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My Green Business Executive Career Development Book: Due Out First Quarter, 2010

Posted in Green Business, Green Jobs, sustainable business, tagged , , on October 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Cross-posted to dansmolen.com:
You’ve probably noticed that I’ve been a little quiet. In other words, the number of Sturdy Roots Blog posts I’ve written has dropped off in recent months.
That’s because – since early August – I have been focusing my energies on writing a book about green business executive career development. I’ve signed on with [...]

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Signs of Life

Posted in Corporate Social Responsibility, Dan Smolen Direct Search, LLC, Executive Recruiting, Executive Search, Green Business, sustainable business, tagged , , , , , on July 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I’ve just returned from a welcome and long overdue vacation to my native Southern Connecticut where I filled my lungs with sea-salted air and enjoyed the company of lifelong friends (many of whom I’ve not seen in 30 years).
And I returned to work to witness some sudden, but very positive developments; client hiring needs that [...]

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Virginia Gov. Kaine Announces ‘Telework Day’, Encourages Professionals to Work from Home or Remote Location

Posted in Green Business, Telecommuting, sustainable business, tagged , , , , , , on July 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »

RICHMOND, Va. – Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine today joined Telework!VA and Telework Exchange in encouraging professionals to pledge to telework from home or a remote location on Telework Day – Monday, August 3, 2009.
Employees and organization representatives across Virginia can visit the Telework Day website to sign up to telework, calculate the potential cost savings [...]

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U.S. Sen. Mark Warner Hosts Virginia Summit on Energy Opportunities

Posted in Corporate Social Responsibility, Green Business, Green Jobs, energy, green technology, sustainable business, tagged , , , , , , , , on July 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »

This past Friday, 500 entrepreneurs, activists, and people like me (entrepreneurs that are also activists) attended U.S. Sen. Mark Warner’s Virginia Summit on Energy Opportunities at Hampton University in Hampton, Va.
Sen. Warner gathered a diverse group of professionals to discuss the near term and immediate green business opportunities available to Virginia entrepreneurs through the American Recovery [...]

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Create Your Own ‘Advisory Board’

Posted in Corporate Social Responsibility, Dan Smolen Direct Search, LLC, Executive Recruiting, Executive Search, Green Business, Green Jobs, sustainable business, tagged , , , , , , on July 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Earlier today, I had a very interesting phone call with a bright, highly enthusiastic (fire-in-the-belly) new business development executive. His familiarity with the information technology space is excellent. And so too is his skill at staging successful consultative processes and converting his multi-million-dollar new business prospects to sale.
What company wouldn’t want to hire this new [...]

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Are Green Shoots Taking Root?

Posted in Executive Recruiting, Executive Search, Green Business, Green Jobs, sustainable business, tagged , , , on June 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Could we finally be at the end of this economic meltdown? There is evidence – albeit anecdotal – to suggest we are through the worst of the long, painful recession that started in December, 2007.
Consider these green shoots:

While the nation’s attention has been focused on the troubles at Chrysler and GM, there are some [...]

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Time to Revise Your CV or Résumé? Absolutely!

Posted in Executive Recruiting, Executive Search, Green Jobs, sustainable business, tagged , , , on April 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Cross-posted to dansmolen.com:
Whether you are gainfully employed at a company with sound financial footing or a recent addition to the ranks of the in-between-assignments cohort, now is the time to get that curriculum vitae (CV) or résumé of yours updated and built-for-speed.
When it comes to offering advice on drafting and revising such things, we executive [...]

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Renew Through Green Jobs Act of 2009 Introduced

Posted in Executive Recruiting, Executive Search, Green Business, Green Jobs, sustainable business, tagged , , , , , , on April 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

U.S. Rep. Zack Space has introduced a bill in Congress to provide funding to institutions of higher learning to administer workforce sustainability training and education.
The Renew Through Green Jobs Act of 2009 (H.R. 1781, 111th Congress) would authorize the U.S. Secretary of Labor to award grants to institutions to provide workforce training and education in the [...]

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“7 Myths About Green Jobs” Study Published: Counters Popular Green Job Claims

Posted in Executive Recruiting, Executive Search, Green Business, Green Jobs, sustainable business, tagged , , , , , , , , , on March 18, 2009 | 6 Comments »

A working paper, “7 Myths About Green Jobs”, just released by the Univ. of Illinois School of Law, and authored by Andrew P. Morriss, William T. Bogart, Andrew Dorchak, and Roger E. Meiners, sets out to debunk various new green jobs claims made by the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) and other influential sectors including [...]

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What About Green Executive Jobs?

Posted in Executive Recruiting, Executive Search, Green Business, Green Jobs, sustainable business, tagged , , , on February 20, 2009 | 7 Comments »

Twelve months ago, many of us thought that by now – February 2009 – we’d all be happy as clams discovering new job opportunities for green executive talent, or professionals looking to steer their non-green careers towards green marketing, green/clean tech, and other sustainable business sectors.
In February 2008, I joined other green business types in [...]

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