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The NY Green Festival will host the ‘Green Economy, Jobs and Opportunities Expo’. As a prelude to that event green job seekers can ask questions and join the dialogue during an online Social Media Meet Up to take place on April 12, 2012 6pm – 10pm (Eastern). Co-hosting and answering your questions, Redfish Technology, Inc. is a longtime recruiter in Green Technology. The Greening the Culture Campaign networking event is an opportunity for green and environmentally friendly companies, organizations and professionals to get together in person and virtually to leverage their collective social networks to reach a wider audience.

Summary:
The Hamilton Project’s new study “A Strategy for America’s Energy Future: Illuminating Energy’s Full Costs” starts from the precept that energy consumption is critical to economic growth and our quality of life, but that we have some unintended and unaddressed negative consequences, and that the goal of our energy and climate policy must be to improve Americans’ well-being. Our energy choices do not currently address the social costs such as shorter lives, higher health care expenses, a changing climate, and weakened national security. While these costs are not captured in the retail price, we certainly are paying for them, and dearly.
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The greatest challenge in recruiting for green technology professionals at this time is the small pool of candidates with direct experience, relative to other sectors. From start-ups to established large firms, companies are setting the bar higher during the last few years. This is because they can and they should. The downturn has made available many more qualified (and less qualified) candidates for all roles. Companies are on tighter budgets and funding is not as easy to come by even as VC funding returns to healthier levels, so every penny counts and every opportunity should be fully exploited; all that to say, companies are looking to hire the best talent they can afford.