Tens of thousands line up at Amazon job fairs as Dow tops 22,000

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  • Amazon wants to hire you, and 49,999 others, to pack stuff - CNET
    https://www.cnet.com/news/amazon-wants-to-hire-you-and-49999-others-to-ship-stuff

    Want to work for Amazon? If you’re down to sling packing tape and stuff plastic air bladders into boxes, the company has a job for you.

    In what it’s calling “the nation’s largest job fair,” Amazon will gear up 10 of its huge warehouses nationwide to lure potential employees. It starts at 8 a.m. sharp on August 2, aka “Boxing Day.”

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d3DKy-ahdg

    And if that’s not enough to get you to show up on Job Day, there’s always the lure of working alongside really fast robots.

    • Amazon - Press Room - Press Release
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      Amazon Has More Than 50,000 Jobs Available and Expects to Hire Thousands of Employees at the Nation’s Largest Job Fair

      Amazon Jobs Day will open 10 fulfillment centers across the U.S. for candidates to take a tour, learn more about working at Amazon and see the jobs in person

      Potential job seekers can apply for a role on-site at Amazon Jobs Day events, speak to company representatives and receive an on-the-spot job offer
      […]
      More than 10,000 of these opportunities will be part-time jobs at the company’s sortation centers throughout the US. These positions will sort and consolidate customer packages to enable superfast shipping speeds and Sunday delivery for customers. Part-time positions offer flexibility for individuals looking to earn money during windows of availability in their schedules. Employees who work more than 20 hours per week receive benefits, including life and disability insurance, dental and vision insurance with premiums paid in full by Amazon, and funding towards medical insurance.

    • Amazon Jobs Day events will be held at the company’s fulfillment centers in the following locations:
      Baltimore, Maryland
      Chattanooga, Tennessee
      Etna, Ohio
      Fall River, Massachusetts
      Hebron, Kentucky
      Kenosha, Wisconsin
      Kent, Washington
      Robbinsville, New Jersey
      Romeoville, Illinois
      Whitestown, Indiana

      Additionally, Amazon will be hosting off-site Jobs Day events from 8 a.m. to noon local time at the following locations where applicants will be able to walk in and interview for part-time opportunities and walk out with a job offer.
      Buffalo, New York
      Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

      For those interested in watching the excitement of Amazon Jobs Day remotely, the company will be covering the event via Facebook Live with updates, behind-the-scenes activities and candidate stories. To watch the action in real-time, visit one of the company’s Facebook pages at […]. You can also follow the event on Twitter at […] for real-time updates.