The name of the site is businessgreenjobs.com. There are 121 openings for ecologists or for people that want to work in this field. There are also positions such as environmentalists, senior ecologists, consultants, scientists, environmental scientists, environmental consultants, senior consultants, EIA consultants and more.

Green Ecology Jobs (Source: whitegadget.com)

The locations where you can find a job if you access this site are: Australia, United States, United Kingdom and that's it for now. This is a directory with jobs in the green field, so if there is a person from Africa that has a company and wants to hire people to work for his company, he can post the ads rights on this site.

Green Ecology Jobs (Source: whitegadget.com)

The jobs that are posted on this site today, in the Ecology category (we are on August 14, 2011) are: ecology consultant, job available from greenjobs.co.uk, specialist environmental advisor for freshwater, position available from rengineeringjobs.com, senior environmental risk assessor, offshore project manager, principal ecologist, senior ecologist for London, ecologist at Oxfordshire, project environmental scientist, environmental clerk of works – Scottish Highlands, environmental advisor, senior ecologist, junior environmental engineer and more. There are companies that say even from the start what is the income per year, but most of them usually do not mention this. For example for a senior ecologist in the United Kingdom, it is offered an income from 26000 to 34000 GBP. On businessgreenjobs.com, you have the possibility of saving your preferred openings and apply to these positions when you are ready and when you have the time.

You can find openings in North America and international. As I can see on this site, the available positions that are on the site right now are: residential energy inspector, consultants, solar sales manager, researcher, business development manager, office coordinator, DFS technical specialist, controls technical specialist, senior customer service representative, global process engineer, regional sales manager, senior portfolio associate, web development intern, recycling and resource management consultant, solar analyst, director of e-commerce, inside sales representative, solar in-home sales representative, lead solar installer, project coordinator, head of carbon consultation in Zürich, Switzerland, QA inspector, weatherization crew leader and more.

Creative Green Jobs Online (Source: whitegadget.com)

But in order to apply you must have your resume on this site. When you find the most appropriate position for your desires, you can simply click on the Apply button and your resume will be sent to the employer. At the Jobseekers section you will find a page only for yourself, for your resumes, for your jobs at which you have already applied or jobs that you saved and available resources. The resources subcategory tempted me and I entered it to see what is it about. This one presents some interview techniques and it gives you the opportunity to see how can a little bit of training help you to get the job of your dreams.

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This site is based in North America, more precisely in California. They provide a large range of services to employers, but also potential employees. They offer the chance between those 2 categories to meet one to another. Also, among the services provided by this site, we can name the weekly newsletter that highlights the latest job listings. At the same time, they can provide you with information related to the jobs from your preferred categories.                      

Because we are interested more in jobs and internships, I will present to you the available positions and the available volunteer jobs. The first and the only job that is available at this time (August 2011) is the one about community and donor services representative. This is a full-time job and you can apply to it, if you consider that your skills and your qualifications match the requirements of this position.

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As volunteer, you have more ways to get involved. For example, you can join the green America exchange project, better paper project, fair trade, climate action, advertising intern, social media intern, editorial fellow, national green pages and more.

American Green Jobs (Source: 2ndgreenrevolution.com)

And now the second site that I would like to present is 5milliongreenjobs.org. This is as you can see another site of an organization. You can save the economy of the United States and the planet as well, if you join a community of people who activate in the green field. I like very much the interface of this site, which is, as the name of the site says, green. You can search for green jobs in America by simply writing the name of the job that you seek for and other location where you would like to work. Then it is easy to find those jobs, if you simply click on Find Jobs.

The site is available in English and French alike. I have selected the English version of course. Let's see some of the categories of jobs, where you can get hired. For example you can find a job as a stewardess; few people know that this is indeed a really green job, because during your work hours, you don't do anything that could harm to nature; then, you can find a job in technology, or perhaps in organic and vegetarian field.

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You can participate at an environmental internship or become a green apprentice. As long as you will offer yourself as a volunteer to one of the green projects that exist on market right now, you will be seen very well by the next organizations where you will apply with your resume.

