Ready or not, graduation is fast approaching. For those of us not yet certain how we wish to pay the bills and fill the hours between 9-5, incorporating a green work ethic is a great starting point.
Getting a green job, or with a company that's going green, is becoming increasingly popular, especially with recent graduates and entry-level employees. A recent poll on green employment by MonsterTrak.com, a job web site geared toward students and entry-level hires, found that 80% of young professionals are interested in securing a job that has a positive impact on the environment, and 92% would be more inclined to work for a company that is environmentally friendly.
To help the supply meet up with the demand for green employees, MonsterTRAK teamed up with environmental non-profit ecoAmerica to start GreenCareers the first environmentally responsible recruitment service for college students and recent graduates. The site offers both a search for green jobs and for green companies, so that both explicitly "green jobs"-a solar panel installer, for example-and "regular jobs" within a green company-an accountant with an organic food company, we'll say-are available and easy to find.
And it works both ways: going green as a company, or even just in your office building can certainly give the planet a helping hand, but increasing evidence suggests it can also help you recruit and land more talented people, and, for companies, going green has another compelling benefit: the possibility of reducing operating costs. Green jobs benefit everyone.Green Job Search Engines:
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Check out the job board at http://www.greencollareconomy.com/jobs to check into some of the green collar jobs companies are currently advertising for
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