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Department of Labor and Workforce Development
 
Office of the Commissioner

State Launches Seafood Job
Recruiting In Anchorage

Jan. 7, 2004
No. 04-27

ANCHORAGE – Labor officials today launched the state’s annual recruitment campaign to begin filling seasonal processing jobs in the Alaska seafood industry, with an immediate goal of providing applicants for 50 jobs processing king crab at Adak.

Interviews were to begin today in Anchorage to assist Icicle Seafoods in interviewing and hiring qualified workers for the company’s king crab production facility at Adak in the Aleutian Islands. Scott Glass, Alaska recruiter for Icicle, said interviews include scheduling successful applicants for jobs. Job seekers may apply in person or they can pick up, complete and return an application by fax.

Seafood processing provides employment both at sea and onshore. Jobs include filleting fish, cleaning and processing shellfish and other seafood and production assignments in value-added, canning and freezing operations.

Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development Commissioner Greg O’Claray said it is not too early to be applying for seafood processing jobs: “Now is a great time to be first in line for the best jobs and there are some good jobs open right now.”

Employment Analyst Laurie Fuglvog said the Alaska Job Center Network provides recruiting services and support to many other seafood processing companies. She added, “It is important to recruit early. The largest share of seafood jobs are in the salmon fisheries with employment generally from mid-June to mid-September.”

Fuglvog noted that transportation and room and board are often provided for contract workers in remote locations. “Many work assignments call for considerable overtime and that’s a good way to accumulate substantial income.”

Other skilled positions in 2004 are expected to include camp cooks, quality control technicians, refrigeration mechanics, line mechanics, dockworkers and forklift drivers.

Fuglvog added, “Employees who take pride in their work, work well as a team and complete their employment contract can do well in this industry, with an opportunity over time to advance up the career ladder to management and executive positions.”

Fuglvog said she hopes many Alaskans will explore employment opportunities in the Alaska seafood industry, “with emphasis on young Alaskans, especially those in rural and remote areas of our state.”

Alaska Job Center Network telephone and website contacts are available for additional information about seafood processing jobs:

  • Call the nearest job center locally: Anchorage, 269.4775; YK Delta (Bethel), 543.2210; Bristol Bay (Dillingham), 842.5579; Fairbanks, 451.5957; Homer, 235.7792; Juneau, 465.2958; Kenai Peninsula, 283.2913; Ketchikan, 228.3218; Kodiak, 486.3105; Nome, 443.9350; Petersburg, 772.3791; Seward, 224.5276; Sitka, 747.3423; Valdez, 835.4910
  • Call the Alaska Job Center Network long-distance tollfree: 1.800.473.0688
  • Explore the seafood jobs listing on the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development website at jobs.alaska.gov Interested persons may also click on “Seafood Jobs” and “Current Openings” to search by location.

 

 

News Media Contacts:
Laurie Fuglvog, DOLWD Employment Security Div., 907.465.5926 or
Joe Holbert, Special Assistant/Communications, 907.465.5673

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