Green Careers

A significant percentage of today’s students have expressed a desire to work in careers that are good for the planet.  Even greater percentages have indicated that they wish to work for companies or organizations that are proactively reducing humans' impact on the environment or promoting its restoration. Given this tremendous interest, we have created Green Careers, a Website for students seeking to match their passion for the environment with a career that can make a difference.

What are Green Careers?

Includes jobs that focus on environmental protection and preservation, regardless of the industry or place of work.

What are some benefits of Green Careers?

  • An exciting range of career paths
  • Interesting and challenging work
  • Excellent training
  • Long-term careers that make a difference to the environment
  • Good salaries and good progression opportunities
  • Opportunity to travel as more countries seek expertise in green issues
  • Includes those jobs that are not green until they are filled by people who are determined to make them green

Green Jobs -  Contains a database of green jobs and internship opportunities for students and graduates.

  • Jobs.GreenBiz - A website that lists green jobs in all disciplines. Their tag line is: "Business.  The Environment.  The Bottom Line".
  • Sustainablebusiness.com - Green Dream Jobs – the only sustainable business job service. This site provides global news and networking services to help green businesses grow, covering all sectors: renewable energy, green building, sustainable investing, and organics.
  • dayawaycareers.com- Entry-level, clean energy career opportunities for graduating/interning college students and recent graduates, organized by degree, major, and industry.
  • Jobs.treehugger - Treehugger.com’s job board of green jobs.
  • Greencollareconomy- Green job postings and informational forums on sustainability. (Website might be down)
  • Greenenergyjobsonline - Job postings in the energy field in many disciplines.
  • Careerbuilder - Job search resource with green job listings; use keywords "green careers" and select a discipline.
  • Engineering CENTRAL - Job postings specifically for engineering majors.
  • Grist.org - Job board with e-mail alerts; contains environmental news and commentary.
  • Idealist - Job postings, blogs, speakers bureau, forums, and other information on sustainability.
  • Jobmonkey - Provides information on job opportunities for unconventional companies, mostly requiring travel; includes a database of employees, job search resources guide, and postings for full-time, part-time, and summer jobs.
  • Cyber-sierra - Cyber-Sierra's natural resources job search. This site lists links to multiple associations and job boards related to conservation occupations
  • Environmental Career.com - Brings together leading environmental employers with the best candidates to work for a better environment.
  • Alternative-energy-news - Job posting section of a website that focuses on alternative energy news and information resources about renewable energy technologies.
  • Earthworks-jobs - Job posting resource for jobs in engineering, the sciences, and related subjects.
  • GreenJobsReady.com - An online informative portal offering the latest news views and resources on breakthrough green jobs training programs in the Renewable Energy world.
  • The Complete Guide to Landing a Green Job

Green Companies - Contains lists of companies and organizations that have been certified or highly recognized as being eco-friendly from multiple sources including Ceres.org,  EPA’s Green Power Partnership.

Green Civic Engagement - College students are expressing their care and concern about green issues that impact our society.  Students have the time, energy, intelligence, resources, and idealism to help solve challenges related to the environment. Through civic engagement, students who volunteer for green projects become part of the movement to mobilize the person power and resources necessary to invest in the environmental well-being of communities and make sustainable differences in the lives of others. ​​NJIT provides resources for those interested in green initiatives. Students can learn more about sustainability and green events on campus. Through blogs, students share ideas, express opinions, and find others who have similar interests.

  • USGBC@NJIT (US Green Building Council)- Connects members to people, knowledge, and tools needed to green the built environment
  • Residence Life Green Team
  • Engineers Without Borders- a non-profit humanitarian organization that partners with developing countries to improve their quality of life, including the construction of sustainable systems. The group can be contacted at Colton Hall, Room 251.

Green Academics & Research at NJIT -  Contains information and updates about the many existing and new green academic and research initiatives occurring at NJIT. At our university, some faculty and students are engaged in academic pursuits and research that center on different aspects of preserving the environment and making better use of systems already in place. Some representative projects and centers are listed below.

Green Podcasts & Blogs -  View green videos and podcasts relating to green initiatives, listen to green lectures, and view blogs.

Green Video Podcasts

  • Greenbiz.com videos -  All of the videos on this link are specific to the green economy and green jobs.  Through GreenBiz, the content is updated regularly and they search the web for the best content related to green business.
  • Environmental Professions - View some green career videos and access their blog.
  • IBM Project Big Green - An interview with Steve Sams, IBM Global Technology Services, Vice President.

Green Audio Podcasts

Green Blogs