CareerBuilder recently launched Going Green Jobs, a site that makes it easier for employers with green jobs to connect with environmentally conscious job seekers.
The site will allow employers to post their green positions, full-time and part-time jobs by skill sets, enhanced green job titles and categories and geographic location.
Going Green Jobs will allow job seekers to post up to five different versions of their resume in order to increase their visibility to potential employers in a variety of environmental areas.
Job seekers also can use the site to find information about green job fairs and events, green workplace news and information and advice for everything from writing a green-focused resume to connecting with the right green opportunity.
Part of the inspiration for the site was the fact that earlier this year the Obama administration marked more than $98 billion of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for energy and environmental projects. Many of those projects will encourage the creation of green jobs.
The Pew Charitable Trusts recently found that green jobs growth outpaced other job classifications by almost 250 percent during the last decade. That’s a 9.1 percent growth rate from 1998 to 2007, compared to 3.7 percent for the overall job market.
“The focus on green jobs continues to increase year over year as job seekers look for more environmentally conscious career paths and employers make changes to protect the environment,” Jason Ferrara, vice president of corporate marketing at CareerBuilder. “One-in-ten employers say they have added green jobs in the last 12 months. Goinggreenjobs.com will enable employers the ability to specifically target their environmentally friendly positions to an audience that is actively seeking employment in the green field.”
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