Job Seeker Resources

Building confidence in your career can be difficult, especially when you’re bringing your own unique culture, background, and perspective to the workplace. Green 2.0 asked environmental leaders of color to tell us how they gained confidence in themselves in their environmental careers, and what advice they have for others like them.

Marilyn (Mar) Zepeda Salazar is an environmental justice leader working to ensure that communities are leading the way in protecting their land, water, and environment. In this post, she explores the complex relationship she has to networking and the many intersectional identities we face as we approach a core environmental career building skill.

Deciding to leave a job can be challenging, but doing so is part of healthy professional development. Green 2.0 asked environmental leaders in the sector about common red flags in a job and how you know it’s time to move on. We hope their insights can inspire confidence in yourself and help you prioritize your…

Candice Youngblood is a passionate environmental justice lawyer and advocate. Candice currently practices law at Earthjustice, where she focuses on issues at the intersection of clean transportation and racial justice. 

Driven by a deep desire to influence and build diverse, nonprofit talent, LaTresse Snead launched Bonsai Leadership Group LLC with the goal of developing leaders and helping nonprofit executives cultivate inclusive, dynamic and high performing teams to succeed in an increasingly complex workplace.

Looking for a job can be difficult in any sector, especially if you are just starting out in your career or transitioning to a different field. Don’t know who to turn to for advice? We asked environmental leaders for their green flags to help align your job search with a role that best suits your needs.

Looking for a job can be difficult in any sector, especially if you are just starting out in your career or transitioning to a different field. Don’t know who to turn to for advice? We asked environmental leaders for their green flags to help align your job search with a role that best suits your needs.

Maliyah Womack reflects on her journey navigating the environmental sector and the feeling of imposter syndrome that follows many young women of color in the movement. Despite years of experience in community organizing, she often felt out of place in the environmental space. Through self-reflection and shared experiences with other women of color, Maliyah came to realize that their lived experiences are their greatest strengths.

Josephine Amusa serves as a policy advisor for Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08). In this capacity, she leads all issues related to energy, climate, natural resources and public lands, science and space, animals, and Tribes.