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Amazon hiring spree--Creating 7,000 new jobs in 13 states
by Joseph Earnest July 29, 2013
Newscast Media SEATTLE—Online retail giant Amazon.com has announced that it will add 7,000 new jobs in 13 different states to its customer service and order fulfillment divisions. According to the eCommerce company, Amazon's median pay is 30% higher than that of people who work in traditional retail stores, and currently employs over 20,000 full-time employees at its U.S. fulfillment centers alone.
The available positions are in Coppell, Texas, San Antonio, Texas, Haslet, Texas Breinigsville, Pennsylvania, Middletown, Delaware, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Charleston, South Carolina, Patterson, California Chester, Virginia, Phoenix, Arizona, San Bernardino, California, Hebron, Kentucky, Spartanburg, South Carolina, Indianapolis, Indiana, Tracy, Calif. and Jeffersonville, Indiana.
"We're hiring more than 5,000 people to join our team and help us continue to innovate and serve our customers," said Dave Clark, vice president of worldwide operations and customer service at Amazon. "We're focused on sustained innovation across Amazon and want to help our employees succeed—whether at Amazon or elsewhere—so we offer programs like Career Choice, where we’ll pay for up to 95% of eligible employees' tuition regardless of whether the skills they learn are relevant to a career at Amazon."
The company is also adding 2,000 jobs in customer service, including full-time, part-time and seasonal. Jobs are available in Winchester, Ky.; Grand Forks, N.D.; Kennewick, Wash. and Huntington, W.Va. Work from home positions are available in Oregon, Washington and Arizona. Add Comments>>
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