Following in the footsteps of other greats is always a good idea. The statement applies to your prospective careers in energy as well. What better way to figure out what you want to do with your career than to see what other Yalies have done in the past? The following is a list of actual jobs landed by Yale University graduates, along with their major, year of graduation, and employer name. The list is non-exhaustive, but should give a rough idea of the employment opportunities post-graduation:
| No. | Employer | Industry | Function (Role) | Major |
| 1. | VECO Power Trading | Energy and Power | Finance | Mathematics |
| 2. | Con Edison | Energy and Power | Engineering | Computer Sci |
| 3. | DC Energy | Energy and Power | Data Science/Data Analytics | Chemical Engineering |
| 4. | Pine Gate Renewables | Energy and Power | Finance | Economics |
| 5. | Charles River Associates | Energy and Power | Consulting | Environmental Studies |
| 8. | Southern California Edison | Energy and Power | Engineering | Mechanical Engineering |
| 9. | Citi | Energy and Power | Finance | Economics |
| 10. | Navigant Consulting, Inc. | Energy and Power | Consulting | Engineering Science – Chemical |
| 11. | Brightcore Energy | Energy and Power | Finance | Economics |
| 12. | Power Advocate | Energy and Power | Business Development | Chemical Engineering |
| 13. | Genscape Inc. | Energy and Power | Consulting | Astrophysics |
| 14. | Tudor Pickering Holt & Co / Perella Weinberg & Associates | Energy and Power | Finance | Applied Mathematics, History |
| 15. | Earth Law Center & Hanalei River Heritage Foundation | Environment | Project Management | Environmental Studies, History |
| 16. | Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection | Environment | Research (Policy, Academic, Literary) | Environmental Studies |
| 17. | Industrial Economics Incorporated | Environment | Consulting | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology |
| 18. | Yale Carbon Containment Lab | Environment | Research: Laboratory | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology |
| 19. | Environmental Defense Fund | Environment | Sustainability/Social Responsibility | American Studies, Anthropology |
| 20. | Davey Resource group, Inc. | Environment | Sustainability/Social Responsibility | Environmental Studies |
| 21. | Environmental Law Institute | Environment | Research (Policy, Academic, Literary) | Global Affairs |
| 23. | Students for Carbon Dividends | Environment | Advocacy/Campaigning/Lobbying | Ethics,Politics & Economics |
| 24. | Yale CoLab | Environment | Finance | Ethics,Politics & Economics |
| 25. | Renewables Consulting Group | Environment | Consulting | Ethics,Politics & Economics |
| 26. | Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale | Environment | Engineering | Environmental Engineering |
| 27. | US Army Corps of Engineers | Environment | Operations | Environmental Engineering , Geology & Geophysics |
| 28. | Goldman Sachs | Environment | Sustainability/Social Responsibility | Economics |
