How to network for a green job with purpose-driven LinkedIn expert Nick@Noon
Building a network in a new field is tough. But 80% of all jobs are found through networking—and to get the green job you want, you can’t avoid it. How can you make it both more enjoyable AND more effective? Get just the right hacks from TechChange CEO and founder Nick Martin, who teaches purpose-driven jobseekers how to network—or, as he calls it—how to build relationships. With a LinkedIn following of more than 200,000, Martin has made it his mission to help people who want to change the world expand their professional connections. People flock to his page because he’s constantly curating job postings, resources, and people to follow, all around social impact work. He shares his methods for understanding the network you already have, even when you don’t realize it (spoiler alert: it involves spreadsheets), and how you can get the most bang out of LinkedIn in your green job search.
Degrees: Real talk about planet-saving careers · Daniel Hill, Nick Martin
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Show Notes
Technologist and entrepreneur Nick Martin founded the social impact company TechChange. He’s taught graduate courses at several colleges, including Columbia University. Martin is also known for his LinkedIn presence. Known as Nick@Noon, he has more than 200,000 followers who come to him for social impact career tips and resources.
Resources from this episode:
- Follow Nick Martin on LinkedIn.
- To find people to follow on LinkedIn, visit LinkedIn’s Top Voices in the Green Economy list.
- Search the hashtag #OpenDoorClimate on LinkedIn to find climate professionals who are willing to chat with you. (This is the movement founded by Year of the Climate Job Host Daniel Hill.
- Learn more about climate career scholarships from Dream.org.
- Check out Environmental Defense Fund’s Green Jobs Hub.
- Read the 2022 LinkedIn Global Green Skills Report.
- Join the following climate-specific communities and attend their events:
- Browse other climate-related job boards:
- Sign up for the Degrees newsletter.
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Degrees: Real talk about planet-saving careers is presented by Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). Daniel Hill hosts The Year of the Climate Job. Yesh Pavlik Slenk hosts Degrees. Amy Morse is EDF’s producer. Podcast Allies is our production company. Stephanie Wolf is senior producer; Andrew Parrella is our production manager; Elaine Appleton Grant is CEO of Podcast Allies and Tina Bassir is podcast manager. Eric Aaron edited the audio in this episode. Our music is Shame, Shame, Shame from Yesh’s favorite band, Lake Street Dive.
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