Event Category: Workforce Development

FEDERAL AGENCY CAREER FORUM

Are you a graduate student curious about a career at a federal agency?

Join us to meet agency ecologists from around the nation and learn about their career paths, backgrounds, job responsibilities, benefits and challenges, and ‘a day in their life.’

Bring your questions and join a lively discussion.

Virtual Career Fair for New Graduates

Are you a recent graduate looking to start a career in the federal government? Learn about joining the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) through the Pathways Program and become a Clean Energy Champion. This program helps individuals who have graduated from an undergraduate or graduate program within the past two years launch their federal careers.

Explora Opens XStudio Teen Center

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Brittney Van Der Werff

On February 11th, Explora opened X Studio, a teen center in Albuquerque that is sure to be a hit with youth. The new 8,000-square-foot facility features an exhibit co-developed with the NM SMART Grid Center that focuses on energy generation and distribution while showcasing grid resilience careers for teens to consider as they continue on to college or trades school. As with the other exhibits featured in the STEM in the Burque exhibition space, one goal of the NM SMART Grid exhibit is to inspire teens to pursue careers in STEM fields.

Department of Energy SBIR Proposal Requirements

The Department of Energy (DOE) releases topics through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs to provide non-dilutive funding for new entrepreneurs.

The Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) and the Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) have released several topics during this topic release to address energy needs in the solar and water power sectors.

This virtual webinar will cover:

WNM 2022 Women In Manufacturing

Join WESST Farmington Women’s Business Center and NM Manufacturing Extension Partnership for Manufacturing Days as we celebrate women in Manufacturing. Manufacturing has traditionally been a male-dominated industry—fewer than one third of manufacturing employees are women. Working women who are moms and leaders within their family and community often go unrecognized and balancing of work life is particularly tough on women. Though there have been improvements in recent years, women are still under represented in the manufacturing industry.