Goin' Green in 2024

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Hope you’re having a fantastic start to your summer! Whether it's the new shoes you bought the other day or the bathing suits sitting in your online cart, trends and preferences guide our actions, interests, and summer closets. Keep reading to learn about a major workforce trend of 2024, tips and tricks on AI skills, and a quick quiz. 

Green Jobs: Gen Z’s Passion Project

One of the hottest employment trends of 2024 is ‘green jobs’ or employment that contributes to preserving or restoring the environment. These opportunities are in traditional sectors such as manufacturing or construction, and in new, emerging green sectors like renewables.

Here’s a few examples of entry level ‘Green Jobs’:

• Sustainability Coordinator: Involves implementing ‘green’ initiatives, collecting and analyzing data related to environmental performance, and reporting & communication efforts. 

• Environmental, Social, Governance (aka - ESG) Analyst: Involves researching and analyzing a company’s ‘green’ performance. 

  • Looking at financial reports, news articles, other data sources to identify risks and opportunities. 

• Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): Involves supporting ‘green’ and other initiatives with the goal of helping businesses contribute to wider societal goals, tracking and reporting on metrics and performance, and engaging stakeholders and communities to promote efforts.

If any of this sounds appealing, do this now:

• Research ESG & CSR positions.

  • Companies like Blackrock, Oak Hill Advisors, and more all have open positions  

• Go to a company's website and read their recent newsletters and press releases.

  • Figure out the emerging ESG trends and approaches within companies

    • This will help with applications and future interviews

• Learn about industries within the sustainability sector here. 

T.O.T.D. 

RoadMap’s “Tip Of The Day” 

“AI is the violin, you are the violinist.”

AI is becoming an increasingly omnipresent tool, whether using ChatGPT to help write an email, or sending messages to the AI bot on Snapchat, this technology is changing the world.

Understanding AI, and possessing the skills to navigate it, is an important skill to possess when searching for a job. Two-thirds of leaders surveyed in 2024 would not hire someone without AI skills, and 71% of leaders said that they are more likely to hire a less experienced candidate with AI skills than a more experienced one without them. 

How to gain AI knowledge and skills:

1. Understand common AI platforms like ChatGPT and their capabilities

2. Read this article for more information on the future of AI in the workplace

Helpful AI platforms to help in your job search:

• ChatGPT

• Teal

• Bardeen AI

Poll of the Day!

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