Green Jobs

Workers in Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Seattle and Washington, D.C., are in luck -- The GreenWays Initiative is coming to town, and millions are being spent on the project that focuses on skills training for green jobs in four industry sectors: green construction, auto technology,...

Job seekers will find more than a Rocky Mountain high if they start searching for work in Colorado: They're likely to feel a green job high, as employment in Colorado's clean-tech industry increased 32.7 percent between 2005 and 2010, compared with a 10 percent increase at the national level, according to a...

Many companies are making efforts to "go green" to promote sustainability and potentially help their bottom line. But according to a recently released study by the Society for Human Resource Managers (SHRM), called Advancing Sustainability, HR's Role, going green might also help companies retain employees.

Happy Earth Day! As attention focuses on maintaining the earth and cleaning up the environment, some people are gearing their job searches in those directions as well. It seems there's plenty of opportunity, if you have the right qualifications. In fact, Adecco Engineering & Technical, which focuses on...

Kaitlin Madden, CareerBuilder writer The daily commute is a dreaded affair for many. (Traffic jams and overcrowded subway cars just don't really scream, "Morning, sunshine!") While some of us have little choice but to grin and try to bear the daily grind with the help of the radio, an iPod, a stress ball...

In an effort to combine solutions for two national concerns in one program, "Troops for Energy Jobs" is attempting to link thousands of future job openings in the energy industry with troops leaving military service. The pilot program, sponsored by Dominion, will last approximately two years and will be...

It's not exactly a panacea for the nation's unemployment woes, but perhaps it's a very positive sign that things are moving in the right direction. In just three months, Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. the world's largest producer of solar panels, has added a second production shift at its new solar panel...