Look at a map of Alaska and choose the area you wish to target. Contact the local AJCN office for recruitment details. Most Alaska companies prefer to hire people already in Alaska. However, some Alaska processing plants fill their jobs through home offices in Washington, Oregon, and California. The Anchorage Job Center at 3301 Eagle Street is a central hiring point for seafood processing jobs around the state in all three categories of processing plants.
Employers try to hire close to the job site.
Many do not pay transportation costs of any kind on initial hire. Each company has its own policies on transportation, and job seekers must pay close attention. Even if the company pays your way to the job site, you may have to pay your way home if you are fired or quit without good cause. Seafood processing is dangerous work especially out on the fishing grounds. Most Alaska seafood companies work hard to process the harvest in a safe working environment.