If you want to work where the action is, how about a job in the electric industry?
“Electricity is the backbone of our economy and is crucial to our national security,” concludes a recent report by M.J. Bradley and Associates, LLC, on the economic impact of the electric industry. “Our high-tech society demands electricity to power or charge nearly every new product or technology that comes to market.”
All of that adds up to directly supporting more than 2.6 million jobs. Those include the obvious lineworkers who maintain the power lines and other infrastructure that keep the lights on. And it also includes engineers, information technology professionals, office workers, accountants, administrators and managers, member services representatives, system operators, human resources personnel, attorneys, communicators, renewable energy coordinators and others. Each electric co-op hires local employees who can provide the services required to meet the needs of its community.
Many co-ops throughout Colorado have jobs available because many baby boomers are retiring. Nationwide, 6,000 utility workers retired last year. More retirements are coming.
If you are graduating from high school or college, looking for a new career and wanting to move to suburban or rural Colorado, think about working for the local electric cooperative.