I've worked in energy efficiency / green energy for the last 15 years and I can't recommend it enough! In addition to your list of majors above, I'd include almost all engineering disciplines, but especially mechanical, electrical and civil. To some extent, chemical (but only if the degree is not petroleum based, which many are). Every company I have worked for hires many people with these degrees. (My degree is in Mechanical Engineering). Another skill set we are always (ALWAYS!) in need of are people with strong organisational skills to work as project or task managers. There never seem to be enough good PMs. However, there are many people I've worked with making meaningful impacts with all kinds of educational backgrounds. There is truly a climate related job for just about every skill set.
Thank you very much for this helpful information. That is so true about good project/task managers! I've worked on projects that would have simply fallen apart or taken twice as long to complete without the good project managers the company I worked for had.
Thank you so much for this post. Many of the people I work with on climate action are either high school students planning on college or adults looking to shift their career/job focus. I've sent the challenge info off to several of them and am hoping it's ok if we post the blog in its entirety on our website - with full intro and credit lines given to you, of course. We are the Climate Action Coalition of the Wood River Valley in Idaho.
I've worked in energy efficiency / green energy for the last 15 years and I can't recommend it enough! In addition to your list of majors above, I'd include almost all engineering disciplines, but especially mechanical, electrical and civil. To some extent, chemical (but only if the degree is not petroleum based, which many are). Every company I have worked for hires many people with these degrees. (My degree is in Mechanical Engineering). Another skill set we are always (ALWAYS!) in need of are people with strong organisational skills to work as project or task managers. There never seem to be enough good PMs. However, there are many people I've worked with making meaningful impacts with all kinds of educational backgrounds. There is truly a climate related job for just about every skill set.
Thank you very much for this helpful information. That is so true about good project/task managers! I've worked on projects that would have simply fallen apart or taken twice as long to complete without the good project managers the company I worked for had.
Thank you so much for this post. Many of the people I work with on climate action are either high school students planning on college or adults looking to shift their career/job focus. I've sent the challenge info off to several of them and am hoping it's ok if we post the blog in its entirety on our website - with full intro and credit lines given to you, of course. We are the Climate Action Coalition of the Wood River Valley in Idaho.
Hello! Yes, please post it! I'm glad you found it useful and I hope some other people who read it will also. Thank you!