Seafood Industry Needs Workers Immediately
May 28, 2003
No. 03-17
Seafood processing companies are geared up and hiring Alaskans to process salmon and pollock this summer. Statewide, there are already over 900 openings listed with the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development's Job Centers. Large numbers of seafood workers are needed to start in mid June and for the next 5 weeks in Bristol Bay the next 7 weeks in Kenai, for the next 6 to 8 weeks in the Cordova/Valdez area, and for the next 8 weeks in Southeast Alaska (Note: some companies provide transportation to work sites and have room and board incentives, dependent upon completion of the work contract.)
LOCATION | SEAFOOD PROCESSOR OPENINGS |
At-Sea | 10 openings |
Dillingham | 50 immediate openings |
Dutch Harbor | 50 immediate openings |
Egegik/Coffee Pt. | 80 openings |
Homer | 20 openings (dock workers) |
Juneau | 20 openings starting mid-June |
Kenai | 14 openings |
Ketchikan | 30 openings starting July 3 |
Larsen Bay | 120 immediate openings |
Mekoryuk | 5 immediate openings |
Naknek/Togiak | 200 immediate openings |
Pedersen Point | 100 immediate openings |
Petersburg | 20 openings |
Quinhagak | 10 immediate openings |
Seward | 85 openings |
Sitka | 200 openings |
Wrangell | 20 openings |
There are three ways to find information on seafood processing jobs:
1. Contact your nearest Alaska Job Center and speak to a Seafood Specialist
2. Call toll-free in Alaska 1-800-473-0688
3. Go to the Seafood Jobs In Alaska web site and click on "Seafood Jobs" and on "Current Openings" and search by location. Referral instructions and a seafood application are online to be printed out and faxed.
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