Summer Internship/Work Possibilities (jobs, school, companies)

[thimev01]

Just a quick question, does anyone know if it's possible for someone who works in the IT field to find a job for the summer anywhere in Alaska? My long-time girlfriend and I would like to find a way to live in Alaska this summer, she would be looking for any sort of environmental or photography internship (her majors are Art/EnviroScience). I have a degree in MIS, about two years experience in UNIX(Solaris)/Win/Mac system management, Cisco Networking, and know enough to figure most other things out, if that helps. Are there typically jobs available like this? Where should I go about looking? I did check the Alaska Job Center Network.
Thanks in advance!

[shatteredzman]

Originally Posted by thimev01

Just a quick question, does anyone know if it's possible for someone who works in the IT field to find a job for the summer anywhere in Alaska? My long-time girlfriend and I would like to find a way to live in Alaska this summer, she would be looking for any sort of environmental or photography internship (her majors are Art/EnviroScience). I have a degree in MIS, about two years experience in UNIX(Solaris)/Win/Mac system management, Cisco Networking, and know enough to figure most other things out, if that helps. Are there typically jobs available like this? Where should I go about looking? I did check the Alaska Job Center Network.
Thanks in advance!

It's strange, I am in almost the same exact situation except I plan on moving to alaska permanently. Sorry I cant be of any help but I wanted to mark the thread and check back later.

[Rance]

You might try some of the drilling companies like BP or ConocoPhillips. They have a pretty good network etc. Or maybe the phone companies.

[warptman]

Was going to say phone companies. We had a worker for the morning five am shifts that worked for United Utilities as a IT guy from Minnesota. He said he might come back up again this summer. If we don't hire someone to replace me for a month, work is screwed. Looks like I'm taking a Alcan trip after the Euro trip!

[thimev01]

Thank you for your responses everyone! I am supposed to start grad school this fall, but I'm thinking about deferring and spending a year in Alaska. So I'm open to suggestions for year-long employment as well. I will check the drilling and phone companies, thanks.

[expdxer]

You may want to try AmeriCorps for paid internships. Most of the internships are with nonprofits and government agencies and there appears to be quite a few openings in all parts of Alaska (and nationwide). Their website is AmeriCorps.