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Remake a Living: Why can't I find a job? I thought the green job market was hot!	Kevin Doyle	13 Feb 2007	Gristmill
'If the green job market's so hot, why can't I find a job?' I've been talking up the rising eco-job market so much that I should have known there would be a backlash. It came most recently from an exasperated job seeker who's failed to land a decent job, let alone get an interview -- or even find appropriate positions to apply for. "Is this the 'hidden' job market I've heard about?' she asked. 'It seems downright invisible!' Hmm ... is it possible that I could ...
Topics: green jobs (all these topics)

Remake a Living: Talkin' 'bout our generations Dealing with the generation gap in the eco-workplace	Kevin Doyle	08 Jan 2007	Gristmill
As director of program development at The Environmental Careers Organization, Kevin Doyle knows a thing or two about job searching. In this recurring column for Grist, he explores the green job market and offers advice to eco-job-seekers looking to jumpstart their careers. Environmental employers are losing their 'boomers, and some are worried sick about it. They know that an inevitable competition for limited talent will follow the equally inevitable wave of retire ...
Topics: green jobs (all these topics)

Remake a Living: Green job market heating up A thorough job search reveals skills in high demand	Kevin Doyle	25 Jul 2006	Gristmill
As director of program development at The Environmental Careers Organization, Kevin Doyle knows a thing or two about job searching. In this recurring column for Grist, he explores the green job market and offers advice to eco-job-seekers looking to jumpstart their careers. Is it hot out there, or is it just me? Lately, I've been hearing from employers who can't find the talent they need and more than a few lucky job seekers who have multiple offers. Are these just ran ...
Topics: green jobs (all these topics)

Help wanted: Web geek and word worm	Chris Schults	14 Jul 2006	Gristmill
Hey Gristmillers. In case you haven't heard, Grist's editorial and production teams are each seeking an intern to work in our lovely new office. So, if you possess some HTML and Photoshop skills, or are a fact-checker extraordinaire, and want to work with some of the coolest people in Seattle, check these internships out.
Topics: green jobs (all these topics)

Remake a Living: Defining the environmental workforce What jobs are included in the environmental field?	Kevin Doyle	20 Jun 2006	Gristmill
As director of program development at The Environmental Careers Organization, Kevin Doyle knows a thing or two about job searching. In this recurring column for Grist, he explores the green job market and offers advice to eco-job-seekers looking to jumpstart their careers. I received an email the other day from a professor who wanted fresh, expert-certified information about the green job scene. (No snickering about the abysmally low standards for 'expert' status, pleas ...
Topics: green jobs (all these topics)

Remake a Living: Consulting with the devil Can you work as an environmental consultant without losing your soul?	Kevin Doyle	16 May 2006	Gristmill
As director of program development at The Environmental Careers Organization, Kevin Doyle knows a thing or two about job searching. In this recurring column for Grist, he explores the green job market and offers advice to eco-job-seekers looking to jumpstart their careers. I have been working in the environmental consulting field for several years now. I must admit, I'm quite disillusioned due to clients who simply don't care about the environment. I turn away project ...
Topics: green jobs (all these topics)

Remake a Living: Letters from the (e)mailbag An eco-career guru answers reader mail	Kevin Doyle	13 Apr 2006	Gristmill
As director of program development at The Environmental Careers Organization, Kevin Doyle knows a thing or two about job searching. In this recurring column for Grist, he'll explore the green job market and offer advice to eco-job-seekers looking to jumpstart their careers. Here's a career-development tip for would-be writers and bloggers: Don't miss your deadlines! I'm sorry for letting so much time pass between postings. To get back in your good graces, I've dec ...
Topics: green jobs (all these topics)

Nursery Time Alan Hip�lito, creator of green jobs for low-income people, answers readers' questions		03 Mar 2006	InterActivist
How can I and others help low-income people of color?�� -- Corey Paradis, Burlington, Vt. Well, that's a big question. Not to be too short, but I would ask them, the ones in your area. To me, and in my experience, and what I tell my students, the most important thing is to truly place yourself at the service of these communities. Seek out organizations serving or from these communitie ...
Topics: environmental justice, gardening, green jobs, InterActivist, interview, placemaking, Poverty and the Environment (all these topics)

