WORK - Green Jobs: Executive Moves at Enbala, Utilidata, Power Analytics, Solar Mosaic and More

Arthur (Bud) Vos joined Enbala Power Networks as President and CEO. Previously, Mr. Vos served as COO at Simple Energy and as CTO of Comverge. Enbala's previous CEO, Ron Dizy, will remain with the firm as EVP and Chief Revenue Officer. Enbala provides a software platform for for grid optimization. One of its best-known projects is in PJM territory, where it has been providing frequency regulation services by aggregating quick-responding load fro ...

http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/Green-Jobs-Executive-Moves

WORK - Aging workforce requires new strategies for employee retention, researcher says

As more baby boomers reach retirement age, state governments face the likelihood of higher workforce turnover. For example, in the state of Missouri, more than 25 percent of all active state employees will be eligible to retire by 2016. Such large numbers of retirees threaten the continuity, membership and institutional histories of the state government workforce, according to Angela Curl, assistant professor in the University of Missouri School ...

http://phys.org/news/2014-04-aging-workforce-requires-strategies-emplo

WORK - Women entrepreneurs have limited chances to lead their new businesses

Women who start new businesses with men have limited opportunities to move into leadership roles, according to sociologists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and when they co-found a business with their husbands, they have even fewer chances to be in charge ...

http://phys.org/news/2014-04-women-entrepreneurs-limited-chances-busin

WORK - Greene: Want a job? Deliver, or protect

Bob Greene says America may end up with two dominant occupations in the future. ...

http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/30/opinion/greene-two-occupations/index.htm

WORK - Essay: A Side Business as a Way to Gain Financial Security

A busy working mother uses knowledge gained from years of personal finance reporting to create money planners and a new source of income.    ...

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/25/your-money/a-side-business-as-a-way-

WORK - Older, They Turn a Phone Into a Job

The Bureau of Labor Statistics says 24 percent of workers in the United States do some or all their work from home.    ...

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/25/your-money/home-is-where-the-work-is

WORK - Your Money Special Section: Freelancers Piece Together a Living in the Temp Economy

A Las Vegas entertainer who works a variety of jobs finds she must reinvent herself.    ...

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/25/your-money/freelancers-piece-togethe

WORK - Recycling is a Job Creator

If California reaches its recycling goal of 75%, it could create 110,000 jobs ...

http://www.good.is/posts/recycling-is-a-job-creato

WORK - 5 changes to make that will improve your work life

Change can be scary. Beat the fear factor by choosing just one change and focus on making it happen every day for a week• This is part of our Work Better series, blogs that will help you change the world by changing how you work. Read last week's Work Better blog 7 habits of highly ineffective peopleIf you are unhappy, frustrated, unfulfilled or stressed by your work the first step is to realise that nothing will change until you do. It is the fe ...

http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/5-things-change-improv

WORK - U.S. Clean Jobs Index Shows More Than One Million Clean Energy Jobs Exist

Denver, Colorado —Ecotech Institute’s Clean Jobs Index, a tool to compare states’ use and development of clean energy, found more than one million job postings in the clean energy sector from July 1, 2013 through September 30, 2013. This shows a 54 percent increase in needed clean energy employees, evidence that the sector is rapidly.. ...

http://solarthermalmagazine.com/2014/03/05/u-s-clean-jobs-index-shows-

WORK - What Are the Top Green Jobs for 2014?

Denver, Colorado. – Green jobs are on the rise, and 2014 is slated to be a great year for growth in the sustainable energy sector, according to Ecotech Institute. The Ecotech Institute Clean Jobs Indexhas become a valuable tool in measuring and disclosing the reality of green jobs and other sustainability factors across the United States... ...

http://solarthermalmagazine.com/2014/03/04/what-are-the-top-green-jobs

WORK - Aim to work as self-employed, subcontractors, entrepreneurs or freelance workers!

There is no such thing as a secure job in the current climate. You can choose your own options and career direction if you stay free from Public Sector or Private business employment ...

http://www.good.is/posts/aim-to-work-as-self-employed-subcontractors-e

WORK - New technique for repair work using experts from another location

If problems occur at a company's complex plant, the local staff is often not able to solve them without external support. Frequently, experts must travel to the plant; this can be an expensive and time-consuming process. Computer scientists have now developed a platform to enable communication between specialists and the company. Thus, the experts can instruct the staff in what has caused the problem and how it can be fixed. At the same time, spe ...

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/140220094851.ht

WORK - Reasons for becoming self-employed in later life vary by gender, culture

Self-employment can allow older workers to stay in the labor market longer and earn additional income, yet little research has addressed if reasons for self-employment vary across gender and culture. Now, University of Missouri researchers have studied factors that contribute to self-employment and found these factors differ for men and women in the United States and New Zealand ...

http://phys.org/news/2014-02-self-employed-life-vary-gender-culture.ht

WORK - Non-traditional office hours can reap big financial benefits

(HealthDay)—Physicians can reap significant financial benefits by extending their office hours to include non-traditional hours, according to an article published Jan. 8 in Medical Economics ...

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-02-non-traditional-office-hours-rea

WORK - 'Princeton Mom' tells women to plan for husband over career

Just in time for Valentine's Day, "Princeton Mom" Susan Patton is doling out relationship advice — and causing a stir on the Internet — once again. Her latest column, published in the Wall Street Journal on Friday, urges women to put the pursuit of a husband ahead of their own careers ...

http://www.today.com/health/princeton-mom-tells-women-plan-husband-ove

WORK - Study untangles divergent US job-tenure patterns

Have American jobs become less stable? Do workers change employers more frequently than in the past ...

http://phys.org/news/2014-02-untangles-divergent-job-tenure-patterns.h

WORK - Green Jobs: Executive Moves at Advanced Energy, Varentec and Vivint; Plus, Waxman Retires

Smart grid and grid edge Varentec, a maker of digital power routers along with control and analytics software, named David Konye as VP of Sales. Konye was previously with Schneider Electric, GE Fanuc, and Siemens. Varentec has backing from Khosla Ventures, Bill Gates, and other VCs.  Ecobee, a smart thermostat maker, added Ann Perreault, formerly with Cooper Power Systems and Xcel Energy, as Director of Strategic Partnerships for Utilities.    P ...

http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/Green-Jobs-Executive-Moves

WORK - When the job search becomes a blame game

A new book explores how white-collar job hunters in the U.S. blame themselves unnecessarily -- and suffer as a result -- when they cannot find work ...

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140130211424.ht

WORK - 39 percent of unemployed Americans are seeking work for 6+ months

Thirty-nine percent of unemployed Americans are experiencing long-term unemployment in the wake of the 2008 recession, which is more than double the percent unemployed more than six months but actively seeking work in 2007, according to new research about trends in long-term unemployment since the recession from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire ...

http://phys.org/news/2014-01-percent-unemployed-americans-months.htm