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Another site where you can explore green jobs is workcabin.ca. As you can see, the sites end in .ca, because this is the proof that the site lies in Canada. This site is much more similar to a site where you can find jobs. It has a section for future employees and a section for the ones that offer available positions, thus for employers. If you know what you are searching for, you can simply use the Search box and write your keywords and your location. Then all you have to do is to click Go. In order to apply, you must have your resume registered on the site. You can build your resume with the help of the site and they are questions.

I cannot present 50 green jobs in this article, because this would mean to write an article of 50 pages, since I want to explain very well what every type of job and position means. This is why I will try to present at least 3 potential jobs that you can get in the wind field. The first one is the wind turbine generator builder, the second one is the wind power turbine installer and the third one is wind energy technician.

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What is the work of the wind turbine generator builder? First of all, to be able to apply to such position, you have to have knowledge in electricity and the use of wind turbines. With the help of a single wind turbine and if the wind helps us all, you will be able to power up all the appliances that are on an area of 11 miles. If you are aware of the energy of the wind, you should better switch from your regular use of electricity to the wind generated electricity. In this way, you will reduce your carbon footprint, not mentioning of your current bill, and at the same time you will help others, by creating a greener world. I have to mention that this position implies you to have not only knowledge about the wind turbines and electricity, but about how to create a wind turbine. After all, the name of the position ends in “builder”.

A wind powered turbines installer must have knowledge in physics and science of the wind turbines. As the name of this position says, you will work on the position of a wind turbine installer. So it is natural for you, to know how the wind power works and how to get this power so that your wind turbine to function properly.

50 Best Green Jobs (Source: treehugger.com)

The wind energy technician is a very demanded position in the green energy field. In fact, according to a study, that was done recently, the demand for wind energy technicians is far more serious than the supply. To be able to work as a wind energy technician, you must be authorized. Usually the courses take up to 5 years. If you're smart and if you show yourself dedicated, who knows, maybe you will be able to finish them sooner.

If you go to the battle with the misconception that says that 90% of the green jobs are temporary, you will never get a permanent contract in the green field. I have presented several positions in the green field, such as wind energy technician, solar fabrication technician, solar lab technician, fabrication and testing definition, solar hot water installer, solar radiant heating installer, solar sales, installer – solar thermal and more, that most likely do not come on a temporary basis.

90% Of Green Jobs Are Temporary (Source: lifeacademy.files.wordpress.com)

 The only department where you can get indeed a temporary position is the Sales department. You can get hired there for 3 months or 6 months, and if the manager likes you, you will be kept at the company. The same thing can happen, if you do not prove to be competitive or if you are not a team player. You can be hired with a permanent contract and if you do not fulfill your daily duties, or you fulfill them, but not in the manner required by the manager, you may be kicked out.

90% Of Green Jobs Are Temporary (Source: gridphilly.com)

This is why it is very important to study hard and at first, when you don't know the people in your company and when you are a junior in your job, to play only by their rules. When you will become an authorized person in that company and when you will be able to speak, in other words when you will become a bit of a manager on your own, you can set your own limits and regulations, that other people should follow. But until then, even if you can have a permanent contract, but you failed to respect your obligations, your green job can be turned into an unemployment assistance.

The first green job is the wind farm electrical systems designer. This person is responsible for designing, obviously, testing and implementing the electrical systems that are available in a wind farm. These persons have to inspect the construction of the electrical system and of the wind farm itself.

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Then we have a wind turbine machinist, whose job is to specialize in the production of plastic and metal components that will be used in the creation of a wind turbine. This is not necessarily considered a green job, but because it is related to the wind power, lately it was thought that it can be included in this category.

The third green job presented in this article is the solar fabrication technician. This is a very important position, because this person is the one that assembles the solar panels, that will provide your energy, as long as you will use solar panels in your house or for your company. The solar technician that is searched for on the site that I have mentioned at the beginning of this article is required in industrial constructions, not in residential homes, whose people have more money than the average.

5 New Green Jobs (Source: energy4me.org)

Another job related to the solar energy is the solar operation engineer, close job is to be an architect of the new solar energy facilities. This persons actually design how the new solar systems will work. Needless to say that they inspect and supervise all of the alterations that occur during the construction.

