JUNEAU, Alaska— Alaska’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.7 percent in May, a small increase from April’s 6.6 percent. The comparable national rate was 4.7 percent. The last time there was a two percentage point gap between the U.S. and Alaska rates was October of 2009, when rates peaked at the height of the great […]
JUNEAU, Alaska—The Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development has received grants totaling $462,435 from the U.S. Department of Labor to expand statewide reemployment services to Unemployment Insurance claimants through December 2016. Services will focus on two groups of unemployed workers: Unemployment Insurance claimants most likely to exhaust benefits and all recently-separated military personnel. These […]
Public Health Nursing has several job opportunities in Alaska communities from Ketchikan to Bethel. Apply for or get information about these jobs at the State of Alaska recruitment website, Workplace Alaska. Entry or Journey Level Public Health Nurse: Public Health Nurse I/II, Kenai Public Health Center, closes Dec. 30. Experienced Level Public Health Nurse: Public […]
JUNEAU, Alaska—Employment in Alaska increased by 2,591 jobs, or 0.8 percent, in the first half of 2015 compared to the first half of 2014. Average monthly employment from January through June was 335,330. Employers paid $9.0 billion in wages during the first six months of 2015, a 2.1 percent increase from the same period in […]