The Climate Career Accelerator is a 4-week guided program (1 hour per week) designed by the Jobs_that_makesense Asia team to support individuals across Southeast Asia who want to align their careers with climate impact.
Format
This program is for you if:
→ You’re seeking more purpose in your career and want to transition into a climate-related role.
→ You’re already working in the climate sector but feel unclear about your next step or long-term path.
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Whether you’re currently employed and exploring new opportunities, actively transitioning, or simply curious about the climate sector in Southeast Asia, this program will equip you with the clarity, tools, and confidence to move forward with purpose.
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👉🏼 Objective: Build a solid understanding of the climate sector in Southeast Asia by exploring its key industries, the wide range of organizations involved, and the real impact they create.
🧞♀️ Guest Testimonies: Hear directly from leaders and practitioners working in green enterprises, NGOs, ESG consulting, philanthropy, and more. Their firsthand stories will offer practical perspectives on the sector’s diversity and evolving opportunities.
🎒Hands-on Activity: Use a guided framework to define your own vision of the climate sector. Identify the types of organizations and impact models that resonate with your values and ambitions.
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👉🏼 Objective: Understand how hiring works in the climate space, learn how to craft a CV that reflects your values and motivation, and build a strong personal narrative to support your career transition.
🧞♀️ Guest Testimonies: Insights from HR professionals on what they look for in candidates, plus advice from personal branding experts and career coaches with experience in purpose-driven recruitment.
🎒Hands-on Activity: Update your CV to align with sector expectations, craft a compelling career transition story, and map out a shortlist of organizations that reflect your values and aspirations.
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👉🏼 Objective: Get a clear understanding of the wide variety of roles within the climate sector, and challenge common misconceptions about career paths, compensation, and working conditions. Reflect on what gives you a sense of purpose at work, and learn how to effectively transfer your existing skills into climate-related roles.
🧞♀️ Guest Testimonies: Hear inspiring career transition stories, both bold pivots and gradual shifts, from career coaches and professionals who have successfully brought their expertise into the climate space.
🎒Hands-on Activity: Define your personal ikigai, assess your priorities through job offer evaluations (job hunting vs. upskilling), and write a draft of your ideal climate-aligned job description.
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****👉🏼 Objective: Design a clear and strategic approach to your job or training program search. Learn how to network effectively within the climate sector and set up a structured follow-up system to maintain momentum and motivation.
🧞♀️ Guest Testimonies: Hear from networking experts and professionals who successfully entered the climate sector through creative, non-traditional pathways.
🎒Hands-on Activity: Build your personalized application tracker, craft impactful outreach messages, and develop a concrete action plan and timeline to guide your next steps.
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💬 What participants from the Europe cohorts are saying:
“The program is amazing, really high quality. I hesitated at first because I had already done a career assessment, but I’m so glad I joined. It helped me discover a space that truly speaks to me. Since it focuses specifically on sustainability transition, it even helped unlock new perspectives.”
“It was incredibly comprehensive. It gave me so many ideas and directions to explore. Having access to these tools and shared discussions is so valuable.”
“No matter where you are in your journey, there are tips and tools you can take away. That’s the beauty of the program—despite our different backgrounds, we all find something meaningful here. Well done!”
“I’m deeply grateful for all the content—it really helps move things forward!”
“The amount of content you managed to structure is incredible. I’m seriously impressed!”
“The content is excellent, and I really enjoyed the group atmosphere! The program has sparked a desire in me to explore so many new things.”
“The materials are incredibly interesting, and it’s comforting to know we’re all asking ourselves similar questions.”
“The resources on Notion are super useful and well organized.”
“The resources give me courage. I’m not fully balanced yet, but I feel like I’m on the right path.”