Entry level Renewable energy engineering positions?

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around the availability of entry-level positions for renewable energy engineers, with participants sharing their experiences and suggestions regarding job search platforms and the nature of the roles.

Discussion Character

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant expresses curiosity about current entry-level positions for renewable energy engineers.
  • Another suggests using Google to search for "renewable energy engineer jobs."
  • Some participants mention the existence of innovative greenhouse design companies, noting a range of company sizes and types, particularly in Nordic countries.
  • Several participants recommend LinkedIn as a job search tool, although one shares a negative experience regarding excessive email notifications and spam from the platform.
  • A participant questions the definition of "renewable energy engineer," asking whether it refers to traditional engineering skills or something else.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants do not reach a consensus on the definition of a renewable energy engineer, and there are mixed feelings about the usefulness of LinkedIn for job searching.

Contextual Notes

Some limitations include the lack of clarity on what constitutes a renewable energy engineer and the subjective nature of experiences with job search platforms.

Hannah K
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I'm not out of college yet, but I'm curious if any companies are offering entry level positions renewable energy engineers right now
 
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Yes. Try googling "renewable energy engineer jobs"
 
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There are some pretty cool greenhouse design companies out there now, with what seems to be a good variety of size and composition, ranging from smaller innovation-driven startups to larger and more established groups (though the latter are mainly to be found in Nordic countries.)
 
you can try LinkedIn
 
jemmy200 said:
you can try LinkedIn

Urhgh! Just keep in mind that if you do try it, you will have the devil's own time getting out of it if you decide to. The amount of useless pestering email I got from that website was depressing. And you could not turn it off, you could only turn it down slightly. As far as I know, the only reason I am not still getting spammed is because I changed email address, abandoning the old address, and didn't tell them. I set every possible setting I could find. I tried to un-register. I tried changing my email to an email that I specifically set up to catch the spam and never read. Nothing worked. I still got spam from them, many times per day.

And very nearly all the email was of a kind that couldn't possibly do me any good. "Why don't you tell your friends and relatives about LinkedIn?" It was tiresome.
 
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Hannah K said:
I'm not out of college yet, but I'm curious if any companies are offering entry level positions renewable energy engineers right now

What do you mean by "renewable energy engineer?" Do you mean somebody who knows about drive trains and energy conversion and thermodynamics and so on and so forth? Like the usual engineer? Or do you mean something else?
 
DEvens said:
It was tiresome.

They also try to "trick" you into clicking a link that let's them go into your email address book / contact list, and email every one of them an invitation to join you on linkedin. That's why you get email invites from people you haven't heard from in years.
 
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