Top 10 Best Hot Jobs in Alaska to 2022 - Jobs Doubled From 2011 to 2012

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By Patty Inglish, MS

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 2012 - 2022

The major clusters of fast-growing jobs among the Top 20 Green Jobs in Alaska are in the following industries:

  1. Healthcare Industry,
  2. Financial Products and Services,
  3. Information Technology (IT) and
  4. Hospitality & Tourism Industry.

There is also a particularly high demand for

  1. Securities and Commodities Agents,
  2. Personal & Home Aides,
  3. Computer Software Applications Engineers,
  4. Medical and Dental Assistants
  5. Home Health Aides,
  6. Bartenders, and
  7. Accommodations Desk Clerks.

Search for jobs in Alaska via these links:

Northern Lights over Alaska
Northern Lights over Alaska

124% Increase In 5 Months, October 2011 to March 2012

Source: Attribution for Print/TV/Web "Data provided by SimplyHired.com, a search engine for jobs."

obs listed across all Internet sources reflect an increasing numbers trend in Spring 2010 as indicated by the slight upswing in the graph line, particularly in March leading into 2nd QTR 2010 in the lower graph below. The upswing in jobs in Anchorage is more pronounced.

SNAPSHOT: Jobs In May 2012

Out of over 17,000 job listings, these are the highest in demand:

  1. Physical Therapists
  2. Occupational therapists
  3. Speech Therapists
  4. Registered Nurses - RN License - Very High Demand for Travelers
  5. Physical and Occupational Therapy Aide and Assistants
  6. Software Engineers
  7. Public Health Officers
  8. Construction jobs
  9. University of Alaska jobs
  10. Outside Sales Representatives with experience
  11. Hospice Aides
  12. Truck Drivers

High Demand Jobs in the 2010s

Jobs expected to increase fastest in numbers during the 2010s:

  1. Registered Nurses (RNs) - Also, LPNs and VPNs
  2. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
  3. Construction Laborers
  4. Executive Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
  5. Construction Operating Engineers
  6. Mainstream Elementary School Teachers
  7. Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer
  8. Construction Tradespeople, unionized
  9. Corrections Officers
  10. Sales Representatives

Job Listings Increases 2008 - 2012

Jobs Stable in early 2011
Jobs Stable in early 2011
Source: Attribution for Print/TV/Web "Data provided by SimplyHired.com, a search engine for jobs."

Top 20 Private Companies

  1. Providence Health System
  2. Carrs/Safeway
  3. Fred Meyer
  4. Wal-Mart/Sam's Club
  5. Trident Seafoods
  6. ASRC Energy Services
  7. BP Exploration Alaska
  8. CH2MHILL (VECO)
  9. NANA Management Services
  10. Alaska Airlines
  11. Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC)
  12. GCI Communications
  13. Banner Health (with Faribanks Memorial Hospital)
  14. FedEx
  15. Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation
  16. Southcentral Foundation
  17. ConocoPhillips
  18. Wells Fargo
  19. Alaska USA Federal Credit Union
  20. Spenard Builders Supply

 

Top Job Listings August - September 2011: 30,000+ Jobs

  1. Public Health Officers - 14,000+ jobs
  2. Truck Drivers
  3. Hospice Aides
  4. Physical Therapists
  5. Occupational Therapists
  6. Physicians
  7. Medical Technologists
  8. Land Surveyors - Energy and Construction related
  9. Pharmacists
  10. RNs, LPNs
  11. Allied Health jobs
  12. Financial Advisors
  13. Patient Services Techs
  14. Transportation Security Officers (TSO)
  15. Physical Therapy Assistants
  16. Direct Care Providers
  17. Certified Nurse Aides (state tested)
  18. Infection Control jobs
  19. GPS Techs
  20. Hydrologists

"Hall of Governors", Alaska's State Capitol, Juneau

Trivia: Governor Sarah Palin made TV's Craig Ferguson an honorary Alaskan citizen prior to his US Citizenship exam.
Trivia: Governor Sarah Palin made TV's Craig Ferguson an honorary Alaskan citizen prior to his US Citizenship exam.

