Truman State Graduates Apply to Senator Mccaskill for Clean Energy Jobs
Students from Truman State University submitted their resumes in Kansas City to Senator Claire McCaskill for employment in a clean energy economy.
Kansas City, MO – infoZine – A transition to a clean energy economy can create up to 29,000 jobs in Missouri, and recent Truman State graduates are calling on their Senators to help them fill them. This week, students from Truman State University submitted their resumes to Senator Claire McCaskill for employment consideration in a new clean energy economy. None of them have been contacted for an interview, as of yet.
“As a graduate of Truman State with significant experience in clean energy initiatives, I bring the skills and commitment necessary to thrive in a new clean energy economy,” said Brett Wiley, 2008 graduate in biology. “I hope Senator McCaskill will consider my resume, and help produce the thousands of jobs businesses all across Missouri are ready and willing to create for graduating students like myself.”
Young people have the most to lose from the climate crisis, but they have the most to gain from a clean energy economy. In an effort to call attention to the job creation potential of a 21st century clean energy economy, students at Truman State are asking Senator McCaskill to help reverse the trend of youth unemployment by supporting climate and clean energy policies that can help empower their generation to build a sustainable economy through clean, efficient, renewable energy sources.
With the cost of higher education and youth unemployment continuing to rise, more and more college students are graduating into high debt and low job prospects. According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, youth unemployment currently sits at 19.1% nationally, while according a 2010 report by the College Board, 17% percent of graduates will have more than $30,000 in debt upon graduation. With these factors combined, many college graduates are unable to land their first job before their first loan payment comes due.
“All across Missouri there are young people just like me, looking for a job. We will soon have degrees in engineering, business and the sciences, and just like Senator McCaskill, we want to make Missouri a better place,” said Samantha Maerz, Truman State Repower America campus coordinator. “I hope she sees something of value in my resume and takes stake of the talent and innovation of the young people of Missouri.”
Truman State University students visit Sen. Claire McCaskill’s Kansas City office to present resumes for jobs in a new clean energy economy.
-Gretchen Wieland
