Recruiting Students and Employees into an Inclusive Clean Energy Transition: Strategies, Tools and Opportunities for Participants Webinar 10/19/23
Recruitment is required to address the labor shortage and the strong growth in demand for employees in energy efficiency and renewable energies. Educational institutions need to recruit more students, and employers need to recruit more potential employees. This session highlights resources you can use and share to recruit more people into clean energy, heat pump...
Recruitment is required to address the labor shortage and the strong growth in demand for employees in energy efficiency and renewable energies. Educational institutions need to recruit more students, and employers need to recruit more potential employees. This session highlights resources you can use and share to recruit more people into clean energy, heat pump careers, and energy efficiency/building performance. Hear from industry experts on specific green skill sets in demand. Hear about new certifications and career pathways. After receiving information from a panel of experts, we will have an interactive session to share challenges and solutions. This session also discusses a national recruitment effort and how you can be a part of it.
Panelists:
- Cynthia Finley, Vice President, Workforce Strategy and Innovation, IREC, Moderator
- Dr. Janell Hills, Director of Workforce Programs, IREC, Moderator
- Dr. Debra Rowe, President, U.S. Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development, Moderator
- Chris Nichols, Executive Director, Renewables Forward
- Kelly Carey, Project Lead, National Recruitment Campaign for the Residential Energy Transition
- Angela Son, Fellow, US Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development
