These tips and resources are recommended by college students for students asking the question: “So, how do I get a job in renewable energy?”
How to Get a Job in Renewable Energy
Student Friendly Renewable Energy Organizations
Building Your Knowledge Every hiring process will put your knowledge to the test. An interview will test your knowledge about the industry, its leaders and its most pressing issues. So, the trick is to build
Informational Interviews – More Buying, Less Selling
Strategy is Priority #1 Your most important networking step is arranging informational interviews with recent graduates working in renewable energy. But you need to have a plan. You need to be strategic. The strategy is
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Finding the Common Ground – The Most Effective Networking Tool
Finding People Who Have Been in Your Shoes When you’re networking digitally (i.e., sending emails to young professionals you don’t know), you need to make certain that you reach out to people with whom you
Informational Interviews – How to Make the Connection
Targeting Industries, Companies & Roles So how do you find the right people to talk to in an informational interview? Your first step is to identify specific industries, companies and roles you are interested in
How to Prepare for your Informational Interview
Do Your Homework Before your interview, do serious online research about the company and the person. Google the company to learn about their products, services, leadership, financial report card, press releases, etc. Take notes. The goal
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Why Following Up Should Always Be A Priority
When applying for jobs & internships, you need to follow-up, say thank you and move fast. People will remember you if you do, and won’t if you don’t. Follow-up after: completing an application, interview, informational
The Best Clean Energy Job Boards
No one does a better job than Dayaway at curating online clean energy job listings for college students – self-promoting, but true… However, we’re not the only clean energy job boards game in town. You
Top 3 Cleantech Jobs Last Week
Our Favorites Dayaway posts 100+ cleantech jobs and internships listings every week. Unsurprisingly, we love them all. But, some are just plain cooler than the rest. Accordingly, our top 3 from last week includes a
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A Guide to Renewable Energy Consulting Firms
Renewable Energy Consulting Firms Hiring Young Professionals Set forth below is a list of consulting, engineering & software firms active in clean energy and energy efficiency. Better yet, these renewable energy consulting firms hire recent
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Landing that Perfect Summer Internship in Renewable Energy: Tips & Tricks
A Plan The single, most important thing you can do to get employed in renewable energy is to complete an internship in renewable energy. But it’s not that easy to do. Renewable energy companies have
Renewable Energy Internships: Unpaid Internships May Pay Off
Reasons to Consider Unpaid Internships. Many students ignore summer unpaid internships. Let’s face it, you need the money, and it just seems wrong to work and not get paid, right? However, the following reasons convince
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Remote Internships – Virtual & Actual
The Silver Lining in the Covid Cloud Lots of summer internships have become remote as a result of the covid pandemic. Remote internships, compared to “in-the-office” internships, will present challenges regarding mentoring, relationship building, supervision
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