Solar advocacy organizations use the jobs numbers on our collective behalf to show that the solar industry is an economic powerhouse for job creation. These legislative wins losses affect all of us, especially when we’re talking about preserving net metering, increasing community solar, reducing soft costs, streamlining permitting interconnection. It’s the job census that gives our solar advocates political clout.
It’s an important financial analyst tool. Have a publicly traded company? Verified, documented industry job growth tells analysts that dem is high that the solar industry is growing worth capital investments. That not only affects public solar inverter companies on the stock market, but also increases investments in solar REITs, clean tech funding, the willingness of banks to fund huge solar installations. So the more we show job growth, the more Wall St. sees solar as a good bet to pump in money.
It’s used for company PR. All solar companies can use the solar job census data to show customers that they’re part of a growing industry that’s creating jobs in their local community. Customers politicians love to support local jobs, so your company can brag about solar’s job success on your blogs, newsletters, social media.
It’s a great HR tool. All solar companies can use the jobs census to attract cidates for their growing businesses. As of 2013, we’re a force of 141,000 growing, cidates hear about that in the press. If you’re an engineer, software developer, or electrician, wouldn""t you rather work for an industry that just keeps on growing helps the world, to boot? The bigger we are, the more attractive we become to qualified people seeking stable careers.
It’s a workforce training tool. Speaking of careers, educational institutions trade schools also use these numbers to either exp or eliminate training programs college courses graduate courses for our growing workforce needs. Without hardcore numbers, new classes may be cut prematurely, reducing our pool of qualified labor. And of course, with a shortage of labor, projects might be delayed, labor prices rise, you might be pressured into hiring or training someone whose inexperience causes a project to finish late…or who causes an accident that raises your workers comp premiums.
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