Careers

 

"I'll offer a comprehensive education agenda to prepare our kids for the jobs of tomorrow. We'll start with the Wisconsin Covenant... a promise to every high school student that if you work hard and make the grade, we'll make sure you have a place in higher education, and a financial package to pay for it.

The Wisconsin Covenant will not only make college more affordable, it will make high school more meaningful.

In my inaugural address, I spoke about the tremendous changes happening throughout our economy, and our world.

We face a new challenge to our competitiveness, and I believe the states that have the fastest, most flexible worker training programs are going to be the ones that succeed.

In the next decade, Wisconsin will need more welders and nurses. We'll need more engineers, machinists, and skilled manufacturing workers. That's why we need to invest in job training - increasing our efforts from $2 million to $8 million in the next budget - to help Wisconsin's technical colleges train an additional 36,000 workers.

We'll also build new, unique partnerships between businesses and high schools to get our kids ready for the world of work. To do that, I ask the Legislature to double funding for the highly successful Youth Apprenticeship Program."

This is an excerpt from the text of Governor Doyle's State of the State Address. Tuesday, January 30, 2007. Just as the Governor discusses student education today for tomorrow's workforce, these links below can help you and your students consider opportunities for today and tomorrow in energy-related careers.

 

Powerful Careers - A collection of books and internet resources on careers in energy

 

Energy Smarts - Ideas for schooling and training to increase your knowledge and skills in energy.

 

Energy Futures - Given the current trends of energy development and consumption, what might be future jobs in energy?