Careers in Energy

The American energy sector is booming in terms of employment due to reducing fuel prices and changes to policies on climate. Due to increased awareness regarding energy efficiency, and the growing popularity of renewable energy sources, there are many job opportunities in the market today. Typically, skilled professionals work in areas related to energy development and application, at large scale industries that develop and distribute such resources. Those who carve out a career path in this area, have a high level of familiarity with the energy industry trends through experience or formal study, combined with good technical and communication skills. Of late, many smaller renewable energy firms require fewer employees but will expand quickly in the near future. The ways in which society progresses and utilizes energy determines the job outlook of energy-related career paths. If your specialty is administration, become an Energy Efficiency Program Manager to lead initiatives that promote the use of energy in a sustainable manner and advocate energy conservation techniques. In case you have an engineering background, you can work on teams that determine energy sources and assess energy efficiency of new technologies for power generation.

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