If you’re not thinking about green talent pools right now, you’re a step behind the market. Every day, it’s looking more and more like the next economic bubble – in the United States and around the world – will involve clean technology. Cast aside your politics on this one – the argument over climate change isn’t relevant to the business opportunity. Instead, look at the data from the market. Private equity and venture capital money is increasingly headed toward green investments, and the talent market for this sector is gaining steam.
The trend is starting in California, as it did with the last technology boom. From 1995 to 2008, green jobs growth outpaced the statewide rate. And, it’s diversified across several segments of the green/clean technology space, suggesting the benefit of a diversified base. Of course, the market will reach across state and national borders as investment dollars continue to enter the sector.
Before the subprime mortgage market pushed the global financial system to the brink of collapse, nobody was worried about unemployment. Our priorities have changed, of course, now that the