2.21.2011

Great Green Job Resources

Are you on the hunt for a green job? Or wondering what qualifications you might need to land a position in an emerging green industry?

Check out the Green Jobs Resources page at Great Green Careers. It's loaded with links to specific green career sites, articles on green jobs, and general job-hunting information.

Great Green Careers is one of many job-hunting resources available on the Web for people interested in renewable energy, green building, and other sustainability-related careers. While you're searching, you might also check out these sites:

5 Million Green Jobs
GreenJobs.com
GreenBiz.com jobs page
TreeHugger.com jobs page

Still not sure what exactly a green-collar jobs is? There are plenty of definitions, but here's how Phil Angelides, chair of the Apollo Alliance, defined it in a May 2008 Time article: "It has to pay decent wages and benefits that can support a family. It has to be part of a real career path, with upward mobility. And it needs to reduce waste and pollution and benefit the environment."

You can learn more about the benefits of green-collar jobs at Greenforall.com.

Happy job hunting!

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