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Green Collar Work: Implications for Career Development.

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Title: Green Collar Work: Implications for Career Development.
Authors: Hopner, Veronica1 (AUTHOR) v.hopner@massey.ac.nz, Carr, Stuart C1 (AUTHOR), Matuschek, Ingo2 (AUTHOR)
Source: Australian Journal of Career Development (Sage Publications Ltd.). Jul2025, Vol. 34 Issue 2, p124-133. 10p.
Subject Terms: *Career development, *Vocational guidance counselors, *Job descriptions, Workforce planning, Digital technology
Abstract: Despite widespread evidence that green-collar work is increasingly sought as a career pathway, it remains largely undifferentiated in job descriptions and recruitment sites, leaving environmentally oriented school-to-work, and just transitions, underserved. Digital Recruitment Platforms provide databases for the analysis of green-related knowledge skills, abilities and other characteristics by job seekers and career counselors. A frequency analysis of job needs and opportunities on a New Zealand digital recruitment site was conducted in December 2024. In terms of content, a diverse range of green roles was differentiated in terms of adjacent green collar work (existing and generic skills in sustainability-oriented work contexts) and core green collar work (output or process based green work, that may be direct or indirect).In terms of process a context-sensitive protocol is described, which is potentially transferable to aid just transitions; to help meet CSR obligations for organizations, and to inform workforce planning for governments and multilateral institutions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:Despite widespread evidence that green-collar work is increasingly sought as a career pathway, it remains largely undifferentiated in job descriptions and recruitment sites, leaving environmentally oriented school-to-work, and just transitions, underserved. Digital Recruitment Platforms provide databases for the analysis of green-related knowledge skills, abilities and other characteristics by job seekers and career counselors. A frequency analysis of job needs and opportunities on a New Zealand digital recruitment site was conducted in December 2024. In terms of content, a diverse range of green roles was differentiated in terms of adjacent green collar work (existing and generic skills in sustainability-oriented work contexts) and core green collar work (output or process based green work, that may be direct or indirect).In terms of process a context-sensitive protocol is described, which is potentially transferable to aid just transitions; to help meet CSR obligations for organizations, and to inform workforce planning for governments and multilateral institutions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:10384162
DOI:10.1177/10384162251351150