Here is one of the best options you can consider, that can promise you job satisfaction – look for green jobs. Such jobs, also called green-collar jobs have been defined by the United Nations Environment Program, as “work in agricultural, manufacturing, research and development (R&D), administrative, and service activities that contribute(s) substantially to preserving or restoring environmental quality. Specifically, but not exclusively, this includes jobs that help to protect ecosystems and biodiversity; reduce energy, materials, and water consumption through high efficiency strategies; de-carbonize the economy; and minimize or altogether avoid generation of all forms of waste and pollution.” Look up the official agenda announced through the Green Job Initiative.

In the UK there are plenty of sources for you to look for green jobs and other environment-related jobs. Here are a select few.

• Latest environment jobs in Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Environmental Management and Conservation
• Specialist green jobs, green careers and green employment website
• Home of Renewable Energy jobs, Wind Energy jobs, Environmental jobs and Sustainability jobs from the UK’s top Employers
• Jobs for environmental professionals

So even if you do not have green fingers, work on improving your “green nerve”, shall we say, by establishing yourself on your green job. The Earth needs you!

This service promises to offer work advice and learning information to people across age groups. Using a combination of highly-trained advisers and an interactive website, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills hopes to make careers advice more usable and meaningful.

According to estimates, this service can meet the requirement to handle up to a million telephonic advice sessions annually, besides several million online sessions. This will mean that face-to-face guidance will be provided at several community locations, where the candidate can get information specific to the local labour market.

Among the website tools are a CV Builder, a Skills Health Check, Action Plan tool and Learner Record. If you become an online user, you will be able to open a “Lifelong Learning Account”.

So many things are happening in the careers front. Here are just a few of the not-so-obvious forthcoming events.

Geography Careers Forum – On 9 Feb 2012, visit The Octagon, Queens Building, to get to know of career options for Geography and Environmental Science graduates. Find out how you can get into these career areas. Also check out other upcoming Queen Mary Careers Events

Job fair at Enfield – A free jobs fair is scheduled for 10 Feb 2012 and is being projected as  a “superb opportunity”. The venue is the Southbury Leisure Centre in Southbury Road.

Working for the London Olympics Organizers. Look up the vacancies and apply for jobs related to the mega-event.

• Tribunal procedure
• Unfair dismissal
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Sick Pay
• Redundancy payments

Get more information on the above and other possible impending changes to employment law.

“Christmas temp drive - how to turn your seasonal job into CV gold?” - live Q&A from Guardian Careers on Tuesday 8 November, 1pm – 4pm.

Liverpool Science and Technology Careers Fair -Thursday 10th November from 3pm – 6.30pm.

Volunteering Fair hosted by University of Leicester at Queens Hall, Percy Gee Building (Students Union) on 17 November, 2011 from 12:00 pm to 03:00 pm.

There is yet another job fair event round the corner. Look up Teesside University Careers Fair that is scheduled for Friday 04 November 2011, between 10.00am and 3.00pm at Main Hall and Sports Hall, Brittan Building for Sport and Well-being.

Here are the complete details –

• Date – Friday 21st October 2011 (10am-5pm)
• Venue – Grand Connaught Rooms, 61-65 Great Queen Street, London, WC2B 5DA

The event is pegged as the UK’s biggest diversity specific careers event. At the show, undergraduates, graduates and other jobseekers from all over the country will be able to access well-known recruiters. The recruiters’ list includes both Public Sector/NGO recruiters and Corporates. You can look up the latest exhibitors at the Diversity Careers Event.

What’s more – this is a free event for all job and internship seekers. The candidates will be able to participate in and benefit from CV Clinics, Seminars and Training, Networking sessions as well as an exclusive student-only zone.

Access Graduate jobs: advice from the experts. These are the questions that have been answered.

• How do I clean up my online profile and make it work for me?
• I’m getting nowhere with online job boards – where else can I look?
• Should I do an unpaid internship?
• How do I write a speculative letter?
• How do I write a CV?
• How do I make an impression at an interview?
• What benefits can I claim if I can’t get a job?
• How do I deal with the post-university blues?

It’s a highly competitive scenario these days, and finding a suitable graduate placement can be difficult. That’s why such fairs turn out to be one of the better ways of job-hunting. At the fair, you will encounter plenty of potential employers. This is also the right opportunity for you to market yourself as the right candidate.

So whether you are yet to complete your course, or you are ready to launch your career, you’ll do well to attend a career fair well-prepared. Here’s where you can find a complete listings of forthcoming graduate fairs in the UK.

The next edition off London Graduate Recruitment Fair will be on Tuesday 18 October 2011 at the Business Design Centre, London. You will get details here.

Thankfully there are a few establishments who offer work experience placements to fresh, raw graduates. Work experience placements also called internships, and are usually paid positions. It is also possible for you to set aside your ambitions of immediate income and instead work as a volunteer in a suitable organization.

Look up some useful tips on work experience.

The BBC is a vast organization, and offers work experience placements in a score specializations. You can search and apply for these opportunities here.

You will find this event quite useful – visit the National Work Placement Exhibition at NEC Birmingham on 27 Oct 2011.

Get yourself a free copy of The Student Guide to Work Placements.