Breaking News! We are now offering a guided online version of this course. You'll receive the same email course materials and e-coaching support from me or one of our Green Career Central coaches as described on this page. The beauty of it is that you can start this course immediately. At the moment, the only way to learn more about this course is to: Complete the Green Career Scorecard (takes about 5 minutes to complete) Set up a 30 minute Scorecard Strategy Call with me. Together we'll figure out the best Jump Start Program for you! We are excited to bring this new Jump Start Your Green Career program to you! I look forward to talking with you!   ~~~~~~~~~~~     This 7-week intensive, facilitated by Carol McClelland and her team of career coaches, helps you shorten your path to your green career. Through a collection of personal exercises, group activities, and personal coaching sessions, you gain a clear focus that guides your choices and actions regarding your green career search. By the end of the action group, you will: Be able to state your green career goal with confidence, clarity, and enthusiasm. Know how to use your newly defined goal to guide you as you research your career options, network with people in the field, and strengthen your resume. Have a personalized plan to guide your actions as you pursue your green career. During the action group, you will: Discover how to identify your passions and interests. Gain an overview of the ever-changing green economy. Use a fun, fast-paced group activity to brainstorm up to 40 green career ideas with ease. These ideas won't be just any ideas; they'll be ideas that are in alignment with YOUR interests and passions. Create a clearly worded statement of your target green career. Uncover the best way to avoid careers that are a bad fit for you. Know exactly what steps to take to move forward. Make solid decisions about your job search actions. This is an ideal action group for you if… You are just starting your search for your green career. You are confused about what you need to do to find your green career. You are feeling overwhelmed by all the information and resources about the green economy. You have a number of ideas, but you can't decide where to focus. You have an idea for your green career, but something about it doesn't feel quite right.

Teleclass Intensive Begins Thursday, May 20 @ 5 pm Pacific Time and continues to the last week in June Intensive Includes: Three 90-minute teleclass sessions (See specific dates below) Step-by-step instructions provided through a series of emails and audios Two personal coaching calls An online area to journal about your assignments Email support from your coach throughout the program   YES! I'M READY TO JUMP START MY GREEN CAREER!

Are you wondering if this is the right program for you? Visit our calendar to schedule a short consultation with Carol to talk about your situation and whether the Jump Start Your Green Career Intensive is a good match for you.

Have you already worked through the What's Your Green Niche ebook? Are you wondering whether the Jump Start Your Green Career Intensive can help you? The answer depends on your experience with the ebook. Read over the following statements. Which one do you resonate with? You've looked at the ebook, but haven't really worked through the activities yet. You've started working your way through the ebook, but you can't find the time or motivation to finish. You've completed the activities in the ebook, but you aren't comfortable or confident about your results. If you resonate with any one of these three statements, you will definitely benefit from this intensive! YES! I'M READY TO JUMP START MY GREEN CAREER!

If you have a sense of your green career focus, whether you've worked through the What's Your Green Niche ebook or you came to Green Career Central with a focus in mind, you may already have the beginnings of your green niche. The question is whether your green niche is clear enough and specific enough to help you launch an effective, productive green job search. If you are struggling to gain traction with your job search, a vague green career niche may be the issue. A short conversation with Carol will help you understand your options. Depending on your level of clarity, you may decide you'd still benefit from the Jump Start Your Green Career Intensive or you may choose to participate in a Jump Start Express program. To set up an appointment to talk with Carol, visit our calendar to choose a time that fits your schedule.

Why Is the Jump Start Your Green Career Program Called An Intensive?

You may wonder why we are calling this workshop an "Intensive." As you'll see in the outline below, each week of the program is designed to help you make discernable progress toward your goal each week. To achieve this goal, we guide you through a series of activities, with one week's activities building on the activities of the previous week. 

To reap the full benefit of the Jump Start Your Green Career Intensive, it's important that you understand that you'll be be receiving a total of 26 emails during the seven week program. Some weeks you'll receive an activity each week day. Other weeks you'll only receive three emails during the week, but you'll likely be thinking about the activities even if you didn't receive a new email. Remember, the whole point of the program is to help you move forward!

