Finding job opportunities within the sustainability sphere can be tricky. Here at SBC, we field questions from people all the time as to where they should look to find the best comprehensive list of job openings within the field. To make your search a little easier, we went through and reviewed several frequently-mentioned sustainability job sites so you don’t have to. This is what we uncovered:
#1: Idealist
We really like this website. There is an “Environmental” option under the search menu that leads to over a 1,000 job postings for socially-conscious companies in the environmental realm. For job searchers that want to work in the non-profit realm, this is the site for you. The user experience is great – the site offers additional search tools in a side bar after your initial search is displayed, so that you can narrow your results further. Highly recommend!
#2: Job Monkey
We appreciated the sheer number of jobs this site compiles. The site has thousands of listings in the environmental field and does a good job of separating listings by industry. For those looking to specialize in renewable energy, the site has many listings from leading companies like Tesla Motors and Vestas Wind Technology. The forestry and ecological subcategories are also well populated, but the farming and horticulture categories are less successful. If you are looking to pursue a career in either of those categories, we would suggest looking elsewhere.
#3: Sustainable Business- Green Dream Jobs
This site has a few hundred jobs listings and a decent search tool. We liked that you can sort by job level (entry level, mid-level, etc.) as it makes it easier for candidates to identify jobs within their ability levels. We give this site a middle-of-the-pack score but we did think many of the postings were high quality, which is a plus.
This site has several hundred jobs within the environmental field. The user experience was pleasant but not overly noteworthy. Our main concern was that some of the jobs listings were almost a year old and the application dates have passed, which is misleading to job searchers. The site could use an update to make it more user-friendly.
#5: EcoJobs
We only spent about a minute on this site and determined that it was a dud. The good: you can search for jobs by state, and they had a decent number of categories to choose from. The bad: A job searcher has to purchase a subscription to the website’s newsletter in order to unlock all available job opportunities. On top of that, there was ONE job for the whole state of Washington. ONE.
#6: EcoEmploy
The job opportunities posted on Ecoemploy are limited, and the website lacks a sophisticated search tool. It currently lists ten jobs for the entire country. The website does, however, include links to a wide range of companies that are involved in environmental endeavors. If you took the time to click through the websites of included companies you might find a wide range of job openings. The extra time involved in external searching, however, makes the user experience less than noteworthy.
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