8/10 - Candidates and Careers in Climate
Climate Statistics : Study warns of 'irreversible transition' in ocean currents that could rapidly freeze parts of North America - Re: The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC.
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Job Seekers:
Elliott Gluck
Greatest Accomplishment: Being a featured speaker at the 2018 South By Southwest Interactive Conference.
Skills: Product Marketing, demand generation, content marketing, marketing automation, analytics, CRM.
Looking for Next: Build and lead a world class marketing team at a climate tech company.
Ishaan Chandhok
Greatest Accomplishment: While I've completed a capstone project on hydroelectric power generation at Reykjavik University, my single greatest achievement was organizing a tree plantation ceremony in my hometown and speaking to locals in villages about the effects of climate change.
Skills: Finance & Accounting, Financial Modeling – Renewable
Energy Plants, Engineering Graphics, Lean & Agile Management, Statistical Analysis using R Studio, Power BI, AutoCAD, Excel, MicroStrategy, SQL.
Looking for Next: I'd like to put my three years of experience as an Analyst to use by doing something I'm passionate about - Renewable & Sustainable Energy, to help combat climate change.
Joe Trellick
Greatest Accomplishment: Built and managed an award-winning mobile app team of 10 as the company grew from 3 to 70; earlier, helped establish an open standard for public transportation data.
Skills: Engineering Management, Product Management, native iOS & Android development, Python, etc.
Looking for Next: Experienced product-oriented software engineering leader looking for a role building and/or maintaining some piece of the puzzle that improves our odds of surviving the climate crisis. I have a particular interest in the circular economy/electronics reuse areas, but open to other aspects.
Open Roles:
Software Lead @ Operant Networks
What is the single most important thing you are looking for in a candidate?
Ability (and enjoyment) working in a startup environment
Product Lead @ Operant Networks
What is the single most important thing you are looking for in a candidate?
Ability (and enjoyment) working in a startup environment.
Principal Software Engineer @ Axiom Cloud
What is the single most important thing you are looking for in a candidate?
A "do whatever it takes" attitude and a desire to work in a scrappy, challenging startup environment.
Operations Engineer @ Axiom Cloud
What is the single most important thing you are looking for in a candidate?
A "do whatever it takes" attitude and a desire to work in a scrappy, challenging startup environment.
Business Development Manager @ Climate X
What is the single most important thing you are looking for in a candidate?
Driven & united behind our purpose - to unlock data that will help the world adapt to climate change.
Product Designer @ The Impact
What is the single most important thing you are looking for in a candidate?
A strong understanding of how to interview customers and effectively convert those insights into useful CX and UX.
Video Editor/Social Media Manager @ The Impact
What is the single most important thing you are looking for in a candidate?
Experience with editing YouTube videos and ideally understanding how to repurpose content on other social platforms.
Job Postings:
Courtesy of Active Impact Investments:
Carbon America: Multiple positions
Encycle: Operations Support Technician
Manifest Climate: Business Development Reps in Toronto and Ottawa
Social Nature: Software Engineer
Solstice: Director of Operations, People Operations Manager
Tip of the Letter
Last week, people we know were rejected by the Carbon13 program…again. That’s OK.
If you don’t get a couple of rejections/acceptances per week, you are not trying hard enough!
PS - The Carbon13 team is doing a great job at putting together teams. Look them up!
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