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New Jersey’s Energy-Efficiency Workforce Needs, Infrastructure, and Equity Assessment

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New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy’s Energy Master Plan and Executive Order 315 set a goal to reduce fossil fuel usage to 100% clean energy by 2035. The Executive Order also called for implementing strategic recommendations from the New Jersey Council on the Green Economy, including targeted job creation, educational ecosystem alignment, and piloted workforce initiatives. Understanding the energy-efficiency sector — its current landscape, challenges, and areas for growth — is critical given these efforts, especially ensuring commitments to diversity, equity, and inclusion in workforce development infrastructure.

The Heldrich Center is pleased to release a new report, New Jersey’s Energy-Efficiency Workforce Needs, Infrastructure, and Equity Assessment, which details the findings from this study. The report presents 12 strategies for stakeholders to implement based on eight findings supported by evidence from labor market and job posting analyses, a survey, and interviews. By strengthening workforce development infrastructure, these strategies can support a diverse, skilled, and equitable workforce in ways that help New Jersey achieve its clean-energy goals.

The report was written by Heldrich Center staff members Brittney Donovan, research project coordinator; Grace Maruska, research project coordinator; Sahar Sherwani, graduate research assistant; and Stephanie Walsh, Ph.D., assistant director. The Heldrich Center, Built Environment and Green Building Group, and Center for Urban Policy Research are all based at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

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Presents findings and recommendations from a study designed to better understand and document community needs and areas for growth in training, recruiting, hiring, and retaining students, trainees, and workers for New Jersey's energy-efficiency workforce.

New Jersey’s Energy-Efficiency Workforce Needs, Infrastructure, and Equity Assessment

heldrich_robb — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 13:10:03 +0000

New Jersey’s Energy-Efficiency Workforce Needs, Infrastructure, and Equity Assessment

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heldrich_robb Tue, 06/11/2024 - 13:10

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June 11, 2024

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New_Jerseys_Energy_Efficiency_Workforce_Needs_Infrastructure_ and_Equity_Assessment.pdf (12.69 MB)

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The Heldrich Center, in partnership with the Built Environment and Green Building Group at the Center for Urban Policy Research, recently conducted a study to better understand and document community needs and areas for growth in training, recruiting, hiring, and retaining students, trainees, and workers from diverse backgrounds for the state’s energy-efficiency workforce; and to produce strategies for improving workforce development infrastructure for stakeholders to consider. This report details the findings from this study, including 12 strategies for stakeholders to implement based on eight findings supported by evidence from labor market and job posting analyses, a survey, and interviews.

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Findings and recommendations from a study designed to better understand and document community needs and areas for growth in training, recruiting, hiring, and retaining students, trainees, and workers for New Jersey's energy-efficiency workforce.

U.S. Workers Assess the Impacts of Artificial Intelligence on Jobs: Infographics

heldrich_robb — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 23:56:02 +0000

U.S. Workers Assess the Impacts of Artificial Intelligence on Jobs: Infographics

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AI and the Workforce

heldrich_robb Sun, 02/04/2024 - 23:56

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February 7, 2024

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Work Trends_February_ 2024_AI_Infographics_0.pdf (240.65 KB)

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Presents infographics from a November 2023 survey of U.S. workers, job seekers, and retirees about artificial intelligence, including the impact of technology and artificial intelligence on workers and jobs, human resources decision-making, and skills, among other topics.

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Presents infographics from a November 2023 survey of U.S. workers about artificial intelligence.

U.S. Workers Assess the Impacts of Artificial Intelligence on Jobs: Topline Survey Results

heldrich_robb — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 18:22:27 +0000

U.S. Workers Assess the Impacts of Artificial Intelligence on Jobs: Topline Survey Results

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AI and the Workforce

heldrich_robb Tue, 01/30/2024 - 18:22

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February 7, 2024

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Work_Trends_February_2024.pdf (3.29 MB)

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Presents findings from a November 2023 survey of U.S. workers, job seekers, and retirees about artificial intelligence, including the impact of technology and artificial intelligence on workers and jobs, human resources decision-making, and skills, among other topics.

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Presents findings from a November 2023 survey of U.S. workers, job seekers, and retirees about artificial intelligence.

Workers’ Sour Assessment of the U.S. Labor Market and Inflation Cuts Across Party Lines on the Eve of National Elections in 2024

heldrich_robb — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 13:58:09 +0000

Workers’ Sour Assessment of the U.S. Labor Market and Inflation Cuts Across Party Lines on the Eve of National Elections in 2024

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heldrich_robb Fri, 12/08/2023 - 13:58

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December 8, 2023

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Work_Trends_December_2023.pdf (3.26 MB)

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Examines results from a November 2023 survey of American workers and job seekers on topics like employment, the unemployment rate, job security, the job market, finances, the impact of technology and artifical intelligence on jobs, the cost of living, and the possibility of a recession or economic downturn.