Work in Progress Alan Hip�lito, creator of green jobs for low-income people, answers Grist's questions		27 Feb 2006	InterActivist
What work do you do? I run a very small, very new nonprofit organization called Verde. What does your organization do? What, in a perfect world, would constitute "mission accomplished"? Verde offers a helping hand in the form of green jobs for low-income folks. Photo: iStockphoto. The mission of Verde is to increase the economic health of low-income and people-of-color com ...
Topics: environmental justice, gardening, green jobs, InterActivist, interview, placemaking, Poverty and the Environment (all these topics)

Remake a Living: Taking the first step Advice on making the move to a new eco-career	Kevin Doyle	21 Feb 2006	Gristmill
As director of program development at The Environmental Careers Organization, Kevin Doyle knows a thing or two about job searching. In a new column for Grist, he'll explore the green job market and offer advice to eco-job-seekers looking to jumpstart their careers. February is National Mentoring Month. Aren't you psyched? No? Well, consider this column a shout-out to mentors everywhere. If you've had a good mentor in the past, or if you have one right now, celebrate ...
Topics: green jobs (all these topics)

Introducing: Remake a Living New column offers advice to eco-job-seekers	Kevin Doyle	24 Jan 2006	Gristmill
As director of program development at The Environmental Careers Organization, Kevin Doyle knows a thing or two about job searching. In a new column for Grist, he'll explore the green job market and offer advice to eco-job seekers looking to jump-start their careers. Remake a Living: Green job prospects for 2006 Here we are in the first month of a whole new year. If you're like me, you've already broken most of the champagne-fueled resolutions you made on New Year ...
Topics: green jobs (all these topics)

Reclaim the Future A new think tank tries to link up justice, poverty, and green issues.	David Roberts	05 Jun 2005	Gristmill
There's been a lot of talk since ... well, forever, but especially since the paper that shall go unnamed, about greens forming strategic alliances with other progressive groups. One such proposed alliance is between big green groups and groups working to fight racism and poverty. Most of this, sad to say, is just talk, but Joel Makower brings word of Reclaim the Future, a new think tank from Van Jones' Ella Baker Center that's trying to make it happen. Reclaim the ...
Topics: environmental movement, green jobs, Van Jones (all these topics)

Dreamwork Kevin Doyle, environmental-career guru, answers readers' questions		17 Dec 2004	InterActivist
Kevin Doyle, The Environmental Careers Organization. Which environment-related fields do you see growing fastest right now? What type of jobs do you see declining in the future?&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp -- Name not provided, Nashville, Tenn. There are several answers to this question posted on the ECO website. If you go to our Career Tips section and click on the one for September 2004, you'll find detail ...
Topics: Bill McDonough, green jobs, green living, greenish companies, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Hire Learning Kevin Doyle, environmental-career guru, answers Grist's questions		13 Dec 2004	InterActivist
Kevin Doyle. With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I'm one of two national program directors at The Environmental Careers Organization (authors of the new book The ECO Guide to Careers That Make a Difference -- see below). At least, that's my current title. I've worked for ECO since 1984, and in that time I've been Pacific Northwest regional director, national general manager, director ...
Topics: Bill McDonough, green jobs, green living, greenish companies, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Bake Your Cake and Eat It Too On getting a job in the 'eco-field'	Umbra Fisk	14 Jun 2004	Ask Umbra
On getting a job in the "eco-field" By Umbra Fisk 14 Jun 2004 Dear Umbra, I'm a conscientious baby boomer who would like to do things to help the planet. I'm simultaneously enjoying a midlife crisis. I have spent more than eight years in college, studying to be a psychologist/chef. Where in the eco-field is there a place for a reformed business owner/computer teacher/chef with years and years of experience in the psychology of women? Dr. Thom Jacksonvill ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, food and agriculture, green jobs, green living, local food, organic food, sustainable ag (all these topics)

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