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Warren-Based Green Career Site Celebrates 300,000th Visitor

The Warren-based Web site GreenCareersGuide.com said Thursday it had hit the 300,000-visitor mark.

For more than two years, the site has given visitors the latest on the international reach and direction of the green economy.

GreenCareersGuide.com is a business venture of parent company EcoGreen Ventures, Inc., which is a subsidiary of Technology Ventures Inc. EcoGreen Ventures runs two other green sites, www.eco20-20.com and www.greatgreenidea.com.

Company officials said www.GreenCareersGuide.com has been linked to from more than 500 universities, colleges and public libraries across the United States and now has content of upwards of 3,000 articles.

"We are a hub of green job information and have great articles about green business," said GreenCareersGuide content developer Ezra Drissman. "With our recent partnership with JobTarget, our ability to help start people in the green economy is real. We feel that we can meet the needs of any person looking for a job."

In its two years, the career site has graced the cover of Yahoo and has articles featured on Fox Business Online. In 2010 the job site was reference in a MetLife study on baby boomers.

"With so many people looking for jobs, we are happy to be able to help," Drissman siad.

GreenCareersGuide.com allows visitors to read about what green jobs are, how to get trained and apply for a green job. More at www.GreenCareersGuide.com or call (586) 563-2000.

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