MCJ + Climate People Climate Career Advancement Meetup

​Interested in a career in climate?

​Climate People and MCJ Collective are collaborating to present a monthly series of invaluable tips and tricks to advance your career working on climate. Our career advancement meetup offers a unique opportunity to learn from experts, build a strong community, and chart your path in the climate sector.

​​Join the MCJ and Climate People team every second Wednesday of the month as we tackle the challenges of the climate job search together.

​​​Please reach out with any questions or feedback. Anyone is welcome to join, regardless of whether you're an existing MCJ member.

​​ABOUT THE UPCOMING SESSION:
Many jobs are never posted. Rather, they are filled through connections.

​Join us for an interactive session focused on stories from the hidden job market! Hear from various professionals who landed jobs even though they were never posted - what worked for them? How did they go about landing these roles? And what advice do they have for you?

​SPEAKER BIOS:

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BREENE MURPHY
Breene Murphy is the president of Carbon Collective Investing. They create investment portfolios for businesses, nonprofits, and individuals that divest from fossil fuels and reinvest in climate solutions. He's also held ~400 #opendoorclimate chats since joining Carbon Collective Investing. He earned his hidden climate job by pairing his then expertise with volunteering and free consulting. Through years of meaningfully helping people already in the climate movement, he helped earn trust as an advisor and translated his existing skill set to climate change. In addition to helping solve climate change, he loves books, surfing, and adventures with his family. 

​ERIN SPURLING
Erin Spurling is the Marketing Manager at Above & Beyond Recruitment. They facilitate the growth and impact of pioneering companies looking to tackle the climate crisis by enabling them to attract the brightest and best talent from around the globe. She found her current hidden job by actively building her network on LinkedIn whilst in her previous climate startup EA role, which she also got via connections. Her combination of marketing and EA experience was the perfect fit for Above & Beyond, allowing her to use various skills across marketing and ops projects. Outside work, she is an avid theatre and live music fan and enjoys travel, cooking, and discovering new restaurants.

​ELI ETZIONI
Eli builds partnerships at Tradewater. Tradewater plugs orphaned oil & gas wells that are actively leaking methane and destroys refrigerants with a GWP 10,000x higher than CO2, generating high-quality carbon credits. Prior to Tradewater, Eli was the first full-time business hire at Symbrosia, a climate-tech startup developing a seaweed feed additive to reduce methane emissions in cow burps. He helped Symbrosia raise funding, built relationships with farmers and CPG brands, and developed Symbrosia’s first carbon project. This was his first role in climate, and it was never posted. Eli met Symbrosia’s Founder & CEO, consulted with the company for over a year, then made the jump to full-time. His experience has made him a firm believer in the power of thoughtful outreach and the importance of learning by doing.