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Findings from November 2023 survey of American workers and job seekers.

Whipsawed, Precarious, and Pessimistic: Americans’ Changing Views About the Economy and Labor Market During a Decade of Fundamental Change

heldrich_robb — Tue, 02 May 2023 11:27:04 +0000

Whipsawed, Precarious, and Pessimistic: Americans’ Changing Views About the Economy and Labor Market During a Decade of Fundamental Change

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heldrich_robb Tue, 05/02/2023 - 11:27

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May 3, 2023

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Whipsawed_Precarious_and_Pessimistic.pdf (3.78 MB)

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Despite significant improvements in the labor market since the Great Recession and the depths of the pandemic, and with historically low levels of unemployment, Americans’ attitudes about the economy have soured, according to Work Trends surveys conducted over more than a decade by the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development. The brief examines Americans' opinions about an array of economic indicators and opinions of the labor market. The brief also explores Americans' opinions by income and age.

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Analysis about Americans' attitudes about the economy and labor market.

Trends in American Opinions about Jobs, 2010 to 2021

heldrich_robb — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 18:22:06 +0000

Trends in American Opinions about Jobs, 2010 to 2021

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heldrich_robb Thu, 01/13/2022 - 18:22

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Work_Trends_Brief_January_2022.pdf (6.72 MB)

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Includes selected trend data about work, the job market, and job security. Compares findings from the fourth quarter of 2021 with key years during times of economic strife and growth, including immediately following the depths of the Great Recession, during the economic recovery, as the economy expanded, and in the week leading up to the administration of the first COVID-19 vaccine in the United States.

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Examines selected trend data about work, the job market, and job security.

What a Difference a (Pandemic) Year Makes: Less Concern, More Confidence Expressed by Workers as 2021 Comes to an End

heldrich_robb — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 16:26:04 +0000

What a Difference a (Pandemic) Year Makes: Less Concern, More Confidence Expressed by Workers as 2021 Comes to an End

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Research Publications & Reports

heldrich_robb Thu, 12/09/2021 - 16:26

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December 9, 2021

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Work_Trends_December_2021_Press_Release_12921_Final.pdf (393.45 KB)

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A new Work Trends survey of American workers, conducted by the Heldrich Center, finds that 6 in 10 are very concerned about the cost of living as 2022 approaches. In contrast, workers’ opinions about the labor market have improved substantially compared to a year ago. In late November 2021, only 13% said they are very concerned about the job market; 43% said they were very concerned in 2020. In 2020, 8 in 10 workers said they were very or somewhat concerned about job security for employed Americans (83%), compared to 5 in 10 workers in 2021 (54%). Despite these improvements, 61% of workers are still very or somewhat concerned about the current unemployment rate whereas 85% were very or somewhat concerned in 2020. Download the press release at the link below under "attachments".

Workers are clearly more optimistic about finding work today than they were a year ago: 3 in 4 workers say they agree with the statement that “it’s not hard to find a job in America if you really want to work” (75%), 4 in 10 saying they strongly agree (39%), compared to 2 in 10 (24%) in December 2020. And 3 in 4 workers say it is now a “good time” to find a quality job (73%) rather than a “bad time” (27%), an almost exact flip-flop from one year ago.

Most Americans with a full- or part-time job at the time of the survey indicated that they are not concerned about their own job security at the end of 2021. For Americans working full or part time, confidence in finding a new job if needed is significantly higher at the end of 2021 (50% versus 27% say they are extremely or very confident), compared to the end of 2020.

Despite what appears to be a positive outlook for their own work situations in the near future, workers polled in 2021 are divided on whether job, career, and employment opportunities will improve for the next generation of workers.

Other findings about workers’ attitudes at the end of 2021 include:

When asked to choose between two ways to describe their current job, 2 in 3 Americans working full or part time say they would describe their job as “just what they do for a living” (68%) rather than giving them “a sense of identity” (32%).
6 in 10 Americans working full or part time say they are very or somewhat concerned about the global supply chain impacting their work (58%); 1 in 4 say they are very concerned (24%).

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Findings from a November 2021 Work Trends survey of Americans.

Work Trends November 2021 Survey: Topline Survey Results

heldrich_robb — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 14:33:08 +0000

Work Trends November 2021 Survey: Topline Survey Results

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heldrich_robb Thu, 12/09/2021 - 14:33

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Work_Trends_Topline_Survey_Results_December_2021.pdf (3.25 MB)

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Presents topline results from a November 2021 Work Trends survey.

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Presents topline results from a November 2021 Work Trends survey.

Topline Survey Results: Work Trends Pre-election and Post-election Surveys

heldrich_robb — Tue, 18 May 2021 13:17:52 +0000

Topline Survey Results: Work Trends Pre-election and Post-election Surveys

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Quantitative Data Analysis

heldrich_robb Tue, 05/18/2021 - 13:17

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May 18, 2021

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