The Top 5 of the Top 100: Alaska's largest private employers put people first.

• Author: Kay, Alexandra
• Position: CORPORATE 100

Providence Alaska leads the Corporate 100 pack once again-with NANA Regional Corporation, Trident Seafoods Corporation. Arctic Slope Regional Corporation (ASRC), and Fred Meyer rounding out the top five largest private employers in Alaska.

Over the past year, the top five collectively provided jobs for more than 20,000 people, despite the challenges of the ongoing pandemic. These companies lead by example and represent about 27 percent of the 75,541 jobs reported by the 2022 Alaska Business Corporate 100.

Providence Alaska

With 5,000 employees in Alaska (adding to its parent network's 119,000 worldwide), Providence Alaska is number one on the list once again. The largest private sector and nonprofit employer in the state, the healthcare provider serves Alaskans in six communities: Anchorage, Eagle River, Matanuska-Susitna Valley, Kodiak Island, Seward, and Valdez.

The company's mission is one of the top reasons why employees say they work for Providence, which provides care for the poor and vulnerable, regardless of ability to pay. The company cares about its employees just as much and is dedicated to helping them gain skills and opportunity.

To better support their caregivers' learning and growth, Providence recently started using a self-paced virtual learning platform to allow its employees "to reinvent themselves one skill at a time." The company also brought on Linkedln Learning as part of that platform and increased its tuition reimbursement to $5,250 to help support caregivers who are pursuing external education. Providence is accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center Program's Transition to Practice for all nursing hires, which is designed to ease a nurse's path into practice through things like didactic cases, precepting, and mentorship. Other employees are hired into structured residency development programs (doctors and nurses), into positions that require specific license (Certified Nurse Assistant), or into positions that provide on-the-job training (Food Service or Environmental Services).

The company continues with its incredible track record of success by attracting the best hires--and by providing the right training and tools to make sure their employees are successful, have room for growth, and can participate in team decision making. Even when things are difficult--for example, during the COVID-19 pandemic--Providence caregivers provide compassionate care to the people who need it.

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