The Energy Industry Wants YOU!

Some people hire me to help them plan a career path. They want some kind of path to follow, even if it's drawn in light chalk marks.

I'm also asked quite a bit about what the "best careers" to get into are. Well, it depends on what you mean by "best". If you mean "careers where the demand is increasing at an astronomical rate for the foreseeable future", then you might want to consider energy engineering.

It might be too late for you to start on this path, but maybe you know a high school or college student who is wading through a sea of educational choices.

According to this week's Herman Trend Alert, we are hurting when it comes to our supply of energy engineers.

One industry, that will continue to grow because of demand and technology, is energy, and in particular, power generation. Whether that power comes from coal, oil, ethanol, wind, nuclear, or emerging technologies, there will certainly be a need for more energy throughout the world. With the increasing rate of development in third world countries, opportunities will race ahead of the capacity to adequately respond.

Employers in the energy industry are already challenged. The demand for present-day and short-term future performance is difficult to meet because of a lack of educated, trained, and experienced workers. Today's spotlight illuminates the need for qualified engineers and technicians. The shortage of competent workers goes deep into the industry. We learned recently about problems generating wind power because of a lack of capability in the plants manufacturing the windmill blades.

Read the entire short article for more intriguing thoughts on this from the futurists at The Herman Group.

Heather Mundell
Dream Big Coaching Services
www.dreambigcoaching.com
heather@dreambigcoaching.com

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