Sustainability-focused careers are more popular and plentiful than ever. However, as sustainability has only recently become widely recognized as a specialized professional discipline, it can sometimes be difficult to navigate entry into the field. Students, faculty, staff, and alumni looking to learn more about opportunities in professional sustainability may find the following resources helpful.
Get Connected
OneHop is a platform for students and alumni to professionally connect with one another. The OneHop program includes:
- OneHop Mentoring to build purposeful connections between current students and selected alumni mentors; and
- OneHop Alumni to provide a community for alumni to network with one another and to offer guidance to fellow alumni and students.
Join the Hopkins Sustainability OneHop group to connect with other JHU community members currently pursuing or interested in a career in sustainability.
The Life Design Lab (LDL) supports and serves all Krieger and Whiting undergraduate and masters students, regardless of post-graduate plans. Through the LDL students have access to life design programs and courses, experiential learning opportunities, and connections with alumni and employers.
Organized by the Johns Hopkins Alumni Association, affinity communities are groups of alumni, students, and friends of the university who are drawn together based on common interests and shared experiences. Interacting in person and virtually, these communities encompass all divisions, graduating classes, regions, and professions and reflect a remarkable diversity of concerns and activities.
LinkedIn is an American business and employment-oriented online service that operates via websites and mobile apps. The platform is primarily used for professional networking and career development and allows job seekers to post their CVs and employers to post jobs.
Listservs and Job Boards
An electronic mailing list or “listserv” is a special use of email that allows for widespread distribution of information to many subscribers. Numerous listservs are available for those interested in being kept informed on sustainability-related professional opportunities. Additionally, regularly updated job boards highlight opportunities across the environmental sector.
- Acre
- Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE)
- Chronicles Careers: Jobs in Higher Education
- Commongood Careers and Koya Partners
- Cyber-Sierra
- EcoJobs
- EnvironmentalCareer
- Good Food Jobs
- Green Latinos
- GreenJobs
- HigherEdJobs
- Idealist
- Global Council for Science and the Environment
- Non-profit Career Network
- North American Association for Environmental Education
- Sustainability Leads
