{"id":1345,"date":"2009-07-17T14:11:12","date_gmt":"2009-07-17T18:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/?p=1345"},"modified":"2017-07-28T14:12:26","modified_gmt":"2017-07-28T18:12:26","slug":"students-explore-green-career-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/2009\/07\/students-explore-green-career-options\/","title":{"rendered":"Students Explore \u201cGreen\u201d Career Options"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/leaf.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1346\" src=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/leaf.jpg\" alt=\"leaf _green_careers\" width=\"262\" height=\"151\" \/><\/a>&#8220;This field is so new, you can&#8217;t read about it in a textbook or journal articles&#8221; said Karl Liggio &#8217;96, &#8217;01 PhD, as he welcomed guests to the March 5 Green Careers Panel and Networking Forum. &#8220;You need to talk to the people doing it.&#8221; And the 40 undergraduates and graduate students from across the Homewood campus in attendance were soon given the opportunity to do just that.<\/p>\n<p>Co-sponsored by the Society of Engineering Alumni (SEA) and the <a href=\"https:\/\/studentaffairs.jhu.edu\/careers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Career Center<\/a>, the event featured five panelists working in a variety of &#8220;green&#8221; fields who spoke about their own career paths and offered practical advice and job search tips. Liggio, a 10-year veteran of the energy industry and managing partner of Pharos Enterprise Intelligence, a consulting firm specializing in power plant management, served as the moderator.<\/p>\n<p>Panelist Erica Barth &#8217;08 had just landed her first job as a science writer and analyst in environmental communications at the Eastern Research Group, Inc., a consulting firm. She strongly encouraged students to participate in internships as a means to develop skills and define their specific interests. 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