Additional Large Employers: Government

  • ANCHORAGE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT-ANC
  • TED STEVENS ANCHORAGE INTERENATIONAL AIRPORT
  • FORT WAINWRIGHT
  • UNISEA INC
  • US ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
  • KENAI PENINSULA SCHOOL DIST
  • UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA-ANCHORAGE
  • STATE OF ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT)

Profiles of Selected Large Employers

Links to Career and Job Pages are included.

  • Alaska Airlines and its sister carrier, Horizon Air, together provide passenger and cargo service to more than 80 cities in Alaska, the Lower 48, Canada, and Mexico.
  • Trident Seafoods- The seafood industry is one of the most fast-paced, dynamic industries in the world. With their recent growth there's never been a better time to join the Trident team than right now.
  • ASRC Energy Service is an engineering, construction, project management, maintenance and operations company that specializes in energy and industrial projects.
  • Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, offers statewide services in specialty medical care, water and sanitation, community health and research, information technology, and professional recruiting.
  • Southcentral Foundation is an Alaska Native non-profit health corporation formed under the tribal authority of Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated (CIRI).
  • As Alaska's largest building materials supplier and home improvement center,Spenard Builders Supply has employment opportunities in many fields, including retail sales, contractor sales, manufacturing, purchasing, delivery drivers, office staff and other areas.
  • Alyeska Pipeline Service Company operates and maintains the 800-mile Trans Alaska Pipeline System. Almost 900 employees work in Anchorage, Fairbanks, Valdez and field locations along the pipeline.
  • Conoco Phillips is an international, integrated energy company. The projects we have under way and the ones we're pursuing translate into greater, more diversified career opportunities for our employees.
  • Alaska Regional Hospital is committed to using superior medical technology and expertise, while providing a full range of health care services in Alaska.

Sports Opportunities

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College and High school

League Teams

Alaska Cruise Liner
Alaska Cruise Liner
Valdez, Alaska
Valdez, Alaska

Higher Education in Alaska

  • Alaska Bible College: Glennallen
  • Alaska Bible Institute: Homer (non-denominational)
  • Alaska Pacific University: Anchorage. Some distance education courses are available as well.
  • Alaska Vocational Technical Center: Seward
  • Ilisagvik College: North Slope
  • Sheldon Jackson College: Oldest college in Alaska, founded in the late 1800s on Baranof Island in Sitka as a private, four-year Presbyterian liberal arts college. on 02/01/2011, the 40-year-old Sitka Fine Arts Camp that serves 500 youth each summer accepted the college campus as a gift from the closing institution. The campus retains the name Sheldon Jackson to honor the founder and is being recognized as a US National Historic Place.

Sitka Fine Arts Camp

University of Alaska System

University of Alaska: Fairbanks

University of Alaska: Juneau):

  • Ketchikan
  • Sitka
  • University of the Arctic: a network of academic institutions and programs in the circumpolar North
  • Wayland Baptist University: Anchorage, Fairbanks

Comments, Additions, and News

fiacardman 3 years ago

Well Written!nice piece of work with lot of useful information. Now bookmarked. Much appreciated!

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Patty Inglish, MS Hub Author 3 years ago

thank you fia - and i hope the financial info in your link will help readers!

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mpurcell10 2 years ago

Great information. I keep hearing about Alaska and am very intersted. We have lived in many states and want to see Alaska very badly.

VivekSri 23 months ago

Most pretty looking things on this earth scribed here on this hub. Good going, take care friend.

Blain Anderson 14 months ago

Sheldon Jackson College is no longer in business. The campus has been sold to Sitka Fine Arts Camp and the fish hatchery to the Sitka Science Center, all volunteer run groups.

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Patty Inglish, MS Hub Author 14 months ago

Thanks for the update. I added good information about the fine arts camp. Looks like a great revitalization of an old campus for summer 2011.

frank komba 13 months ago

i believe one day i will get a job in alaska although i am a Tanzanian citzen.

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