Career Resources
Looking for opportunities to make an impact through your career? Check out these resources as you search for role in the social impact space.
For Profit & For a Purpose
Discover work that matters to you & the world.
From local opportunities like working with us to connecting with alumni to global internship engagements, we’ve curated our favorite jobs boards, listservs, and resources to use as you’re searching for your next role.
Career Advising Sessions
Want to learn more about a career is sustainability or social impact? Sign up for a career advising session with our program manager Rachel Haynes.
Featured Resource this month!
Check out this resource from the ClimateCAP Initiative, Careers in Climate Action: Example MBA Employers
Sustainable Business Job Search Guide
Check out a new career guide from Katie Kross, Managing Director of the EDGE Center at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. The guide includes different types of jobs, strategies for networking, and opportunities for securing your dream job where you can make an impact!
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Other Job Guides
Project Drawdown Job Function Actions Guide
ClimateCAP Careers in Climate Action Map
MBA EDGE Reports
Curious about how your MBA skills can align with a career in climate solutions? This one-page guide highlights sample roles and essential resources to get you started.
Poole College Elevate Career Mentorship Program
This High-Impact Experience is open to any Poole major who is a sophomore, junior, or senior student and aims to connect them with experienced professionals who can elevate their career development journeys by offering guidance and support. We believe that your involvement can make a significant impact by identifying potential participants and sharing this opportunity with your professional network.
Student Applications are due Septemeber 1st!
Poole College is a Member of ClimateCAP
ClimateCAP is a network of leading business schools that prepares MBA students to rise to the climate challenge.
Get Connected
Join these mailing lists to stay up to date with local and global opportunities:
- Social Entrepreneurship & Innovation
- Entrepreneurship Clinic – The Scoop
- Office of Sustainability Newsletter
- Supply Chain Resource Cooperative Newsletter
- Young Nonprofit Professionals Network (YNPN) Triangle NC
- B Local Triangle
- Social Innovation Fellows
- Sustainability Service Opportunities
- NC State Virtual Global Internships
Additional Resources
- Weinreb Group: Job descriptions library for sustainability positions
- five ways to launch your climate career in b-school
- Degrees | Real talk about planet-saving careers
- Sustainable Career Pathways
- Diversity in Sustainability
- Conversations on Careers and Professional Life
- OnePack Empowered Program
Fellowships and Internships
- ClimateCAP Fellowship
- The Mosaic Fellowship
- EDF Climate Corps Fellowship
- CELI Fellowship
- Trellis/GreenBiz Fellowships
- NC State Sustainable Futures Fellowship
- Rural Works! Internship
- SECU Public Fellows
- Co-op Program
Sustainability Case Competitions
The Super Analytics Challenge – University of Pittsburgh
A4S International Case Competition
Questrom 50K Sustainability Case Compeition
John R. Lewis Case Competition – Emory University
Kellogg-Morgan Stanley: Sustainable Investing Challenge
Neuberger Berman Sustainable Investing Challenge
MIT Water, Food & Agriculture Innovation Prize
MIT Climate & Energy Prize
Turner Impact Portfolio Challenge (TIPC)
Turner MIINT MBA Impact Investing Network & Training
Net Impact Case Competition