The solar lab technician is the last position, that I will present. This position is located in the Research and Development department in a solar energy company. For this job, you must have a higher degree of technical knowledge and great abilities of working with solar panels and troubleshooting them. You need to understand how the standard photovoltaic solar cells convert sunlight into electricity and, at the same time, you have to be ready to create applications of the concept earlier mentioned.

Today I want to present 3 possible green jobs, that can be your escape, if you want to be greener for the rest of your life. I mean, you throw your garbage at a specialized waste, you are attentive every time your dog or cat does something when you walk them on the street, you are very careful with the products that you eat, so why not be attentive with your own job and reduce your carbon footprint is much as you can?

5 Million Green Jobs (Source: treehugger.com)

This is why the first position that I will present is the solar hot water installer. Even if the name of this available position, they can find if you access this site, seems like the name of an equipment or something, I can assure you that this is the name of a free position offered by a certain company. But what are the responsibilities of a person who is going to be a solar hot water installer? You will need to harness the power of our Sun and its radiations in order to heat the water and the spaces, so that the individual users and the companies to benefit of some green energy.

The next position is the solar radiant heating installer. The solar thermal energy is also known as radiant heating system. The solar electric power uses photovoltaic cells when it transforms the radiations into electricity. The person who is seeked in order to occupy this free position, is going to pump water into the solar panels and make them to be hot and extremely hot, that hot that they will generate energy. So the position is related to the first version of the solar energy, the solar radiant heating energy.

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A very interesting job is the one of an arborist. This person is in direct relationship with trees and plants. His job is to protect the forest, by working together with the foresters. He is not a forrester. They deal with perennial woody plants; at the same time, they have to create a certain landscape for the trees that they have under care.

Until we will reach 5 million new green jobs every year, we can at least try to do something on ourselves for our planet that we inhabit. And we can search for alternatives sources of income and at the same time do something good for ourselves and for the environment. Trust me, if you have kids, they will love your new activity. You can become for example a solar panel installer. You have to do several trainings and go to some courses, but you are smart enough to be a solar panel installer. There is no rocket science in installing a solar panel. Plus, you can start with your own house, or with your own company, if you have one. In this way, you will reduce your costs with electricity and the current electric bill is going to be lower.

5 Million New Green Jobs (Source: greenmeanslife.com)

The training to be a solar panel installer takes usually a few years. But the best experience that you can receive is by placing a solar panel or even more directly on the roof of your house or in your garden, if you have one.

5 Million New Green Jobs (Source: techvert.com)

There is no college that is involved in your training, but it is true that you must attend to some classes that will provide you the certification, probably in a lower amount of time, if you prove to be smart and creative. For example, if you are searching for authorized certifications, I can name you The North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners.

You can see what are the available green jobs, check out the green job board, see what a green training means and what a green business does. Read some green articles and discover the latest green news.

Creating Green Jobs (Source: theinnovationdiaries.com)

I have selected the Green Jobs category to see what are these jobs and in which fields. First of all, you will see the categories in which you can work and then the available positions. At first, there are presented some hot green jobs and only after that, there are presented some other jobs of which the people, who are trying to find a green job, is not that interested. For example, the additional careers that can be followed in green energy field are not that popular, simply because they are additional jobs, they are not main jobs; those people who have additional or auxiliary jobs and which help very much a company, usually are not that respected by other people, thinking that they do not provide something that can bring you profits. And here, I speak about the auxiliary personnel that is dealing with the cleaning of the offices and buildings. Do you find your office clean every morning? Are your sheets of paper, that you have thrown to the garbage, away from the garbage can? If so, it means that the auxiliary personnel is doing their jobs.

There is nothing shameful about this. I will speak more about this subject in a future article because I have to clarify some things with some people that think that being included in the auxiliary personnel, is shameless.

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The most important jobs that you can receive in the green energy field are related to the wind energy and the solar energy. Then we have the organic farming, geothermal energy, automotive industry, environmental science, transport, natural or green building, conservation, sustainability, biofuels and more. Some positions may be: wind analysts, wind turbine machinist, wind farm electrical service designer, wind development director, wind power field salesperson, wind turbine drivetrain engineer, wind farm construction manager and more. As you can see, the positions that I have named before are all of them related to the wind energy. More names of the available positions in the green energy field in my future articles.