How And Why To Build Your Support Team
By surrounding yourself by people who are positive about your transition, who can help from a place of expertise or fresh perspective not only increases your chances of a successful transition increase, but you’ll be happier on the journey too. “You are the average of the people closest to you,” as Jim Rohn famously said
Can dissatisfaction be a force for good in the sustainability career movement?
The balance between wanting to do meaningful work to make the world a better place (the PULL factors) and wanting to leave their current roles due to dissatisfaction, disillusionment and lack of purpose (the PUSH factors) has been shifting more to the PUSH than PULL.
The three types of climate career seekers, and why knowing which you are helps
Knowing your motivations and subsequent needs is an important part of developing your climate and sustainability career shift. Find out what type of career shifter you are and what help you might need
Why you need to focus on a niche when making a climate career transition
“I want to work sustainability” is not an employable/buyable pitch and taking that vague sense of wanting to work in sustainability to the job boards and hiring managers is misguided at best and a colossal waste of your time at worst.