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
How to Build Your Professional Brand
Have you thought about your professional brand, about how you get labeled in a few words? Businesses shape their brands. So should you. Think first about career related things you are good at, that you
Should You Take an Internship After Graduation?
Signing up for a clean energy internship is probably the last thing you want to do after graduating. However, for some, this can often be the best move to get the first permanent job in
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Early Stage Cleantech Women Professionals: Data and Employee Insights
Written by Jennifer Craft and Michael Brownell | Graphics by Phillip Dziedzic | Data by Dayaway Careers Introduction The clean tech boom has benefitted numerous professionals with varying interests and backgrounds. Both men and
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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
Be Open to a Road-Trip Internship!
Get Ready to Hit the Road Most students are not going to find a summer renewable energy internship in their home or college town. Many RE companies are clustered in a few well-known cleantech zones
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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
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A List of 32 Great 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
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
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Northwestern Cleantech Careers Exploration
Co-hosted by Northwestern University Engineers for a Sustainable World and the Northwestern University Energy Club What On October 22, at 6pm, Northwestern students are invited to talk, by phone, with young professionals working in renewable
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How to Build Up Your Renewable Energy Vocabulary
Sound Like You Understand the Industry Employers look for entry-level hires who “understand their business and understand the industry.” The problem for a student is that this is the stuff you don’t learn in class.
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Dayaway Loves CELI’s Focus on Clean Energy Skills! Dayaway knows what young professionals need to do to get employed and promoted in Clean Energy. They need to develop clean energy skills and contacts. CELI
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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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