Careers Toolkit – Break Into

Careers Toolkit

Dive deep into the Careers Toolkit (Beta) – a resource hub to support your journey into the climate sector*

Here you’ll find a curated collection of indispensable tools – whether you’re crafting your resume, seeking a careers coach, searching for a creative job board, considering courses to build your climate knowledge, or curious to discover a new podcast – we hope you’ll find something to kickstart your search…

*These resources do not guarantee success breaking into the climate sector. We have no affiliation with any of these organizations and do not receive any financial compensation from your clicks.

MIT Climate Science

More than 90% of climate scientists attribute the increase in global temperature over the past 30-40 years to greenhouse gases that humans have been adding to the atmosphere since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the 1700s. The great majority of these scientists agree that if this warming continues, it presents significant risks to humankind.

Project Drawdown

The World’s Leading Resource for Climate Solutions. Project Drawdown’s mission is to help the world stop climate change—as quickly, safely, and equitably as possible. We do this by advancing effective, science-based climate solutions and strategies; fostering bold, new climate leadership; and promoting new climate narratives and new voices.

Landing a Climate Job

“Get a climate job. It will be easy,” they said. With all the hype around working on climate solutions—and given the urgency of the climate crisis - you’d think that getting a job in the climate space would be smooth sailing. Not quite.

Climify

Climify is the podcast that connects climate scientists and design educators together so that we can help combat our climate crisis in our classrooms. The discussions on this program are geared to help you assign projects that not only teach design fundamentals but also can have a positive impact on our climate.

TILClimate

This award-winning MIT podcast, breaks down the science, technologies, and policies behind climate change, how it’s impacting us, and what our society can do about it. Each quick episode gives you the what, why, and how on climate change from real scientists to help us all make informed decisions for our future.

WonderWhat

WonderWhat was developed to solve one simple problem with existing careers advice platforms – how can you discover a role if you don't know what you're looking for?

Climate Designers

What if every designer was a climate designer? Climate Designers provides the knowledge, skills, and professional network to support designers to be climate leaders everywhere they work.

Climate People

Climate Tech Recruiting for a Sustainable Future. We're on a mission to get more people working on climate solutions. Climate jobs are the future, what role will you play?

Lori Spitz

Sometimes the hardest product to market is ourselves. If you’re looking for your next opportunity, I’m a tech marketer turned professional resume writer, and I’ve changed both job function and industry multiple times.

Teal

Simplify your job search and land your next position sooner with Teal's all-in-one suite of tools. Your personal career development platform.

Climatebase

Make climate your career. Discover jobs at thousands of organizations working on climate solutions.

Work On Climate

Work On Climate is building the workforce humanity needs to solve climate change equitably and justly. Bring your talent to working on climate, build your relationships in the climate work movement, and support others on their path.

CatchaFire

Volunteer anytime, anywhere. Choose from volunteer opportunities that expand your knowledge, grow your portfolio, and create meaningful change for the communities and causes you care about.

Handshake

Your career starts here - Join a community of 13M+ students, 1,400+ universities and colleges in the US, and 850K+ employers to get ahead and reach your career goals.

Marco Morawec

Today I help founders grow their companies, build high-impact teams, and scale to millions in revenue (with or without outside funding). My focus is on education and climate.

Idealist

Founded in 1995, Idealist’s mission is to help build a world where all people can lead free and dignified lives by inviting people everywhere to imagine, connect, and act. Since our founding, we've connected more than 130,000 organizations and posted over one million social-impact jobs.

Dribble Jobs

The #1 job board for graphic design jobs. Dribbble is the heart of the design community and the best resource to discover and connect with designers and jobs worldwide.

Colleen Paulson

Want to up your game on LinkedIn? Need a new resume or executive bio? How about an expert presentation on LinkedIn, resume, or job search best practices for your team?

The Interview Kit

Land a killer job in product design. Get the free step-by-step guide to the product design interview process. A comprehensive guide to getting a job in product design. Everything you need to know to land a product design job, from the resume to the on-site.

Green Jobs are Booming

Green jobs are booming, but there’s a big skills gap. Here’s how companies can fix it. The demand for green jobs is outpacing the production of green talent. Companies can change that with better training—and by recruiting from a deeper, more diverse talent pool.

Circular Economy Show

The Circular Economy Podcast explores the many dimensions of what a circular economy means, and meets the people making it happen. Each week our hosts are joined by experts from across industry, governments and academia to learn more about how the circular economy is being developed and scaled.

Forget Cover Letters

In recent years, especially since the post-pandemic unemployment upheaval, the choice of whether or not to include cover letters as part of the job application process has been a topic of contentious debate, and has left most candidates confused as to whether or not to include them, especially if the employer has not specifically requested them.

Welcome to the Jungle

Welcome to the Jungle's mission is simple: to give work a more sustainable place in our lives. We do this by making the world of work truly exciting with innovative solutions that allow companies to develop their employer brand and strengthen their appeal.

The Org

Contact the right person. Explore the world's largest network of public organisation charts. The greatest companies put their team front and center to attract talent.

Have any resources you’d like us to share with the job seeking community? Help us to expand the Careers Toolkit.