Top 10 Best Hot Jobs in Alaska to 2022 - Jobs Doubled From 2011 to 2012
89ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 2012 - 2022
The major clusters of fast-growing jobs among the Top 20 Green Jobs in Alaska are in the following industries:
- Healthcare Industry,
- Financial Products and Services,
- Information Technology (IT) and
- Hospitality & Tourism Industry.
There is also a particularly high demand for
- Securities and Commodities Agents,
- Personal & Home Aides,
- Computer Software Applications Engineers,
- Medical and Dental Assistants
- Home Health Aides,
- Bartenders, and
- Accommodations Desk Clerks.
Search for jobs in Alaska via these links:
124% Increase In 5 Months, October 2011 to March 2012
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:
- Physical Therapists
- Occupational therapists
- Speech Therapists
- Registered Nurses - RN License - Very High Demand for Travelers
- Physical and Occupational Therapy Aide and Assistants
- Software Engineers
- Public Health Officers
- Construction jobs
- University of Alaska jobs
- Outside Sales Representatives with experience
- Hospice Aides
- Truck Drivers
High Demand Jobs in the 2010s
Jobs expected to increase fastest in numbers during the 2010s:
- Registered Nurses (RNs) - Also, LPNs and VPNs
- Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
- Construction Laborers
- Executive Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Construction Operating Engineers
- Mainstream Elementary School Teachers
- Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer
- Construction Tradespeople, unionized
- Corrections Officers
- Sales Representatives
Job Listings Increases 2008 - 2012
Top 20 Private Companies
- Providence Health System
- Carrs/Safeway
- Fred Meyer
- Wal-Mart/Sam's Club
- Trident Seafoods
- ASRC Energy Services
- BP Exploration Alaska
- CH2MHILL (VECO)
- NANA Management Services
- Alaska Airlines
- Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC)
- GCI Communications
- Banner Health (with Faribanks Memorial Hospital)
- FedEx
- Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation
- Southcentral Foundation
- ConocoPhillips
- Wells Fargo
- Alaska USA Federal Credit Union
- Spenard Builders Supply
Top Job Listings August - September 2011: 30,000+ Jobs
- Public Health Officers - 14,000+ jobs
- Truck Drivers
- Hospice Aides
- Physical Therapists
- Occupational Therapists
- Physicians
- Medical Technologists
- Land Surveyors - Energy and Construction related
- Pharmacists
- RNs, LPNs
- Allied Health jobs
- Financial Advisors
- Patient Services Techs
- Transportation Security Officers (TSO)
- Physical Therapy Assistants
- Direct Care Providers
- Certified Nurse Aides (state tested)
- Infection Control jobs
- GPS Techs
- Hydrologists
"Hall of Governors", Alaska's State Capitol, Juneau
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
Check the Career and Job Postings as well as events announcements at:
College and High school
- Alaska/Anchorage Seawolves
- Alaska/Fairbanks Nanooks
- Alaska School Activities Association
- High School Internet Network
League Teams
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
Arts Training and Preservation
University of Alaska System
- University of Alaska: Anchorage
- Chugiak-Eagle River
- Kenai Peninsula College
- Kodiak College
- Matanuska-Susitna College
- Prince William Sound Community College
University of Alaska: Fairbanks
- Bristol Bay Campus
- Kuskokwim Campus
- Northwest Campus
- Chukchi Campus
- Interior-Aleutians Campus
- College of Rural and Community Development
- Tanana Valley Campus
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
Research and History in Alaska
- Point Barrow Ice Camps - The Greatest Place to Stand...
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In-depth research and interviewing from 1700 to the 21st C. have revealed a history of totem poles globally that was previously unknown or discounted.
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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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