September 1, 2021 Amazon News News, facts, original stories, and more from the source.
Want to advance your career? Register for Amazon Career Day. Amazon is hiring for more than 40,000 corporate and tech roles in over 220 locations across the U.S. To give job seekers a chance to learn more about these roles and the tens of thousands of hourly positions available across Amazon’s Operations network, the company is hosting Career Day on September 15. Anyone can register for free here. Career Day will offer more than 20,000 individual career coaching sessions with Amazon recruiters, plus opportunities to learn about how to transition to higher-paying jobs for employees already at Amazon. World-leading experts will provide candid job advice on how to start, build, or transition careers. Amazon hired more than 450,000 people in the U.S. since the beginning of the pandemic in 2020 and is the largest job creator in the U.S. LinkedIn recently named Amazon the No. 1 company where Americans want to work and develop their careers. Read more Share this story
Meet two leaders helping the Amazon Air Hub get off the ground There’s nothing quite like successfully orchestrating the safe landing, loading, and takeoff of a 95-ton plane, sending it up to 35,000 feet on its way to deliver packages to customers across the country. That’s the moment Ryan Swagler and Jake Rose, leaders on the Amazon Air team, were most looking forward to ahead of the opening of the new Amazon Air Hub in Kentucky. Rose leads the load planning team at Amazon’s new hub at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, and Swagler leads the team that runs everything on the ramp, bringing the planes in, loading them, and sending them back off into the sky. “My team and I have always gotten these big, cheesy grins on our faces when we watch a plane take off,” Swagler said. “Watching the first plane take off from a new hub is a huge ‘high-five’ moment.” Read more about the new Amazon Air Hub Share this story
Amazon will hire 100,000 veterans and military spouses by 2024 Amazon currently employs more than 40,000 veterans and military spouses in areas including Operations, Sustainability, Alexa, and Amazon Web Services. To help military members with their leap from the service into private industry, Amazon—which plans to hire 100,000 more veterans and military spouses by 2024—provides comprehensive benefits that begin their first day on the job and access to programs to help them train for higher-paying jobs in robotics, cloud computing, and other in-demand fields. “Amazon is focused on recruiting and developing military talent with training programs specifically designed to help veterans transition into roles in the private sector,” said John Quintas, Amazon’s director of global military affairs. “We value the unique skills and experience that the military community brings—and our new hiring commitment will expand the impact that military members currently have on every single business across the company.” Read more Share this story
Surprising photo shows rise from temp to full-time Amazon recruiter The poster tumbled out of the office closet, a smiling life-sized visage of Alyssa Cox posing in her first days as a temp in an Amazon fulfillment center in Sumner, Washington. Cox looked at the recruiting poster from a decade ago and thought how cool it was that she was now back in the same office—as a recruiter herself. Cox worked her way up from a temporary role to a full-time job, a path from hourly employee in field operations to a salaried human resources employee that represents the Amazon way. Amazon looks to promote from within, and while Cox’s story is a powerful example, the data proves the trend: So far this year, of the 4,207 field operations promotions within fulfillment centers, 91% were filled by employees already in the field. Read more Share this story
A really cool Amazon job: Reading books on behalf of our customers Many of us have a dream job in mind, but how many people are actually doing it? Sarah Gelman, a book lover and author whisperer, is living her dream job each day leading the Amazon Books editorial team, which helps customers discover and fall in love with new reads. Reading and recommending great books across various genres is a job requirement. For a bookworm like Gelman, it’s a labor of love. “I still remember the first chapter book I ever read. I remember learning to read, and I feel like it opened up a world for me,” she said. “I love how reading takes you places that you’re not able to go otherwise and teaches you about people who are different from yourself. I’m incredibly passionate about helping others discover their love of reading, because if you love books, you’ll never be lonely or bored.” Learn more about this real (cool) job at Amazon Share this story
How to join America’s biggest recruiting event Job seekers can learn about open roles at Amazon, participate in career coaching sessions with recruiters, and get expert advice to help with starting, building, or transitioning their careers. Click here to register Share this story
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