To achieve these results, you'll need to spend time working on and reflecting on each activity as you receive it. On average, you are likely to spend between 30 and 60 minutes working on / thinking about / journaling about the activity of the day. (If you know you are going to have a busy week, you'll need to plan to work through the activities over the weekend to be ready for the next week's activities.)

We've found that this drip, drip, drip method of distributing activities is much more effective than giving you all of the activities for a week at once. By working on each email at a time, you'll be able to see incremental shifts in your thinking, and we'll be able to provide you with the feedback you need to stay on track during the week.

If you have questions about how the pace and intensity of the program will fit into your life, please sign up for a personal consultation with Carol.

Outline of the Jump Start Your Green Career Intensive

May 20th 5 pm - Orientation Call	Getting Started with Your Exploration of the Green Economy Group Call: In our initial session as a group, we'll give you an overview of the workshop and take you on a tour of the online community we'll use during the workshop. During this session you'll have the opportunity to meet the coaches and other participants in the program. Homework: You'll listen to an audio of Carol McClelland talking about the green eocnomy. In addition, you'll explore our new Green Economy Map to begin to get a feel for the range of opportunities available within the green economy.
Week 1	Setting the Stage for Your Success Audios and Emails:  In Week 1, you'll receive one email a day, each with a key topic to explore and journal about that day. Just read the emails and allow the answers to come to mind during the day. In addition you'll receive links to a couple of short audios to listen to during the week. Homework:  With the help of the audios and emails, you'll have the information you'll need to pull together a picture of your own definition of success and discover how to idenitfy your passions.
Week 2	Focusing on Your Passions and Interests Audios and Emails:  In Week 2, you'll receive one email each week day with a short activity you can do in about 20-30 minutes. Each activity will focus your attention on a certain kind of skill or interest. Day by day you'll begin to see your skills and interests will begin to come into focus. Homework:  At the end of the week, you'll receive an audio to guide you to use the week's emails to pull together a list of your top 40 skills and interests.
Week 3 Monday  6/7 Tuesday 6/8	Brainstorming 40 Green Career Ideas Group Call:  Together we'll use a fun and energizing brainstorming exercise to create a list of up to 10 possible career ideas for each workshop participant.  During the call, we'll record all of your ideas allowing you to stay in a creative, visioning space. (We'll schedule two of these calls so you can choose the one that works best for you.) Homework:  During the week, you'll continue brainstorming on your own and with the help of the group to identify a total of 40 possible career ideas.  From that list you'll pull out your ten favorite career ideas to share with the group.
Week 4	Identifying Your Big Picture Statement Audio and Emails: At the beginning of the week you'll receive an audio and an email that will show you how to use your top ten career ideas to describe your ultimate mission or goal. Personal Coaching Session: You'll also work with your coach by phone to refine your Big Picture Statement. Homework: As you begin exploring your Big Picture Statement, you'll explore how you might want to express that goal in your work life.
Week 5	Drafting Your Green Niche Statement Audio and Emails: This week the focus of the emails will be to move your Big Picture Statement into a concise draft of your Green Niche Statement. Personal Coaching Session: You'll continue working with your coach to transform your Big Picture Statement into a statement that describes your green niche. This statement will help you focus your research, networking, and job search activities.  Homework: You'll record your lastest draft of your Green Niche Statement for the group.
Week 6	Identifying Your Next Steps Audio and Emails: This week you'll receive a series of emails that outline the steps you'll take to transition into your green career. In addition, you'll identify the next steps that are most relevant to you personally. Homework: Prior to next week's call you'll post what you intend to say so that your coach can give you pointers.
Week 7 Last week of June or first week of July. We'll establish the date for the final group call during our first call.	Claiming Your Green Niche Group Call: Each person on the call will have the opportunity to practice describing their green niche and state their next steps to reach their green career goal. Homework: Prior to the call you'll post what you intend to say in the community so that your coach can give you pointers.

