The US Green Career Opportunities

The Green industry is likely to become the biggest employment sector in the 21^st century, supported by both government policies and private sector investments. If you are looking to start a new career, or changing career, you should certain consider green economy.

Green industry will have an impact on all industries, and career opportunities will not be just limited to technical professionals only.

Green industry is also an international business, and there will be opportunities in both developed and developing economies.

Unlike Internet Economy, where opportunities are sometimes constrained by lack of technology or infrastructure, this should not occur at Green industry, which means, the skill gap will be less than the Internet economy in many cases.

There are many professionals wondering if their skills can be applied to the growing Green industries, or should they take a 2^nd degree or seek new qualifications to update their skills.

The 30 Emerging Career Trends and Positions relating to the Green Industry

The Green Revolution is the new revolution that can only be compared to Internet Revolution in the 1980s and 1990s as well as the Automotive Industries in the 20^th Century.

As we can see from the previous eras, they would create significant number of new job positions and career opportunities, and you do not need to be in the technical person to benefit from such trends.

In another word, you do not need to be an Environmental Engineer to apply for a position or benefit from environmental industries, put that into another perspective; you do not need to be a programmer to benefit from Internet.

Here is a snapshot of number of positions that are likely to be created in the Green Revolution:

Green Engineering:

Green Engineering refers to Engineering related specialities and opportunities, this relates to mostly, technical positions including the following types of opportunities:

· Environmental Engineers

· Civil Engineers

· Water Management specialists

· Air Pollution Specialists

· Geologists

· Electrical Engineers

· Grid installation / planners

· Waste management specialists

· Other engineers

Green Finance:

"Green Finance" relates to opportunities in the financial services sectors that are related to Green / Environmental industries including the following:

· Derivatives for Green related financial instruments

· Analysts for CleanTech and Renewable Energy Companies

· Fund Managers for Socially Responsible Investments

· Financing and capital raising professionals

· Pricing specialist

· Investor relations professionals

Green Energy: This relates to a diversified range of industries relating to renewable energy sectors, such as solar, biomass, geothermal, hydro and clean coal. Career opportunities relating to this sector is diversified including:

· Solar energy professionals

· R&D professionals

· Those involved in Energy conservation and efficiency improvements

· Agriculture related industries

· Geothermal

· Biomass

· Clean Coal

· Wind energy

Green Services: This is expected to be one of the fastest growing segment sin the green industry. The word "services" is a very broad term and includes new and existing services that will be expanded because of the "Green revolution", some of the opportunities we will cover in this guide include

· Green Auditing

· Green Legal / Laws / Legislations

· Green Building (Architects, Designs)

· Green Certification

· Green Franchising

· Environmental friendly services such as car-washes, printing services

· Green home-care services

Green Products: This is also an interesting and growing segment that was identified by us during our research; it involves both domestic and industrial uses, they related to products designed for the environmental protections, home appliances, or for waste management purposes.

· Environmental friendly Home appliances / household items

· Energy efficient IT hardware

· Industrial products and systems for water treatment

· Products and processes for recycling

· Environmental packaging products

· Waste management services for electrical goods or mobile phones

Green Marketing: Green Marketing includes sales & marketing opportunities relating to Green industries, including:

· Green Branding Specialists

· Green Marketing Specialists

· Multilingual Professionals

· International Business Development Professionals

· Green Online Marketing Specialists

· LOHA specialists

We will go into details of each industry '" and identify types of opportunities in each category, we will also investigate further which cities in US are best for those seeking a career in green economy.