The Alaskan Energy for Jobs Act has been announced by the House Natural Resources Committee, which will open up the oil reserve in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). Representative Don Young said that the Act would allow for “future energy production and job creation”. This Act is expected to be included in the recent [...]
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The Timber Task Force was created with the aim of discovering forested areas in Alaska that can be logged and milled. They were once part of the larger Tongass Futures Roundtable, but Gov Sean Parnell decided to separate and form the Task Force with its specific issues surrounding forestry and job creation. Currently the Task [...]
Hundreds of Alaska jobs may be created thanks to a huge rare earth’s project planned on Prince of Wales Island which will bring much needed strategic metals and a secure supply of resources to the State. The project will be a collaboration between Ucore Rare Metals and the city of Ketchikan, which is where the [...]
Over 54,000 oil and gas jobs could be created in the industry in Alaska, if the production levels return to the way they were before the moratorium was introduced. This is according to the president of the US Chamber of Commerce, Thomas Donahue. He is trying to urge the US Congress and President Barack Obama [...]
Fish processing is a huge business in Alaska and as such there are plenty of fish harvesting and fish processing jobs available – not only for locals, but for foreigners as well. In fact you are more likely to find people who speak Spanish, Russian, French, or Japanese working on the Alaskan fishing vessels. Many [...]
In a recent unemployment report, Alaska is once again well below the average for unemployment in the country with Fairbanks having the lower unemployment rate at just 6.5 % according to the Department of Labor. At the same time last year the rate was 6.8 %, so things are getting better and better all the [...]
With the shift to summer, many people all over the country are looking for summer jobs, so if you have a bit of an adventurous streak, and want to make money whilst exploring, Alaska is the place to go. This summer tourism jobs in Alaska are expected to be increasingly available to students and young [...]
With the salmon season just 2 weeks away, now is the ideal time to get fishing jobs in Alaska. Even though Chinook salmon are being harvested already, it is the King salmon and Red salmon that mark the start of the season as they enter the Copper River. This season the forecast is for 1.2 [...]
The Carlson Center in Fairbanks was the location of the Career Expo and Job Fair which attracted hundreds of job seekers from all over Fairbanks on Monday. Over 100 stalls were set up to offer information about career opportunities and to offer Alaska jobs. Some of the participants included the military, retail stores, construction companies, [...]
The Alaskan landscape is one that has attracted people from all walks of life for many years and to explore this amazing wilderness is now even easier thanks to 2 brand new cruise lines that have opened up. Being smaller than normal, these cruise liners have the unique ability to sail into areas that others [...]
