Driven By Impact: How To Get Recruited on LinkedIn!

Driven By Impact 🌱

Edition 50: April 4, 2024

Climate Career Week: How To Get Recruited on LinkedIn

​​​Last week as part of Climate Career Week, we hosted an hour-long workshop on LinkedIn best practices!

Natalie Lavery from Climate People and Career Coach, Radhika Bhatt covered:

• Tips for optimizing your LinkedIn to have hiring managers/recruiters reach out to you.

• Networking advice that will allow you to access ‘the hidden job market’, i.e. - how to land a job that is never posted.

• A look into how AI negatively impacts the hiring manager’s experience and why making your application stand out is more important than ever.

🌎 WHAT: Sales Professionals Ask Me Anything Session w/ Laurel Yaros
🗓️ WHEN: 4/9 @ 12 pm EST
📍WHERE: https://lu.ma/SalesAMA
👤 WHO: Job Seekers

🌎 WHAT: MCJ + Climate People: Climate Career Advancement, Experts Corner
🗓️ WHEN: 4/10 @ 12 pm EST
📍WHERE: https://lu.ma/ClimateCareerApril
👤 WHO: Job Seekers

🌎 WHAT: Climate Job Seeker LinkedIn Live
🗓️ WHEN: 4/11 @ 3 pm EST
📍WHERE: https://bit.ly/LinkedInLive-4-11
👤 WHO: Job Seekers

🌎 WHAT: Breaking into Climate Monthly Webinar
🗓️ WHEN: 4/16 @ 12 pm EST
📍WHERE: https://lu.ma/ClimateCareerApril
👤 WHO: Job Seekers

→ Last week was #ClimateCareerWeek hosted by Climate People, Terra.do, Work on Climate, Crowdsolve, Green Jobs Board, and Climate Draft. Collectively, we hosted over 25 events for climate job seekers. Check out the recordings here.

→ Brendan spoke to MIT Climate and Clean Energy Prize about best practices for early-stage hiring. He shared advice on hiring philosophy, core values, interviewing, and more.

→ Missed last week’s edition? It was a jam-packed one! Check it out here.

→ Your personal brand is integral to your job search. Check out the workshop we co-hosted with Sharmila Singh on building your unique brand statements!

→ Last week, Brendan and Natalie went live to answer all your climate career week questions. We talked about the hidden job market, the influx in applications, and how you can best stand out. Watch the recording!

→ Climate Career Week was the busiest week of the year for climate job seekers. Here’s a recap + all of Climate People’s events. 

THERMAL BATTERIES

Thermal batteries have emerged as a revolutionary innovation in the realm of energy storage solutions, offering an effective means to power industrial processes that are hard to decarbonize. These units, comparable in size to shipping containers, are designed to store and deliver high temperatures required for various industrial applications like smelting and chemical manufacturing. They address key challenges associated with intermittent renewable energy sources and industrial decarbonization. Industries that depend on high-temperature processes, such as steel and cement production, often face decarbonization hurdles due to the high costs of generating heat using electricity, leading to significant CO2 emissions.

The technology underpinning thermal batteries converts electricity from renewable sources into heat, stored in thermally conductive rocks or bricks. This stored heat can be delivered as hot air or steam to industrial facilities, offering a sustainable alternative to traditional heat generation methods. By incorporating thermal batteries into their processes, companies can store excess renewable energy, ensuring a consistent supply of high-temperature heat without depending on fossil fuels. This not only facilitates the decarbonization of energy-intensive industries but also contributes to the overall stability and sustainability of the energy grid. Companies like Rondo Energy, Antora Energy, Malta, and others are pioneering this transformative technology, actively shaping the future of energy storage and working towards the global adoption of thermal batteries.

🪴 PROJECT COORDINATOR
➵ Opportunity to join a global mission-driven consulting firm dedicated to combating climate change and fostering green economies. As the Project Coordinator, you will play a pivotal role in managing sustainability projects, conducting impactful research, and providing vital administrative support. Your responsibilities encompass project coordination, qualitative research on sustainability topics, client communication, marketing support, and office administration. Ideal candidates hold a Master’s Degree in relevant fields, possess 1-2 years of experience, demonstrate proficiency in MS Office Suite, exhibit strong attention to detail, project management skills, and excel in multitasking and meeting deadlines. Foreign language skills and a passion for public policy are highly valued.

🪴 SENIOR INTERCONNECTION SPECIALIST
➵ Our client is seeking an experienced interconnection/transmission planning engineer to join their mission of accelerating the transition to a reliable, decarbonized grid. The ideal candidate will have 4+ years of experience in ISO/RTO/utility interconnection processes, be adept at running power flow studies, and be familiar with public data sources relevant to interconnection. This role involves informing software developers of regional interconnection study processes, collaborating with customers to demonstrate software solutions, and defining product requirements to support the company's roadmap. Expertise in Python scripting and other transmission planning studies is a plus, and a degree in EE/ECE is preferred. If you're passionate about solving critical infrastructure challenges, this role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact on tackling the interconnection bottleneck for grid operators and project developers.

🪴 LEAD GRANTS WRITER
➵ Our client is seeking three Lead Grant Writers to join their mission-driven team, focusing on securing large-scale grant funding for climate solutions. This role requires 5+ years of experience in grant writing or proposal development, a proven track record of winning large federal grants, and scientific/technical knowledge in areas such as energy systems, material science, and biotech solutions. The successful candidates will work closely with clients to refine projects, collaborate with senior staff, and support multiple high-quality proposals simultaneously, playing a key role in addressing climate change.

That's all for this edition! Thanks for doing your part in mobilizing a workforce transition to work on climate!