{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 32: Pathways to the Future: Building Careers in Clean Energy","description":"The Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership\u2019s Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA) Workforce Hubs provide two training programs in the Chicago and suburban Cook County region: a Bridge Program and a Job-Specific Training Program. These programs are preparing hundreds of participants for careers as Weatherization and HVAC professionals, Solar Photovoltaic Installers, Electric Vehicle Charging Station Installers, Hybrid Auto Technicians and more. Tune into this podcast to hear how this program is changing lives every day.  Hear first hand from a program graduate who is now working in this high-demand, high-growth field: \u201cWhen we think of clean energy, when we think about the engineers and electricians, I don\u2019t think of people that look like me or the people that were in the class with me. So it gave me that confidence, which I think is the first thing that anybody would need to go out and do anything that is foreign or new, because typically hearing about ComEd or construction management, I\u2019m like, \u2018Oh, well, I\u2019m automatically not qualified because of my background.\u2019 And they said, \u2018No, you\u2019re even more qualified because of that.\u2019\u201d--  Isis J. , graduate, Partnership\u2019s Network CEJA Workforce Hub Program ","author_name":"Hire Frequency","author_url":"https:\/\/chicookworks.org\/","html":"