Over the past two decades, climate change has crept into center stage of the public spotlight for biggest problems to solve on planet earth.   Scientists have estimated that, at our current rate of greenhouse gas emissions, it will take less than seven years to increase the global average temperature by 1.5 degrees Celsius. So the question becomes: how can we reverse this process?

I spoke with Brennan Spellacy, the CEO and cofounder of Patch: a series of APIs for companies to buy scalably from carbon-offset developers. 

Patch is not trying to build a laid-back, easygoing culture. Climate change is an urgent, irreversible cliff towards which our civilization is currently barreling—and if we want to solve it, we’ve got to move quickly. 

Patch is looking for people with enough experience, passionate about climate change: pitch Brennan directly at [email protected]. 

This week on Career Crashers, Joel is joined by Bryan Clayton to share what he looks for when he's hiring!   

Bryan is CEO and cofounder of GreenPal an online marketplace that connects homeowners with local lawn care professionals. GreenPal has been called the “Uber for lawn care” by Entrepreneur magazine and has over 200,000 active users completing thousands of transactions per day.  

Before starting GreenPal Bryan founded Peachtree Inc. one of the largest landscaping companies in the state of Tennessee growing it to over $10 million a year in annual revenue before it was acquired by Lusa holdings in 2013.  

Connect with Bryan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryan-clayton/

Today, we’re learning about Trainual: a software tool that companies use to organize their processes and policies into a single business playbook for the entire company. They call it “getting your business out of your brain,” something almost all business owners struggle with. 

Cofounders Chris and Jonathan Ronzio started the company in Scottsdale Arizona in 2018, and have since raised 6.8 million dollars and built a team of 55 people, successfully weathering the 2020 pandemic that disproportionately affected their customer base of small businesses. 

Trainual is an incredibly empowering and supportive place to work. Some people see early-stage startups as risky career moves, but it’s companies like Trainual that raise the bar for all the others out there. Not just by how they invest in their employees and culture, but by their success in business so far.  If you’re genuinely excited about Trainual—their product, vision, and people—show them with a video pitch! Go to Crash.co to get started.

Chris knows exactly what it’s like to be in your shoes — eager to prove yourself, and willing to put in the work to show it.

And check out:

Trainual on YouTube • Chris on Instagram • The whole team on LinkedIn 

Nick Rundlett is a sales consultant and founder of Mastermind.army a mentorship group for sales professionals. This week he joins Career Crashers to talk about his experience breaking into a career in sales and how sales skills can set you apart on the job hunt!

Learn more about Nick's sales mastermind at mastermind.army and connect with Nick by email at Nick [at] rundlett.com

This week on Career Crashers, Joel is joined by Jonathan Williams to talk about Jonathan's experience on a job hunt before and after finding Crash. Jonathan is a newly hired customer success associate at ChartHop who used Crash tools and mindset to change his approach to job hunting and quickly found success. 

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As part of our ongoing series featuring exciting startups to work for, Jérémy sat down with the 3 founders of Toucan, a venture-backed tech startup building a unique solution to help millions of people get better at learning languages—and beyond. 🚀  

In this episode, we discuss:  

00:00 The Problem with Learning Languages 

02:10 Toucan’s Solution & Taylor’s Story 

04:50 Toucan’s Vision for Education 

06:22 Brandon’s & Shaun’s Stories 

08:49 Toucan’s Company Culture & Values 

21:05 Who Should Consider Working at Toucan?  

Connect with Toucan on Twitter: 

https://twitter.com/JoinToucan 

https://twitter.com/taylor_nieman 

https://twitter.com/BrandonDietz_ 

https://twitter.com/ShaunMerritt_ 

Check out job openings: 

https://jointoucan.com/careers

And always remember, companies like Toucan hire opportunistically, so even if you don’t see a job for you, pitch ’em anyway!

This week on Career Crashers Joel is joined by Crash operations manager Corne Van Straten!   

As operations manager Corne is charged with coordinating outreach, marketing & sales efforts, customer success and more.   Corne shares his story of breaking out of the schooled mindset and discovering his potential for learning and growing in his career. He tells the story of how he learned to code on his own and how he pitched Crash to win his opportunity.   

Learn more about Corne at https://cornevanstraten.com/

This week on Career Crashers, Joel is diving into how to use your experience working in food service and use it to win great opportunities in tech startups.

He breaks down some of the key points from the previous episodes in this series with TK Coleman and Kasen Wysong , covering the way to capture and show your skill development and apply it to the job search.

Finally, he details how to use Crash to create pitches that will blow companies away and have them eager to interview you!

Check out the other episodes in this series with TK Coleman and Kasen Wysong

Right now is a hard time to work in the service industry. Across the country and around the world servers and others who work in restaurants, many permanently.

If you've worked in service and are looking for new opportunities, it's easy to overlook just how valuable your experience can be in new lines of work.

In this episode of Career Crashers, Isaac is joined by TK Coleman to talk about why work experience in the service industry is so valuable and how to sell others on your skills when job hunting in new industries.

TK Coleman is the Director of Entrepreneurial Education at the Foundation for Economic Education and the host and creator of Revolution of One.

This time on Career Crashers, Joel is joined by Julia Wuench to talk about setting a course for your career!

Julia is a recovering perfectionist, leadership and career coach, and founder of The Authenticity Guide.  

Julia started her career working in finance in New York City, but after waking up day after day not wanting to go to work, she realized it was time for a change. In this episode, she's sharing what she learned from that change and how she works with others to help them find work that matters. 

For more resources on creating a great career Check out Crash.co