Career Center FAQ’s

-How do employers and job seekers use WiserEarth?
WiserEarth offers a free forum for organizations to post jobs, internships and volunteer opportunities. Employers simply enter their information, including location, salary, qualifications etc. and the postings appear in WiserEarth’s job section. What makes WiserEarth unique is the way in which it categorizes jobs with specific “areas of focus.” The areas of focus are the backbone of WiserEarth's networking capabilities, and allow users to search jobs, groups, events, and people simultaneously. There are roughly 50 areas of focus, on topics like Education, Global Climate Change, Community Development, and Human Rights. Using these areas of focus as search tools, students and recent graduates can find jobs on WiserEarth in specific fields and simultaneously pull up results for organizations, people, events, and resources connected with these fields.

-What kind of employment can students expect to find on WiserEarth?
The focus of WiserEarth is to connect people and organizations from around the globe who are working on environmental and social justice issues. Students and recent graduates can expect to find jobs, internships and volunteer opportunities with organizations that are involved in global sustainability efforts including social justice, environmental restoration, indigenous rights, development issues, international policy etc. Because there are so many organizations represented on WiserEarth, the jobs posted on the site are diverse in both their focus and location. Each job is also connected to people, events, organizations and resources, creating a network that students can use to further their search for the perfect position.

-Are there other areas of WiserEarth that might be helpful for students before and after they graduate?
Because WiserEarth’s purpose is to promote networking and communication, the site offers infinite possibilities for students and recent graduates to connect with people in fields they are interested in. WiserEath’s wiki-based format also allows members to create their own profiles and groups, and connect them to relevant organizations. Students who were involved with campus groups can use the site to network with larger movements after they graduate. With hundreds of thousands of organizations hooked into the site, there are enormous opportunities for students and alumni to get connected with people who share their passions and interests.

 

-How does WiserEarth compare to something like idealist?
There are several key differences between a site like idealist and WiserEarth. To begin with, WiserEarth aims to be a social and professional networking tool, instead of focusing on finding and posting jobs. Secondly, WiserEarth is completely free. This allows for a large breadth of employment, internship, and volunteer opportunities, including smaller organizations and individuals who might hesitate to pay for listing their positions online. Finally, the way in which users can search the WiserEarth site is unique, because all jobs, events, people, organizations, and resources connected with an area of focus.

For answers to general WiserEarth questions, how-to's and more please see the FAQs page at www.wiserearth.org