DeepSummary
In this episode, Daniel Goldsmith, the managing director and co-founder of Julius Education, discusses his company's mission to build the workforce needed for the energy transition. He highlights the massive demand for new green jobs, especially in areas like green buildings, electrification, and grid modernization. Julius leverages AI and data to identify and classify these energy jobs, which are often hidden within broader job categories.
Goldsmith explains that Julius focuses on providing 'orientation training' to help individuals understand and prepare for careers in the energy sector. He emphasizes the importance of 'new collar' jobs that don't require a college degree but demand STEM skills. Julius also works to increase transparency around upskilling and career pathways, and to identify underserved areas where new training programs are needed.
Goldsmith expresses optimism about the mobilization and energy around building the green workforce, seeing it as an opportunity to reshape economic opportunity. He encourages listeners interested in energy careers to explore resources like online courses and state programs, and to engage with employers to understand job requirements beyond the job descriptions.
Key Episodes Takeaways
- Julius Education is focused on building the workforce needed for the energy transition and addressing the massive demand for green jobs.
- Julius uses AI and data to identify and classify energy jobs that are often hidden within broader job categories.
- Julius provides 'orientation training' to help individuals understand and prepare for careers in the energy sector.
- Julius emphasizes the importance of 'new collar' jobs that require STEM skills but not necessarily a college degree.
- Julius works to increase transparency around upskilling and career pathways in the energy sector.
- Julius identifies underserved areas where new training programs are needed for the energy workforce.
- Goldsmith expresses optimism about the current opportunity to build the green workforce and reshape economic mobility.
- Goldsmith encourages exploring resources like online courses and state programs for those interested in energy careers.
Top Episodes Quotes
- “We often cite figures coming out of the Biden administration forecasting around 9 million new green jobs, but I think the opportunity is much larger than that.“ by Daniel Goldsmith
- “We are very focused on what we call new collar jobs. So these are classes of jobs that won't necessarily require a college degree but will have a heavy contribution of stem skills.“ by Daniel Goldsmith
- “At Julius, we're focused on building the requisite workforce for the energy transition.“ by Daniel Goldsmith
- “We've built a solution that aggregates all the job postings in the country and build unique AI classifiers that are trained on energy language to correctly categorize and extract information about these jobs.“ by Daniel Goldsmith
- “I think we're at this critical moment where we have cleared the Runway for implementation for a tremendous amount of work, and now is the time to take advantage of it.“ by Daniel Goldsmith
Entities
Person
Company
Book
Organization
Episode Information
Climate Changers
Ryan Flahive
5/10/24