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Why are Green Accounting Careers so Hot?

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If you’re interested in having an impact on the environment, and you like accounting, maybe green accounting careers are interesting enough for some of you.

The show today is another collaboration with DeVry University (@devryuniv) to broaden your future career options. My guest is Professor Joyce Barden, CPA, who teaches at DeVry University and the Keller Graduate School of Management in Phoenix, Arizona. Thanks again to DeVry University for choose this podcast to promote green accounting careers!

I would love to know if green accounting would be a major you would seriously consider? Here’s how you can share that with me:

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As always, career professionals that leave feedback please let me know if it’s OK to read your responses during the show, and I will include a link in the show notes to your site.

Here are some highlights of our conversation:

Professor Barden explains the differences between traditional accounting (she calls it the language of business) and green accounting
Those aspiring to green accountant careers must advise his or her clients or employers on sustainability and the environmental impact of what their decisions are based on
Green accounting careers are likely to be found where the sun prominently appears like Arizona, California, and New Mexico
Green accountant specialists work with a wide range of teams and team members just like most accountants
Cost reduction as it impacts the environment is a main focus of the job
Students with a desire for green accounting careers must offer value to employers, able to advise employers or clients how to be environmental effective, and not just a number cruncher. Successful job candidate needs to approach potential employers as a consultant and business advisor
State governments and fraud and forensics agencies could be a great source for internships and green accounting careers
Professor Barden recommends working part-time at first
Adaptability, flexibility, and writing are in-demand soft skills, ones that CEO’s are demanding
Companies are looking for diversity, consider the role and skills companies want. Can you solve the puzzle since there are so many collaborative partners, and put together input from everyone?
Employers looking for candidates in green accounting careers want to see more passion with the value he or she brings to the table. The successful candidate has to “run their own race.”

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by Mark Anthony Dyson

Beyond.com Wants to Send Job Leads to Your Phone

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One of the latest trends that will dominate the job hunt/recruiting industry is mobile technology. Job boards are looking to innovate in a number of ways such as engaging users through mobile and putting job leads in the hands of top talent. Beyond.com is one of the top job boards in the employment space. This year, Beyond.com partnered with TextRecruit, a platform that integrates text messaging directly into the recruitment process. They want to put job leads through to your phone right now.

My guest, Joe Stubblebine, Vice President of Talent Solutions with Beyond.com, is the Technology expert and facilitator of the TextRecruit partnership. We discuss how sending job leads to your phone (or maybe your Apple Watch) will enable you to engage leads in a more timely way.

How do you use your mobile device(s) for your job search? I would love to hear from you in one of the following ways:

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Here are some of the highlights of our discussion:

Beyond has about 500 talent communities and 45 million passive and active members
Joe connects with employers to help them recruit to job seeker talent
He states a few challenges they see in the industry regularly, 1) Getting visibility and in front of more job seekers, and 2) matching the right job with talent
Advertising had changed dramatically from years ago when companies paid $75,000 for a newspaper ad to compete against other job boards to get job leads to talented job seekers
Beyond.com conducted a survey that resulted in finding 83% of job seekers respondents are utilizing their phone and tablets for their job search. 73% specifically reach for their tablets. 85% that use both phone and tablets still apply for jobs on their laptops
Joe mentioned the Beyond.com app has 2.5 million downloads, as he also mentioned Jobber which works like Tinder, and the Hidden Job app (shout out to Chris Russell, guest on episode 65)
Joe was impressed that Pepsi’s goal is 0 days to hire and feels the texting initiative brings Beyond a step closer to shortening hiring time
We talked a little bit about a potential “Dick Tracy” experience with the Apple Watch ability to receive text
I asked him if Meerkat and Periscope (both are video streaming apps) would also be an engagement tool for job search and job seekers. Listen to why Joe feels it may be a double-edged sword

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by Mark Anthony Dyson

Managing Your Career and Life Through Flexible Work with Kristin Thomas

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More choices for flexible work are available for anyone in a situation where working full-time at an office is not an option. Most people want a flexible work schedule and to work remotely for many reasons. I want you to meet Kristin Thomas (@KristinVThomas), who opted to raise four kids (including a set of twins), and faced and survived breast cancer. Her story will affect the way you look at work, re-examine your priorities, and change the way you manage your career. Despite having four kids and breast cancer, Kristen stayed connected and engaged in managing her career. Do you see a flexible work schedule now or in the future? I found her story written on her blog and knew her story would resonate with you.

I want you to hear how Kristin considered her life, family, and challenges and how it played a part of her career trajectory. It is not easy to approach a career path with life challenges, family, and maintaining career goals and personal satisfaction. The last is usually the one we sacrifice. One big lesson is the one that Kristin teaches us: personal and career satisfaction does not have to be sacrificed, but is attainable through flexible work.

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Kristin is Director of Employer Partnerships at FlexJobs.com. She works from home with her husband and four boys (all who are under 10). Would your choices be different is you have a job you loved and was as flexible as you desired? Here are some of the highlights of our conversation:

Her background is primarily in talent acquisition, and while working at her previous position, she became pregnant and eventually gave birth to premature twins
Listen to why Kristin could not continue working for the company (nuclear) after the birth of her third child
Her former employer called her back for a consulting opportunity. She worked there for a year but then decided to take more time off
Kristin stayed connected with her network (she says with everyone) through social media while at home with three small children
Kristin remained active through volunteering. She put in so many hours she contemplated going back to work
She found out about her next job through her network at FlexJobs. She also found out that she had Breast Cancer. She had surgery, and because her job was completely remote, it was easy to recover without an extensive leave
Kristin shared that her work was positive and engaging as much as she could. She didn’t like to be down or away

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