Jobs

How do you get a job in sustainability?

One of the most common questions I hear is “How do you get a job in sustainability?” There are a lot more sustainability jobs than when I joined the field in 2008. This doesn’t mean it is any less challenging to find the right role for you;)

I follow a variety of feeds (LinkedIn, RSS, email, etc.) and review annual reports to try to keep a pulse on the whole sustainability job market. Below are my go-to resources for sustainability jobs.

Sustainability Job Feeds I follow: 

1. Ed’s Clean Energy & Sustainability Job List – Ed Carley sends sustainability job postings to your inbox every Sunday. The list is helpfully sorted by career phase. 
   
2. Green Jobs Network – I love GJN’s monthly(?) email newsletter. Jobs are listed by location (including remote) spanning all career phases. You can also stay up to date by visiting their webpage (RSS)
   • LinkedIn
   • Twitter @GreenJobs
   • Facebook
     
3. Reconsidered Jobs – I am newer to this site and enjoy the content of their almost weekly email newsletter. The job site is well managed and more international than the other listings
   • LinkedIn
   • Twitter @reconsiderco
     
4. Weinreb Group – This is the most active listing that I know of (and kudos on some great SEO!). While I have heard great things about their recruitment services, I don’t have any first-hand experience.
   • LinkedIn
   • Twitter @SustainableJobs
   • Facebook
     
5. Urban Sustainability Director’s Network – good for government and nonprofit partner listings.
   • Twitter @theUSDN
   • Facebook

Sustainability Career Coaching

Coaching is a topic unto itself and I would not be where I am at without it. Here are two great resources:

1. Walk of Life Coaching – Shannon Houde and her team are dialed into the sustainability career space. I am a very happy client of both their coursework and direct coaching, it is some of the best money I have spent.
   • LinkedIn
   • Twitter @walkoflifecoach
   • Facebook
     
2. Sustainable Career Pathways – Trish Kenlon and I both call Park City, UT home. She’s consistently generous with her network.
   • LinkedIn
   • Twitter @SustainableCP
   • Facebook

Bonus: Find Your Dream Job – I’m a big Ramit Sethi fan, while I haven’t purchased this course from I have purchased seven(!) other courses from I Will Teach You To Be Rich.

I use my RSS reader (Feedly) to track job feeds. I’ve also added this content permanently to my resources page.

Happy hunting!