From the Rust Belt to the Silicon Valley, investors and companies are looking to ramp up in the soon-to-be burgeoning green technology industry. As evidenced by an article in the Los Angeles Times, the more optimistic prognosis to turn around this economic meltdown is the redevelopment of the infrastructure and the technology that will provide us with alternate energy and environmental reclamation.
In New Mexico, they are grooming wind tunnel technicians at Mesalands Community College. Michigan has started variety of programs to repurpose laid off factory workers for the new technologies. Pennsylvania is luring the Spanish wind turbine manufacturer, Gamesa, to set up shop in old factories. California and other Southwestern States are moving into solar energy. Throughout the country, the beat goes on.
In the coming years green technology will not only be the developing technologies, it will become a significant asset to just about every other industry in the country. The industries developed for energy efficiency and cost effective applications will yield technologies that will be adapted by all industries. Everything from the office environment to trucking and manufacturing will reconstitute and adapt to new means of operation. Why? Because alternative energy and environmental reclamation is no longer a philosophical consideration. They are rapidly becoming economic necessities, both as global marketing products and for operational expedience.
Employees will e recruited to service and work in the new technologies. And additional employees will be recruited to apply these technologies to myriad industries. Every company will need its fair share of workers who can put these technologies to use in the modern business environment. Sure, this is an economic downturn, but sooner or later, the economy will turn around. Those best prepared for the upswing will be those who prosper.
It then becomes imperative that your new employment candidates have the proper education and exposure to the forthcoming technologies. The more exposure, the better the chance of coordinating efforts to take advantage of the technological innovations. Those executives who refuse to believe this is a logical extension of the changing environment are dooming their companies to failure.
Running background checks will tell you certain things about your job candidates. Certainly an education verification is in order to be sure they really did graduate in the major they claimed. But psychological testing and maybe advanced aptitude testing. Perhaps there will be new tests made available that will demonstrate knowledge of the business trends and their accompanying technologies. A regeneration of our economy demands on one level a return to more conventional aspects of business, courtesy, true relationship building, service, etc. But it also pays to expected the unexpected. Those businesses who can address the new challenges are truly the businesses of the modern age.
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