Job Growth
AIRE Offers Courses to Fulfill the Anticipated Job Growth Rate in Solar Industry
Solar industry employers plan to increase their workforce by an estimated 26 percent over the next year. According to the report "National Solar Jobs Census 2010: A Review of the U.S. Solar Workforce," the solar energy industry is on the rapid rise. The collaborative report compiled by The Solar Foundation, a non-profit research organization, Green LMI Consulting and Cornell University all realized the rapid increase in the solar energy industry and examined its current and potential growth by surveying more than 2,400 solar companies.
In our current recession many industries are at a stagnant growth rate, but the Census report claims that the solar energy industry is employing many along the solar value chain, including installation, wholesale trade, manufacturing, utilities, and all other fields. The solar value chain is represented by over 30 separate occupations, thus there are many different fields to get into if one chooses a career in the solar energy industry.
The surveys conducted concluded that many solar energy industry companies will grow by an estimated 26 percent over the next year, representing nearly 24,000 new jobs. The increasing demand in solar technology requires many solar companies to increase their workforce. Currently there are 16,700 solar employment sites and 93,000 solar energy-related jobs in the United States, as of August 2010. The report showed that over the next twelve months, more than 50 percent of solar companies expect to add jobs. The jobs will be added at a much faster pace in comparison to the general economy. The general job growth rate for other industries is at 2 percent, while the solar energy industry is expected to grow at a rate of 26 percent.
California, the leader in the renewable energy field, is home to about 30 percent of all solar companies in the United States, but many other states are also making an effort to create and expand their solar companies. The average solar installation firm employs 14 solar workers. The average solar manufacturing firm employs 24 solar workers. The average solar wholesale trade company employs 4 solar workers. The average utility that generates solar electric power employs four solar workers.
New innovations such as GoSolarUSA's PREEcharge, a protective skin that utilizes solar cells and wireless radio-frequency antennas to charge smart phones and tablet computers using renewable energy sources, are making solar energy part of everyday power usage. Innovations such as this are driving the solar industry's growth.
By August 2011, there should be almost 120,000 solar energy-related jobs, and in order to get into the workforce, on-site solar training is required. With the anticipated growth rate in the solar energy industry, many should take advantage of the courses the American Institute of Renewable Energy, a solar training school, has to offer. AIRE offers certificated courses in areas such as solar sales force training, on-site solar panel installation training, solar photovoltaic (PV) training, and solar marketing training. AIRE also offers free renewable energy seminars that give insightful information to those entering the solar energy industry.
About the Author
Fida Hossain is an Entrepreneur, having founded E2Logicx SOLAR, American Institute of Renewable Energy Inc., mySolarDirect.com, E2Logicx Corp, and Fida Development Corp. Now he has more than 20 years of business management, supply chain and manufacturing technology, process re-engineering, strategic planning, client relations, sales, and marketing experience.
Whats the best thing the Federal Government can do to create job growth during a recession?
Tax cuts, increased Federal spending, or a combination of both?
Bush lowered taxes on all Americans, and unemployment dropped to 4.5%.
Its still too early to judge Obama's mega Federal Spend, but I don't see 4.5% unemployment occurring a year from now.
Before you Liberals discount the recession Bush inherited, please remember that it was a result of the Technology Industries collapse during 2000. I beleive you guys called it at the time "the worst economy since the depression".
The NASDAQ alone fell > than 50% before Bush took office.
Cut Taxes for Business owners.
Start up new R&D programs.
Get government the hell out of the mix.
Let the free market deal with the criminal banks and losers like AIG,
then watch things positive start to happen.
Job Growth
"Job Growth In America Today Is Lower Than It's Been In 17 Years From The Policies Of This President
TR Cutler, Inc. To Help Drive Huge U.S. Job Growth through Increase in US Exports
While addressing the importance of America being able to compete in the global marketplace, President Obama explained that every $1 billion increase in exports would support more than 6,000 jobs. To promote American exports, the announced that the administration launched the National Export Initiative, an effort to utilize the resources of the government in support for businesses that sell goods and services abroad.
The Branded Program can reimburse US companies up to half of their international marketing expenses for items such as advertising, traveling and exhibiting at international trade shows, in-store promotions, changes to labels and packaging, and more. Program participants must be businesses classified as small according to Small Business Administration guidelines or agricultural cooperatives. Products eligible for Branded Program promotion must contain at least 50 percent US agricultural ingredients and be labeled as "Product of the USA."
The National Export Initiative will increase access to trade financing for businesses that want to export goods while also increasing the amount of trade-financing export-import offers to support small and medium-sized businesses. The President explained that the government has not done enough to promote businesses abroad in the past, and under the National Export Initiative, the U.S. will advocate for American companies around the world.
As the global economy rebounds, demand for US products is growing. According to the United States Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service, US agricultural exports are projected to top $104.5 billion in 2010, an increase of $7.9 billion from last year. President Obama's new National Export Initiative seeks to double the amount of US exports over the next five years.
Exporters of food and agricultural products can take advantage of this momentum. The four non-profit State Regional Trade Groups (SRTGs) will accept applications for the 2011 Branded Program, a reimbursement program designed to help small businesses offset the costs of promoting their food and agricultural products overseas.
To apply, companies can submit a pre-qualification worksheet to the SRTG that serves the region where they are headquartered.
- Midwestern states
Food Export Association of the Midwest USA; Joe Yotti, 312-334-9200
- Northeastern states
Food Export USA – Northeast; Antoniya Gospodinova, 215-829-9111
- Southern states
Southern US Trade Association (SUSTA); Deneen Wiltz, 504-568-5986
- Western states
Western US Agricultural Trade Association (WUSATA); Ann Buczkowski, 360-693-3373
TR Cutler, Inc. will be working with the organizations to devise and generate the best marketing outreach effort for global branding of these companies.
About TR Cutler, Inc. and Manufacturing Journalist Thomas R. Cutler:
TR Cutler, Inc., (www.trcutlerinc.com) based in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, was founded by Thomas R. Cutler a dozen years ago. Cutler maintains extraordinary relationships with clients, journalists, editors, trendsetters, and key business leaders worldwide and has become a key resource for those writing about the manufacturing sector. Cutler founded the Manufacturing Media Consortium in the early 1990's. This extraordinary group of more than 3500 journalists, editors, economist, and other industrial leaders worldwide writes about trends, data, case studies, profiles, in the manufacturing, industrial, and distribution sectors. Cutler works with thousands of media outlets to expand manufacturing media coverage.
Cutler, ranked as the leading manufacturing journalist worldwide, has authored more than 2500 articles for a wide range of manufacturing periodicals, industrial publications, and business journals including most of the leading monthly trade publications. Cutler is a proud member of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), the Online News Association (ONA), Committee of Concerned Journalists (CCJ), as well as the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE.) Cutler recently established a Manufacturing Marketing Research strategic alliance with Michigan-based JPines Media (www.JPinesMedia.com), dedicated to measuring the pulse of the manufacturing sector, particularly manufacturing firms which are privately held and rarely accounted for when gauging the industry sentiment.
TR Cutler, Inc. is now ranked as the largest manufacturing-dedicated public relations and media consultancy, providing a voice for manufacturers worldwide.
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Professional Marketing Firm for the Manufacturing Community. Manufacturing Journalist or Contributing Journalist for many manufacturing magazines and journals. Founder of the Media Consortium and media blitz.