Making the Switch: Transition Your Career into the Impact Sector
About the Webinar
Looking to transition into the impact sector, and wondering how to make the switch? How do you find – or create – the right opportunity? How do you translate your skills to a new set of responsibilities... or even sector? In this call, hear from a career coach and two successful career transitioners who found ways to apply their skills and passions in a job with full-time impact.
John Schulz is a Director of Sustainability Operations at AT&T, focused on embedding sustainability into AT&T’s operations, products and services while positioning Information and Communications Technology (ICT) as an important sustainability solution. John focuses on integrating sustainability into operational resource use – Energy, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and Water – and into the services and products that AT&T brings to market. John received his MBA from The University of Texas at Austin, his BA from Trinity University in San Antonio, TX and is a LEED GA.
Sahaar Rezaie is the Associate Director of Corporate Engagement for Year Up Bay Area. Her primary areas of expertise are business development and strategic account management. Sahaar joined Year Up Bay Area in 2008 and is a key contributor to increasing Year Up’s partner base from 5 founding partners to over 27 across the Bay Area. Prior to Year Up, Sahaar served as an Account Executive for CBS Television.
Mark Guterman, MA, is a long-time Bay Area Career Consultant who spends his time coaching and training for JVS, teaching for the Hult International Business School and John F. Kennedy University, and career advising for students at the Haas School of Business. He has worked with dozens of for-profits and not-for-profits across many sectors, and is a recipient of a Purpose Prize Fellowship, given by Encore.org (formerly Civic Ventures), to honor “social innovators in their encore careers.”