new grad moving to AK

I have found 2 agencies that hire Rns with one -2 years exp in ICU setting, and hire for Alaska. They pay in the 6 digit figure. My buddy was a graduate a few years ago and landed a jobthrough a paticular agency, and is working in Alaska for huge amounts of money. He said he can get me on when i graduate and get a yr exp in icu, which i can have since i have People lol in certain places. Anyway good luck to all.

i live in fairbanks and agree with the previous posting regarding ICU or NICU jobs, they r not available, with the economy as poor as it is many people r turning their eyes northward believing there is easy money to be had. my hubby and i have lived here for 5 years now, it costs at least 3X as much to live here than it costs to live in the lower 48. fuel costs are high, food..$3.00 for a red bell pepper, .79-1.49 for a single ear of corn, and u must plug ur car in every night for months. if u have more than 1 cAR... gas is over 3 dollars a gallon still, it adds up quickly, so in addition to heating, usually with oil, (power costs which r tied into the price of oil as well,) my point ..research it well, come here in jan or feb 4 vacation. if there were huge amounts of money to be made here would not everyone be clamoring to move here?

The job market for new grads isn't fantastic, but it isn't horrible either. Providence has some great "intern" positions offered a few times a year. They give specific training to nurses with less then a year training. I think most of the units have started using intern positions to train new grads. The amount of openings they have varies and you have already missed the window for this round. But sometimes some show up around Nov/Dec time frame (goes along with graduation times). Keep checking their website and do a search for nurse intern. When I graduated three years ago I was offered internships in LD, Ped's, and NICU. And, actually, NICU tends to do the most hiring of interns that I have seen (the year I applied Ped's had 4, LD had 2, and NICU had 6 and I am constantly seeing a flow of new interns in NICU). Granted, there are usually 40-60 applicants for those positions so you have some competition but it is worth a try!