How to Make Your Resume Scream Green

December 4, 2011 in Green Business, Green Business News, Green News, Green Jobs Los Angeles, CA, Green Stories with 4 Comments

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Your resume is more than a mere list of your educational attainments and work experiences. It’s more than a list of your skills. Your job resume is what determines whether a company considers you even worth interviewing for an open position. As a result, your resume has a huge influence on your career progress over the long haul. In the growingly competitive green jobs industry, your resume will be your demise if you do not know how to specially market yourself to a green company.

Several aspects of your resume need to scream green in order to capture the attention of the hiring manager at the green business for which you want to work:

1. Use recycled paper. If you claim to be a proponent of the green movement, using recycled paper definitely will help your cause. Mail off your physical resume on recycled paper or hemp paper if submitting the resume electronically is not an option.

2. Mention everything green that you’ve contributed to, whether it was your school’s recycling program or efforts you made to help your apartment complex residents to use less energy and water. Your future employer will want to know whether you’re really just after “green” – money from a paycheck – or whether you truly are dedicated to making the world greener through environmentally friendly initiatives.

3. Get to know terms often used in the green industry. These words include “precycling” – making efforts to pre-think your purchases so that you can avoid having to do recycling, which is a good green activity but still requires energy consumption that can be prevented.

Another common green word is “green audit” – a process that allows a company to determine how energy efficient it is and what other activities it is performing to prevent harm to the environment. Including one or two of these types of words on your resume will demonstrate your familiarity with green lingo and ideas and thus make you more attractive to potential employers in the sustainability sector.

4. Have a friend or family member who currently works in a green job read over your resume to confirm that it makes sense. Ask him or her to suggest any changes you should make or any information you should add to make your resume stand out more to your chosen green company’s human resource department.

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About YaShekia King: YaShekia King, of Indianapolis, Ind., began writing professionally in 2003. Her work has appeared in several print and online publications including the “South Bend Tribune,”Ehow.com, Wisegeek.com and “Clouds Across the Stars,” an international book. King holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Ball State University. She also is a licensed real estate agent, is a clinical certified dental assistant and is completing her master’s degree in human resource management through DeVry University. Connect with YaShekia on YaShekia King

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