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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  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? 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 Nov. 3rd at 7PM: Ithaca College will host 'Tailoring the Green Suit: Establishing a Bright Green Career in a Dull Gray Economy.' Ad h/t Ithaca College Office of Career Studies. We are very pleased with Ithaca College’s on-campus promotion of our Nov 3rd event: Tailoring the Green Suit: Establishing a Bright Green Career . . . → Read More: Ithaca College Gearing Up for ‘Tailoring the Green Suit: Establishing a Bright Green Career in a Dull Gray Economy’ Yesterday, Business Insider published a sobering article–Headhunters Reveal 11 Ways To Ruin Your Chances Of Getting A Job. It illustrates some of the ways that executive careerists mess up their job searches and long-term career prospects when they engage with executive recruiters. Time Keeps on Slipping (into the Future)… Arrive late to a . . . → Read More: Four More Ways to Screw Up Your Executive Recruitment Experience If you have just received your bachelor's degree and are wondering "now what?" we suggest you consider a career in green business. This week, the news on the U.S. job front has been especially bleak for recent college graduates. Many aspiring executives have yet to line up an entry-level assignment; according to a . . . → Read More: Will ‘Millennials’ Find Green Dream Jobs? A giant "climate change" billboard on Manhattan's West Side motivates The Green Suits to do well and do right, making the world a better place. ©2011 Dan Smolen In my last post, I described the “Central Casting” mentality of some executive recruiters and hiring managers who are charged with filling open job assignments. . . . → Read More: Careerists Should Ask Themselves: ‘What Do I Want to Do?’ Jan. 25, 2011: Nighttime protests in Cairo, Egypt. (photo h/t MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images) It has been said that “a picture is worth a thousand words.” But could this picture be worth several thousand American green jobs? Quite possibly, it could. A constant flow of cable news reports, and Facebook posts, and tweets from . . . → Read More: What Does This Photo Have to do With ‘Green Jobs’? (Practically EVERYTHING!) Resolutions. (We all make them.) For some, it is to do less of something like…eat unhealthful food. For others, it is to do a lot more of something like…exercise. With the economy still reeling and continued uncertainty at the workplace, our stress levels remain high. Holding to New Years resolutions will be a Herculean . . . → Read More: Eleven Important Resolutions in Twenty-Eleven for One Great Green Business Career 2010. What a challenging year. In January 2010, many thought that by the December 2010 we’d all be riding the green economy tsunami. Woo hoo! And certainly, I looked forward to 2010 with great hope that it would be the breakout year. But as each month of the year passed–and the job market showed . . . → Read More: 2011: Big Changes in Store for The Green Suits |
 
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