Green Job Resources
In addition to this California Green Jobs site, there are many other valuable online green jobs resources. Below are links to some of our favorites.
Blogs:
Green Collar Blog
A resource to help people seeking jobs that focus on environmental and social responsibility. Features interesting news, links to green job fairs and events, a comprehensive green job board, and many more resources.
Green Job Boards:
GreenJobSearch.org
Green jobs board that allows you to search green job listings by keyword, company or location.
GreenBiz.com Green Jobs List
International green jobs board that feature jobs in solar and renewable energy, cleantech, green building, sustainable businesses and socially responsible organizations, and more.
Treehugger’s Green Jobs Board
International green jobs board searchable by Location, Job Function, Experience Level and Keyword.
Yahoo's Hotjobs Green Jobs and Career Page
Yahoo's national job search engine for green careers- search by location and key word. Features useful job-seeking management tools like uploading your resume, saving job postings for later, etc.
Training and Green Career Planning:
Finding Green Jobs: A Three-Part Series
This article series (part of the Green Collar Blog) provides basic information to help answer some fundamental question about how to find a green job.
Career One Stop's Green Careers Page
A comprehensive guide to planning your green career path- explore profiles of different green careers, get connected to training, and find out what careers are growing in the green economy.
California Energy Commission's (CEC) Clean Energy Workforce Training Programs
The California Energy Commission is collaborating with the Clean Energy Workforce Training Program, involving state and local partners to develop regional plans for training workers in new green technologies. Find quality green training and more info on green jobs.
Interstate Renewable Energy Council Training Resource
Features a national Renewable Energy Training Catalogue that allows you to search by region- includes training listings in solar, wind, energy efficiency, alternative fuels, and many more industries.
Organizations
Green For All:
National organization working to build an inclusive green economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty. Works in collaboration with the business, government, labor, and grassroots communities to create and implement programs that increase quality jobs and opportunities in green industry.
Apollo Alliance in Partnership with SCOPE Los Angeles
The Los Angeles Apollo Alliance Green Jobs Initiative aims to train and place low income communities for careers in the green manufacturing and green building sectors.
UC Berkeley Labor Center’s Green Jobs Page
The Labor Center carries out research on topics such as job quality and workforce development issues and works with unions, government, and employers to develop innovative policy perspectives and programs. Currently, they’re developing a searchable green jobs training resource that will cover the entire state of California.
Other Useful Sites and Resources:
California Energy Commission’s Green Jobs Page
Provides information about state-funded green job opportunities as well as up-to-date green job news, links to valuable resources, advice on how to begin your green jobs search and a calendar of local green job events.
California Green Jobs Corps Award List and Project Summaries
List, descriptions and contact information for the 11 California organizations that received state and federal funding to train 1,500 at-risk youth for technical, construction and other skilled jobs in environmentally friendly industries.
