Young Woman's Racing Fuels NECA-IBEW Recruitment Efforts - Now on ElectricTV.net

BETHESDA, Md., Sept. 25, 2008 - An interview with Alli Owens, one of the youngest women on the professional race car circuit today and the public face of NECA-IBEW's effort to recruit new entrants into the world of electrical workers, is among the features in the latest edition of ElectricTV.net. A joint production of the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), ElectricTV.net is the only Web TV program dedicated to reporting the latest developments in the electrical construction and information systems industries.

Sponsored by NECA-IBEW, the 20-year-old Owens, participating this year in the ARCA RE/MAX series, races her #12 car emblazoned with the URL electrifyingcareers.com. The website is part of the two organizations' wider effort designed to bring new recruits to their joint apprenticeship program. Owens and her car make personal appearances at high schools and job fairs around the country, getting people's attention to let them know about career opportunities in the electrical industry. Says Owens, "Every time I go somewhere, it's not just me strapping in that car but the hundreds of thousands of IBEW electrical workers and NECA contractors out there, in the race car with me."

Also on this edition of ElectricTV.net are highlights from LIGHTfair International, the world's largest annual architectural and commercial lighting trade show and conference; a spotlight on "The Carolina Initiative," a joint NECA-IBEW program that's boosting market share; and a piece on Power*e Glass, a unique electrified solution to heat loss through windows.