By Dan Smolen, on December 28th, 2011% The University of Mary Washington is located in historic Fredericksburg, Va. On March 20, 2012, the university's career development office will host 'Tailoring the Green Suit: Establishing a Bright Green Career in a Dull Gray Economy'
Happy New Year, everyone! We are pleased to start Twenty-Twelve off with some very exciting news.
On . . . → Read More: Univ. of Mary Washington to Host March 20th ‘Tailoring the Green Suit’ Strategy Session
By Dan Smolen, on December 23rd, 2011% In every year past, we predicted that things were going to get better on the green and sustainable career track. While some of us have made gains and landed great jobs, most of the rest of us struggle to establish ourselves in the New Green Economy.
We’ve grown tired of prognosticating. So, for Twenty-Twelve, . . . → Read More: Twenty-Twelve and Ten Wishes for The Green Suits
By Dan Smolen, on December 23rd, 2011%
By Dan Smolen, on December 16th, 2011% It's time to plan for career success in 2012 by preparing and following your own check list.
Season’s greetings! We hope you are enjoying the run up to Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or whatever it is that you celebrate.
And we keep good thoughts that 2012 will bring lots of career success to us . . . → Read More: The Green Suits Career Checklist: Process Points for a Successful 2012 and Beyond
By Dan Smolen, on December 5th, 2011% Our thanks to Richard Halpern of EcoApprentice.com for the terrific interview experience. Here’s a snippet:
“For most sustainability-minded executives—who have been rendered risk-averse by the current job climate—the idea of creating shift in their current companies truly resonates. I am counseling them to turn their current jobs and companies green before they . . . → Read More: EcoApprentice.com Founder Richard Halpern Interviews TheGreenSuits.com Founder Dan Smolen
By Dan Smolen, on December 1st, 2011% PM Network is the official magazine of the Project Management Institute. Matt Alderton's article, "Green Growth," discusses green job-making opportunities for project professionals. Logo h/t PMI.
Well, at least my mother will be very proud of me for this.
PM Network is the official magazine of the Project Management Institute, the world’s largest . . . → Read More: ‘Tailoring the Green Suit’ Author Dan Smolen Quoted in Project Management Institute’s Official Magazine
By Dan Smolen, on November 28th, 2011% Well, today starts of well with a nice post by Greenbiz.com contributor and WSMN’s Nature of Business radio host Chrissy Coughlin.
Chrissy summarizes last week’s radio interview, HERE.
Check it out!
By Dan Smolen, on November 27th, 2011% Today's Wall Street Journal editorial borrowed "non-green jobs" talking points from The American Petroleum Institute verbatim.
This morning, I was jolted awake, not by a strong cup of coffee, but by the arrival of an editorial in The Wall Street Journal’s weekend edition.
The editorial, The Non-Green Jobs Boom: Forget ‘clean energy.’ Oil . . . → Read More: Do The Wall Street Journal, American Petroleum Institute ‘Have it In’ for The Green Suits?
By Dan Smolen, on November 23rd, 2011% Wow…that was fun!
This morning, I was Chrissy Coughlin’s guest on her radio show, Nature of Business. Chrissy broadcasts weekly from WSMN Radio in Nashua, New Hampshire; her show is also podcast on GreenBiz.com.
Chrissy is a great host and well-informed green business expert. In the interview, we covered a lot of interesting topics . . . → Read More: ‘Tailoring the Green Suit’ Author on ‘Nature of Business’ Radio Show
By Dan Smolen, on November 22nd, 2011% Save room for Thanksgiving dessert! (This looks yummy!) Photo h/t 2008 awhiskandaspoon
I suppose for some–out of work many months–Thanksgiving is a cruel holiday.
Seated around a large dining room table, surrounded by family and friends, the down-and-out will dread providing those gathered a credible answer to the question: ”for what, am I . . . → Read More: Thanksgiving: a Time to Reinvent Ourselves for The New Green Economy
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