In only four of the categories — architecture and engineering, the physical sciences, computer and mathematical science, and health care — were the unemployed equal to or fewer than the listed job openings. What swayed her was not the $65,000 salary — there will be raises and bonuses soon, Ms. I have said for awhile now that the Green Job economy is largely a mythic one and a newer fancier name for what is ostensibly blue collar jobs reconfigured into newer trades but the experience and skill set the same. Only now, 18 months later, is he completing the roster. Peterson said. MORE >>

Below is an article from American Prospect about Architecture. have always been encouraging kids who are inclined to get into the trades and build those skills to move into both Engineering and Architecture. Architecture's Diversity Problem The field of architecture is structured in such a way that it keeps the status quo -- white, economically privileged men -- firmly in place. She told New Yorker architecture critic Paul Goldberger, "I like to do research about a place, about materials, and about a program." don't' think there is any shortage of Architects. MORE >>

As I have written in the past the immense amount of job loss in professions once deemed safe and secure, Architecture, Attorney, Educator are now joining the rank file lower classes in ever burgeoning numbers. Replacing these workers is extremely costly, given that replacing workers earning less than $75,000 costs 20 percent of their annual salary. Yesterday I had the opportunity to work in a middle class urban high school. aka white school of supposed smart kids. spoke to them about Education and the future. They said no as it had nothing to do with them. Last laugh on me. MORE >>

For those coming out of school now as I did in the 80s there is little opportunity and the work being offered is not commensurate for many degrees let alone the salary. But over the centuries, there have been rare and strange people who possessed the skill of taking the upheavals of thought that emanate from The Big Shaggy and representing them in the form of story, music, myth, painting, liturgy, architecture, sculpture, landscape and speech. I spend a lot of time talking about cost vs value when it comes to remodeling, renovation and investing in energy efficient upgrades. MORE >>

The issue is that women have "careerus interuptus" more than men which can cause great fluctuations in work history and salary. Those differences compound: A woman who is paid less would have to get higher raises or better starting salaries at subsequent jobs to catch up with men. But raises and new salaries are anchored by previous earnings. Green Goddess Musing about Sustainable Issues in a planet hell bent on being anything but. Both a skeptic and an optimist trying to reconcile what it means to live in our current climate - and that means more than the weather. The U.S. MORE >>