In this comprehensive look at environmental careers, Richard Wizansky, development director of the Student Conservation Association, and Joan Moody, media director for Defenders of Wildlife, sketch the big picture and spell out the details of who's hiring and how to land a green job.With advice from leading environmentalists, Moody and Wizansky first lay the groundwork: the green job market is growing and will continue to grow. They nail down the trends influencing that growth, and they provide answers to the questions green job seekers most often ask. Moody and Wizansky even dedicate an entire chapter to networking, which they very sensibly define as "the support and knowledge base necessary to find work." And the book includes a complete directory of environmental organizations that will help the aspiring earth worker build that knowledge base.Earth Work takes a close look at each sector of employment - public, private, and nonprofit - starting with the federal government. It provides portraits of six federal agencies; an explanation of how to fill out the required federal job application forms; descriptions of nine ways to get hired permanently; examples of twelve ways to get summer work; and a list of the types of summer positions available. The book also summarizes the best way to approach state government offices. Earth Work then delves into private, for-profit environmental organizations, revealing competitive pay scales and a high demand for skilled technical earth workers. Some of the fastest-growing areas of earth work spill into the private domains of business and consulting, as more regulations on issues such as air and water quality, and solid and hazardous waste are being written and enforced. Last but certainly not least, Earth Work takes an impassioned look at environmental nonprofits, which now number as many as ten thousand in the United States. What is essential in this realm is finding the organization that is most closely allied with your values. Earth Work offers sound advice on how to research nonprofit organizations while providing an overview of the nonprofit environmental movement, a movement that its authors and editors have been so instrumental in bringing about.
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Book details

• Format Hardcover
• Pages160 pages
• LanguageEnglish
• ISBN100062585436
• ISBN139780062585431