| June
2003 |
Youth
Employment |
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Youth enter
the workforce with limited skills and little previous employment
experience. The experience and skills young workers develop
on their first jobs can prepare them for a successful, long-term
career. This article examines the numbers, occupations, employers,
place of work, and wages of Alaska’s working youth. Also
discussed are how to go about looking for work and some of the
qualities Alaska’s employers seek.
June 2003 Trends |
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| May
2003 |
Occupational
Forecast |
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Change is a fact of life, and a vital factor in the economy.
With advances in technology, shifts in demographics, and improvements
in business practices, the mix of occupations that make up the
economy is constantly evolving, and so too must the training
and skills of Alaska’s workforce.
May 2003 Trends |
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| April
2003 |
Alaska's
Health Care Industry |
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The health services industry is the fastest growing, and one
of the larger sectors of Alaska’s economy. It’s
a billion-dollar industry, and it employs about 22,000 people.
It would be hard to find an industry in Alaska with a growth
pattern as strong and sustained as that of health care.
April 2003 Trends |
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| March
2003 |
Unemployment
Insurance Claimants |
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At the low point of the Great Depression in 1935, the United
States adopted a number of policies designed to alleviate economic
distress in the country. Among them was Unemployment Insurance
(UI), instituted to mitigate the hardships of temporary unemployment
and to introduce a degree of economic stabilization...
March
2003 Trends |
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| February
2003 |
Sitka |
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Sitka is located on the outer coast of Baranof Island in central
Southeast Alaska. Home to the Kiksadi clan of Tlingits, it
was “discovered” by the Vitus Bering expedition
of 1741. In 1799, Alexander Baranof built a Russian-American
Company...
February
2003 Trends
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| January
2003 |
The
Matanuska-Susitna Borough |
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The Matanuska-Susitina Borough has received a lot of attention
in this past ten years for its rapid growth. In reality, it
grew at an even faster rate during the prior three decades.
During the most recent period, no other area of the state came
close to the borough’s track record of population and
employment growth.
January 2003 Trends
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