen & Jay Siegel on Sustainability Defined’s most downloaded episode of all time
Read The 4-Step Guide to Starting a Career in Sustainability for Undergraduates (which actually has great advice for anyone looking to work in this space!)
Look for new opportunities to apply your skills in my article with 18 sustainability fellowships for students and working professionals
Visit the Interviews page which includes in-depth informational interview style interviews with sustainability professionals. Each interview includes a resources section where the featured expert provides industry and issue specific resources for learning more

Join us for the next Design Your Climate Career cohort starting on March 23, 2024

Design Your Climate Career is program I co-founded in partnership with the sustainability training experts at Voiz Academy. It’s a cohort-based experience for mid-career professionals stepping into sustainability and climate work and our next cohort is starting on March 23rd – come join us!

We’ve built an entire ecosystem for job search success designed to help you:
🧭 Understand the sustainability and ESG jobs landscape and your place in it
👓 Develop a new mindset that puts you in control of your job search
🙌 Be a part of a team offering structure, accountability, and support
🌟 Learn effective job search skills that you will use throughout your entire career (including how to leverage AI!)
🤗 Join a community of experienced professionals who have been in your shoes and want to help you succeed

If this sounds like an experience you’d like to be a part of, please visit the Voiz Academy website to learn more. Use code TK30 for 30% off of the Design Your Climate Career course and TK10 for 10% off of any of Voiz’s other sustainability upskilling offerings which include Net Zero Strategy, Decarbonization Analyst and Sustainability Analyst certification.

Do you know Ed?

The very first thing you should do is sign up for Ed’s Clean Energy and Sustainability Jobs List. It’s a weekly email compilation of new job postings in the space, and it’s amazing.

Sign up for Ed’s Clean Energy and Sustainability Jobs List here (scroll to the bottom to get to the sign up form)

Ed also was kind enough to chat with me about the list and his career and he has some great tips for job seekers in his interview: Ed Carley

Follow these ladies

These amazing women are constantly posting incredible job opportunities in sustainability (in addition to SCP’s Trish Kenlon, of course).

Katie Kross

Katie Kross is the Managing Director for the Center for Energy, Development, and the Global Environment (EDGE) at Duke University. She wrote an incredible book on how to find the perfect sustainability career for you. She tweets fantastic job opportunities regularly.

Check out Katie’s book Profession and Purpose on Amazon. Make sure to pick up the second edition with the blue cover, it’s the most recent.

Follow Katie on LinkedIn

Check out the Duke EDGE website

Ellen Weinreb

Ellen Weinreb is the Managing Director of The Weinreb Group, a leader in executive search for sustainability professionals. While she specializes in executive search, she posts opportunities at all levels.

Check out the Weinreb Group’s website

Follow Ellen on LinkedIn

Follow The Weinreb Group on LinkedIn

Get out there

Joining networks and attending conferences are great opportunities to learn about the space and meet people, most of whom are likely to be friendly and willing to help you. Check out the Networks and Conferences pages.

Fellowships

I wrote an in-depth article about the many fellowships available to both students and working professionals that was featured on GreenBiz, so that article has replaced the list of fellowships that used to live on this page. I’ll continue to update the article with new fellowships as I learn about them. Check out the article here.

Job Boards

There are hundreds of green job boards out there; some are good, most are terrible. Below is a list of job boards I’ve heard are reliable.

Be sure to check out the organizations listed on the Networks, Conferences, and Recommended Resources pages as many of these organizations are likely to have industry specific job postings, networking events, webinars, and other resources that can help you find a job or prepare for an interview.