Career Resource

The 2010 salary survey for sustainability professionals conducted by Acre and Acona. Primarily European data but data from all over the world.

The Green Economy has an interesting blog post on the top job green job titles and the top green US cities for green related employment. The report is based on data gathered by Jim Cassio, a green workforce development professional, and references data from Green Dream Jobs.

The Top Green Job Titles (Green Economy Blog)

Portland Craigslist has a posting for a Sustainability Consultant in Commercial Real Estate. I post this here as an example of how the sustainability field is expanding. The job description calls for specific expertise in energy efficiency and sustainability. The company posting this is JDM Associates, "an environmental and energy consulting firm specializing in advancing sustainability in the real estate industry."

MA in Leadership for Sustainability at Lancaster University, UK
Commences: 16 November 2009

With the sustainability industry still in its infancy and professionals moving into the field from a wide range of sectors, the International Society of Sustainability Professionals (ISSP) now offers a Certificate Program in Sustainability. Meant for practitioners who need to fill in “gaps” in their education or for displaced professionals looking for a new career, the online workshops are taught by luminaries and thought leaders from around the world who have spent years working to change the systems of the world to a sustainable model.

The Research Unit for Industrial Ecology, LCA and Systems Sustainability (IELCASS) at the University of Maine undertakes multidisciplinary, integrative, innovative research to develop sustainable products from biomass resources and processes which maximize resource and energy efficiency and minimize life cycle environmental impacts. We focus on understanding the dynamic interactions fundamentally and holistically, drawing on elements of systems analysis, process simulation and optimization, network and complexity methods and models.

This report is the second of what seems to be an annual study of salaries for "CSR" professionals in England. While it is specific to one country, it provides n interesting data point. The study was produced by three organizations:

• Green Dream Jobs at www.sustainablebusiness.com/jobs/. This site is one of the most comprehensive for Oregon jobs. You can search by city, state and career level.
• GreenBiz at www.greenbiz.com/jobs. GreenBiz.com features news, technical assistance, discussion forums and job listings for sustainable businesses. The job postings also include nonprofits, as the site overlaps substantially with Green Dream Jobs.

Informational Interviews
By Vicki Lind, MS and Gail Nicholson, MS, LPC

National Websites with Green Job Search Focus