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:
Experts Corner / Career Stage Advice Sessions
Speakers:
April’s ‘Ask the Experts’ Career Advancement Meetup will see us jump into small group discussions with four recruiters, community builders, and experts specialized to your career stage. You’ll have the opportunity to ask them questions, hear their advice, meet others at a similar career stage to you, and generally skill up as you look to take your next career steps.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:
Casey Goldstein: Casey Goldstein is a student at Duke University and an incoming Investment Analyst for MCJ Collective. Goldstein is the founder of College to Climate (C2C), a platform dedicated to helping college students and recent graduates launch their careers in climate. C2C has helped students from hundreds of universities around the globe meet like-minded students, develop their passions, and find their first climate roles.
College to Climate: College to Climate is a community seeking to connect college students and recent grads to the world of climate tech. They run four-week Launchpad Programs for students around the globe to listen to young professionals tell their climate journeys, motivate and support each other, and discover climate tech roles to which they can apply their skills.
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Brendan Andersen: Brendan Andersen is the founder and CEO of Climate People, a climate recruitment agency focused on delivering top talent to transformational climate companies. Prior to founding Climate People, Brendan spent over 20 years leading boutique and national tech staffing firms. Growing up in Vermont as an outdoors enthusiast, he was looking for a way to combine his professional experience in recruiting with his passion for protecting the planet. Mobilizing a workforce transition to work on climate has become his dream job.
Climate People: At Climate People, our mission is to unlock talent, empower innovation, and fast-track decarbonization. We're a top-notch climate technology recruiting firm with a bold vision to transform the economy by placing exceptional, mission-driven individuals in ClimateTech careers. Our services extend beyond conventional recruiting as we help businesses and professionals ignite their passion, disrupt the status quo, and make a sustainable impact.
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Cherry Swayne: Cherry is the Founder of Above and Beyond Recruitment, which partners with early-stage climate tech companies to attract and recruit top talent. With over 15 years of recruitment experience, she is using her hard-earned skills to help people transition their careers into climate and connect them with pioneering start-ups where they can have a real impact.
Above and Beyond Recruitment: Above & Beyond facilitates the growth and impact of pioneering companies looking to tackle the climate crisis by enabling them to attract the brightest and best talent from across the globe. Our passion for sustainability, sector expertise, and drive to always do the right thing make us unique.
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Caroline Rubach: Caroline Rubach is an executive recruiter with Daversa Partners, where she primarily supports GM CEO, CFO, and Head of Product searches for venture-backed technology companies. She has a deep passion for working with founders pursuing solutions to the climate crisis, currently going deep on the carbon credits markets, EV charging infrastructure, industrial electric motor manufacturing, and fusion energy technologies. A Terra.do fellow (SO Condors!) and an avid nature enthusiast, Caroline enjoys skiing, mountain biking, and running in and around San Francisco, where she currently resides.
Daversa Partners: Daversa Partners is Technology’s go-to specialty firm that builds executive teams for growth-stage and venture-backed companies. Our global footprint gives our high-performance teams visibility into the entirety of the market. We are dedicated to developing meaningful relationships with entrepreneurs, executives, and investors across Consumer and Enterprise businesses.