Thinking of exploring a new career? You may want to go green.
I liked this CNN article, Growing excitement, expectations for green jobs corps. It talks about how many people are seeking jobs in the "green" (that used to be environmental) industry. While not all companies are flourishing, this is a huge market. And with all the stimulus money being siphoned into it, working in the environmental field may be worth it.
Where should you look? Thank the Environmental Defense Fund--they've mapped out more than 1,200 firms from 12 "heartland" states that stand to benefit from Barack Obama's proposed cap on carbon emissions. (See if your state is included by clicking the link at the bottom right side of the page.)
If you decide to look for a "green-collar job" remember that you don't need an environmental degree for all of them. Environmental companies hire all types of professionals--from human resource managers to accountants.
More resources:
Yahoo Green Jobs
EnvironmentalCareer
EcoJobs
E Jobs
GreenBiz
Green Sage
Have you thought about a career in the environmental industry? Do you think the growth of this arena and the investment in it will help boost the economy?
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Who the hell can afford to pay someone $50/hr for a green job. Obama is putting the nail in the coffin of this country with all of this pork spending. Stop bailing anything out. Let the chips fall where they may. These commies care about nothing but getting more power.
i feel this is just ridiculously that they are trying to create so much optimism from these green jobs. these green jobs arent gonna save the economy nor stabilize. we will never be able to create enough revenue to efficiently pay off the amount of debt we're in and creating. the system must be change. the capitalist foundation must be broken up.
dont get me wrong. green jobs are good for the economy and general and for the future of our economy. i just despise the media for distracting the people from the real issue ..capitalism.. by portraying green jobs as the messesiah here to save us all.
Great comments!
I was the Director Workforce Development at the US Department of Energy. My experience, was that this sort of projection of jobs is often an overly optimistic view and it is driven in many cases by the lobbying groups that would benefit by the injection of money into the retraining and the ensconced businesses that understand the "system" and know how to access its moneys... I always expected the university/education lobby to get their piece of the pie and never found it to be otherwise. Colleges have been about as transparent in their placement of trained personnel (students) in jobs as the financial institutions have been of their risky ventures.
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