The MREA hosts the Solar Job Resource Center, a marketplace for job seekers pursuing a career in the solar energy industry. Explore training opportunities, learn about solar businesses serving the Midwestern United States, apply for jobs and internships, gain industry certification, and jumpstart your solar career.
MREA Year-Round Career Development Resources
Are you hiring in the clean energy field? Connect with qualified candidates by posting your jobs and internships on solarenergy.jobs! Contact MREA’s Solar Workforce Development Manager, Ellen with any questions.
2022 CAREER FAIR & HAPPY HOUR
Orange Tent: Friday & Saturday, 5-7 p.m.
Entrance to the Career Fair is free to all job seekers and potential students with general admission to The Energy Fair. The clean energy industry is booming, and the Midwest is a place of innovation and growth! Don’t miss this unique networking opportunity and solar career exploration.
DETAILS:
From 5-6 p.m., learn about certifications and degrees that can launch your career, network and showcase your knowledge and qualifications to companies that are currently hiring in the clean energy industry.
From 6-7 p.m., participants can take advantage of a sponsored social hour to enjoy a beverage and conversation with these renewable energy professionals. Don’t miss this unique opportunity for face-to-face networking!
Co-Sponsored by Roof Tech & MREA’s SolarEnergy.jobs resource center
2022 EMPLOYEE & EDUCATOR ROUNDTABLE
Saturday 4 p.m. in the Blue Flag Tent
Did you know that there is an Energy Career Pathway that high school teachers, students, and their parents can use to help discover and prepare for education and careers in Energy? Join us for this roundtable discussion before heading over to the Career Fair on Saturday!
DETAILS:
- Hear from Educators what skills they teach
- Hear from Employers what skills they seek
- Explore the DPI Energy Career Pathway
- Have fun and network with cool people
FREE Tickets for Educators: Purchase tickets with code EDU22KEEP
Co-Hosted and Moderated by KEEP & MREA
Social Hour Sponsors
FRIDAY NIGHT SPONSOR: SolarEnergy.jobs
Developed by the MREA, SolarEnergy.jobs is a Midwest Solar Job Resource Center and marketplace for connecting job seekers with a pathway into the growing solar energy industry.
SATURDAY NIGHT SPONSOR: Roof Tech
Roof Tech brings you the most innovative, watertight mounting systems ever developed for solar photovoltaic systems. The next generation in rooftop solar mounting solutions. Don’t miss Roof Tech’s Roof Install Demo at the Training Roof Saturday at 9 a.m. or their Energy Professional Workshop.
See page 37 for more information.
