ANHC hires 50 summer employees.

• Position: Native News - Alaska Native Heritage Center - Brief Article

The Alaska Native Heritage Center has hired 50 summer employees for the 2002 visitor season with a 96 percent Alaska Native-hire rate. New summer hires completed an extensive two-week training and orientation course designed to provide a well-rounded knowledge base in all Alaska Native cultures, supplemental information about the center's annual theme program "Our Healing Ways," as well as specific tasks and skills for each job assignment.

"As most businesses can attest, it is difficult to recruit, hire and train a large seasonal work force," said Margaret Nelson, ANHC president and CEO. "We are fortunate to have more than half of our seasonal staff...