Interest in Sector Work: I will be working with emerging green industries; particularly how emerging green occupations will affect the construction trades, manufacturing and emerging energy professions. I accepted the job at the North Central Wisconsin Workforce Development Board to manage the SAGE (Sector Alliance for the Green Economy) grant. I have always found great fulfillment in philanthropy work; that coupled with my Human Resource background results in my interest in helping workers achieve the most they can. My hope is this work will result in more jobs for our struggling local economy. I would like to put unemployed workers into new jobs or build career ladders for low income or disadvantaged job seekers so they can begin earning self sustaining wages. The issues these workers face now is a struggling economy and reluctant employers. Employers are not willing to consider new green emerging occupations when their primary concern is keeping the doors open.