Alaska always needs specific skills and Skagway is no different. However, it is more difficult for a person to come to Skagway and find opportunity waiting for them. The year round jobs are very limited. But Alaska, Skagway included, is always open to newcomers. That person just needs to be prepared for their travel north, knowing this land continues to be only for the most hardy.
T here is no land for homesteading.
Very little land is even available to purchase. As with most of the state, the majority of surrounding land is owned by the municipality, state or federal government. There is no real estate agency in Skagway as very little property is available, most is sold 'by owner' . S ummer employment is plentiful. There is no employment service available.