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Currently recruiting for the season that runs from April 23rd, 2025 to October 8th, 2025.

    Souvenir Division

    Retail Store Associate

    $16.00 - $17.00 / hour
    Ketchikan

    The Tongass Trading Souvenir Division is comprised of four souvenir stores that serve over 1.5 million tourists that visit beautiful Ketchikan, Alaska each year. Having prime locations right on the cruise ship docks or right across the street; our stores are CRAZY busy.

    We are looking for seasonal employees to work in our stores in Ketchikan, Alaska for the 2025 summer season.

    Your responsibilities may include:

    • Customer service
    • Upselling merchandise
    • Stocking sales floor merchandise
    • Sales floor recovery
    • Cashiering
    • Opening/closing cash registers
    • Communicating store needs with managers
    • Keeping the store organized, clean, and inviting
    • Processing merchandise in the warehouses
    • End of season inventory

    Skills/Abilities you need to be successful:

    • A love for hard work and productivity
    • Customer service friendly personality
    • Reliable, Energetic, and Teachable
    • Ability to perform in fast-paced environments
    • Ability to quickly switch back and forth between tasks
    • Excellent communication skills
    • Organized, Mindful, and Respectful
    • Quick learner
    • Flexibility and adaptability to work hours and days as needed

    Pay: $16/hour with up to $1 an hour bonus

    Perks:

    • 20% off employee merchandise discount
    • Seasonal borough bus pass to get around Ketchikan
    • Return travel within the 50 US states after fulfilled seasonal contract
    • up to $1/hour bonus for every hour worked with a fulfilled seasonal contract
    • Completely furnished housing for $250/month

How to Apply

Please email your resume to [email protected] and reference which position you are applying for.

Seasonal employment for the 2025 season is from mid April - mid October. Preference is given to those that can complete the entire season. However, resumes are accepted for those with partial season availability.

No J-1 or H-2B visa positions are available at this time

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