Meet Your Jump Start Facilitators

Carol McClelland

This intensive will be facilitated by Carol McClelland, PhD – Founder and Executive Director of Green Career Central and author of Green Careers for Dummies and a team of two career coaches. Note from Carol: As I was designing this workshop I knew I wanted to provide as much personalized support as possible in a group workshop. To accomplish this goal I've invited two experienced coaches to join me in facilitating this workshop. I selected these two coaches for several reasons. Both of these coaches completed training with me several years ago and have used my career change materials with their own clients since then. In addition, each of these women has a deep connection with the environment and sustainable practices.  We all look forward to help you jump start your green career!

Lisa Morrison Lisa Morrison is a Career Transition and Life Coach whose passion is to support people in living fulfilling lives—lives that are full, joyful and rewarding. Lisa specializes in helping “successful” professionals create more satisfying and meaningful ways to work and live. Lisa comes to her coaching with a breadth of experience that allows her to bring a unique real-life perspective and resourcefulness to clients who are seeking coaching around career and workplace issues and career/life challenges. Prior to launching her coaching practice in 1996, Lisa worked for, and consulted with, a wide variety of large and small companies in a multitude of industries. She completed her MBA in 1988 and holds the highly-esteemed Master Certified Coach credential from the International Coach Federation. In addition, Lisa has completed Carol's Career Clarity and Purpose Clarity Program training.

Karin Marcus Karin's specialty is working with people in transition who seek growth and fulfillment. She helps people rediscover their inner compass and a sense of meaning. By first identifying a clear statement of purpose, they can then set  course toward manifesting their life's work.   Karin is a Coach U Certified Graduate, a Master Certified Retreat Coach, and a member of the International Coaching Federation. In addition, Karin completed Carol's Season of Change training in 2006 and Purpose Clarity training in 2007. At present, she is training with the Inquiry Institute in Question Thinking.   With clients who seek a new green career, Karin opens the field of possibilities through probing questions, rather than pursuing the elusive path of the perfect job. By uncovering the requirements for their own personal sustainability, she helps them shed light on meaningful careers.

What They're Saying....

"Carol McClelland's What's Your Green Niche process was instrumental in helping me clarify and map out my career path during a time of great transition. Fully integrating my values into my career choice became especially important to me. The activities we did helped me look deeply at the places where I felt stuck, transform those blockages into action and optimism, and create a job search plan consistent with my values and long term goals." ~ Rose Marcario Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Patagonia

"Green Career Central's process was incredibly helpful in getting me started in a new career direction. The worksheets and brainstorming exercises in the What's Your Green Niche ebook helped me realize I already had the skills to launch a new green career. Today, less that four months later, I have a terrific salary doing business development for energy and environmental projects. Thanks to Green Career Central, my dream of merging my personal conviction with professional life came true." ~ Kelly Fergusson Menlo Park, CA Menlo Park Council Member (Mayor, 2007) turned Business Development Manager of Energy & Environmental Solutions

"I've got my green niche! The brainstorming sessions are a great tool for capturing my random thoughts and actually organizing them into cohesive career paths. Amazing! Thank you Carol!" Watch this video testimonial! ~ Taj Oakland, CA Green Career Changer

"Thanks to the exercises in the What's Your Green Niche, I'm finally able to articulate what I'm passionate about and how I want to use my passion in the world. Thank you so much." ~Alice San Ramon, CA Green Career Changer

Jump Start Action Group Package Includes:

	Three 90-Minute Group Telephone Sessions
	Two Personal Coaching Calls
	Step-by Step Instructions Delivered via Email with Worksheets and Audios to guide you through each step of the program
	Email Coaching Comments from Your Coach throughout the Class
	An Online Area to Journal about Your Assignments

 

Jump Start Your Green Career Intensive Fees:   (See note at the top of the page for registration information)   Already a Green Career Central Member? Use this link to register.  2 payments of $247 $197    Not a Green Career Central Member Yet? No problem. Sign up here so we can get you all set up as a member immediately. Access to the site is required during the class, then you have the option to continue on as a member or cancel your membership.   2 payments of $266 $216