Tag: careers
November 23, 2015
By Thomas Storck
October’s Green Careers meet-up featured three sustainability leaders whose careers ranged from medicine to equipment manufacturing to government. Each professional, who spoke at this year’s
NESEA Building Energy NYC conference shared inspiring information about their work and career histories, and weighed in on career advice for those who want to pursue sustainability careers.
Photo credit: Samantha Yost
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July 28, 2015
Hard work, determination and patience have always been virtues that contribute to successful careers. However, today’s job market allows for increased visibility and opportunities for personal branding that go beyond the traditional resume. How can you create a positive and effective online perception for employers and open the door to more opportunities?
LinkedIn provides every rising star a platform to sell their education, experience and goals as a product. Few job seekers use their LinkedIn profile to its full potential, but GreenHomeNYC’s upcoming August Green Careers event aims to turn that profile into a true sales brochure.
Join us for a presentation lead by
John Crant, author, career coach and founder of SelfRecruiter.com with years of experience helping job seekers achieve their goals. John will be providing insight on building an online brand for a job in the sustainability industry as well as strategies and tools to grow your profile’s impact and network reach.
Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Time: 6:30 – 8:00pm with networking afterwards
Place: DORMA Design Center, 1040 Avenue of the Americas, (between 39th & 40th) 22nd Flr, NYC
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March 15, 2015
At the April GreenHomeNYC Green Careers meeting, we will be developing and practicing our own
Elevator Pitches.
RSVP HERE!
You have about thirty seconds to convince a potential employer or client to listen to your whole story. Whether you’re a job seeker or an entrepreneur seeking new business, you need to quickly define who you are, what you do, and why you’re the best person for the job in a clear, concise and compelling pitch.
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July 20, 2014
Hard work, determination and patience have always been virtues that contribute to successful careers. However, today’s job market allows for increased visibility and opportunities for personal branding that go beyond the traditional resume. How can you create a positive and effective online perception for employers and open the door to more opportunities?
LinkedIn provides every rising star a platform to sell their education, experience and goals as a product. Few job seekers use their LinkedIn profile to its full potential, but GreenHomeNYC’s upcoming August Green Careers event aims to turn that profile into a true sales brochure.
Join us for a talk by
John Crant that will offer you lessons on building your online brand for a job in the sustainability industry. John is an author, career coach and founder of SelfRecruiter.com with years of experience helping job seekers achieve their goals. He will walk us through the best strategies and tools to grow your profile’s impact and network reach.
Date: Wednesday, August 12, 2014
Time: 6:30 – 8:00pm
Place: DORMA Design Center, 1040 Avenue of the Americas, (between 39th & 40th) 22nd Flr, NYC
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May 8, 2010
Continuing GreenHomeNYC volunteer Brian Rahm’s reflections on his path to becoming LEED AP.
In part one, Brian discusses the training materials for the exam, including the The Green Building & LEED Core Concepts Guide.
With my Core Concepts Guide in hand, I set about trying to determine if I was eligible to take the exam.
Without documented eligibility, it is not possible to even attempt to take the exam. To be eligible requires at least one of the following conditions be met: that you have previous experience on a LEED project; that you work in a “sustainable” field of work – a clear definition of which I was never quite able to gather; or that you take an approved course. If you are like me, and you qualify for neither of the first two options, then the only remaining option is to take a course.
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Hard work, determination and patience have always been virtues that contribute to successful careers. However, today’s job market allows for increased visibility and opportunities for personal branding that go beyond the traditional resume. How can you create a positive and effective online perception for employers and open the door to more opportunities?
LinkedIn provides every rising star a platform to sell their education, experience and goals as a product. Few job seekers use their LinkedIn profile to its full potential, but GreenHomeNYC’s upcoming August Green Careers event aims to turn that profile into a true sales brochure.
Join us for a presentation lead by John Crant, author, career coach and founder of SelfRecruiter.com with years of experience helping job seekers achieve their goals. John will be providing insight on building an online brand for a job in the sustainability industry as well as strategies and tools to grow your profile’s impact and network reach.
Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Time: 6:30 – 8:00pm with networking afterwards
Place: DORMA Design Center, 1040 Avenue of the Americas, (between 39th & 40th) 22nd Flr, NYC
Click here to register!
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