April 2010

Budget airline, Tiger Airways, based in Melbourne, Australia, has just announced that it will be purchasing to 2 new Airbus A320 planes that will run out of Avalon Airport. This move is expected to create about 100 airline jobs in Avalon, and the potential for many more across the region, as this announcement has encouraged [...]

Despite the drop in the oil price this past week, 15 more oil rigs have started drilling for gas and oil. This means more offshore oil rig jobs are available and it looks as though more will continue to become available as production is increased, so that oil companies can keep their leases. The leases [...]

If you are considering a summer job in Alaska, why not look into something water based? There are exciting summer job opportunities for white water rafting guides and instructors in Denali National Park. These jobs are often offered by companies like Denali Paddlesports and Nenana Raft Adventures. These premier companies have been providing employment to [...]

ClearFuels Technology based in Hawaii has received the first $7.7 million of its $22.6 million that the DOE (Department of Energy) to build a biomass gasifier at the Rentech Energy Technology Centre, which is expected to create many new gas industry jobs. This agreement to go ahead with the first stage reflects the company’s approval [...]

As Universal Studios in Hollywood expands to accommodate the magnificent new ”King Kong 360 3D” tour, job seekers are preparing for the upcoming studio tour guide auditions are being held on Monday the 19th April. There are going to be 40 English and Spanish speaking tour guide jobs offered. This will involve taking groups of [...]

In the stressful, highly materialistic and celebrity-driven world we live in, the emphasis is on image. People are finding that cosmetic surgery procedures including Botox and Rhinoplasty, in other words a nose job, will help them find better jobs and succeed in the marketplace. In Chicago along, this has become such a trend, that many [...]

Scams come in all shapes and forms, but with the online world we live in today, most scammers will try to use things like online shopping and mystery shopping to scam people. Mystery shopping jobs are also a way that people, who have lost their jobs in the recession, can make money again. Scammers know [...]

The United States has reported that they have created the highest number of jobs during March. This is the most in the past 3 years and totaled 162 thousand. Although this number is encouraging, experts have indicated that there is still a long way to go before the pre-recession rates of employment area reached. There [...]

The decision by President Obama to cancel the leases of oil and gas in the Bristol Bay and eastern Bering Sea area, has been met with cheers from all in the fishing industry. These two areas are some of the most essential fishing spots in Alaska, providing nearly 40 percent of the US harvest. This [...]

During March, Alaska Airlines, a subsidiary of the Alaska Air Group, reported that its load factor increased to 84.5 percent from 81.6 percent the year before. The load factor is the percentage of paying passengers occupying the available seats. They were also on time more often during the past year, jumping from 70.2 percent to [...]