Amazon announced several job milestones recently. So far this year, the company said it had promoted 35,000 operations employees across North America, and created 100,000 jobs heading into the holidays. Also, the company provided training for more than 30,000 employees through its Career Choice program, which helps employees pursue a career in high-demand fields.
According to the statement, Amazon has invested more than $60 million in Career Choice. The program offers courses covering 20 different career paths, including:
Amazon has partnered with more than 85 education partners and community colleges in the U.S. More than half of the participants are from minority groups.
Marcus Vegas, an Amazon employee from New Jersey, joined the company as a seasonal employee in 2018. He quickly found that Amazon offered him growth opportunities. Since he transitioned to a full-time, permanent employee in 2019, he has been promoted four times and is now a Delivery Operations Manager at his delivery station.
“Amazon has given me so many opportunities,” Vegas said. “At every level, I’ve achieved, there’s always been a clear path for the next step and growth. Leaders have trusted me to deliver results and there’s endless support at every turn.”
In addition to promoting and upskilling employees across its network, Amazon’s seasonal roles also include bonus holiday incentives. Jobs in Amazon’s operations network include stowing, picking, packing shipping, and delivering customer orders, and can include a wide variety of other jobs including managing people, being a safety ambassador, working in HR, IT, operating robotics, and more.
New hires will be fully trained and all facilities follow strict COVID-19 health and safety protocols. Interested candidates can visit amazon.com/apply to learn more about locally available jobs of all kinds.
“At Amazon, we believe in providing our employees with great jobs and better futures. We’re proud to see our employees grow through promotions to the next level at Amazon and also through programs like Career Choice, which help them pursue careers in high demand fields,” said Alicia Boler Davis, Amazon’s vice president of global customer fulfillment. “These 35,000 newly-promoted Amazonians came from a variety of backgrounds, and many started in seasonal jobs.”
Recently, Amazon was ranked #2 on Forbes’ World’s Best Employers list, a list based entirely on anonymous employee input. On top of an industry-leading $15 minimum wage, full-time employees receive comprehensive benefits on day one, including health, dental, and vision insurance, 401K with 50 percent company match, and a network to succeed.
“Career Choice is one way we help people think big about their careers, and we offer training across a wide variety of skills needed for high-demand fields,” said Darcie Henry, vice president of global HR for Amazon Operations. “We’re excited for the 30,000 people who have already participated in the program to continue contributing to their communities and creating better futures for their families. And we hope that number will continue to grow—people hired today could be the Career Choice graduates of tomorrow.”
Patricia Soto is a former Amazon employee who went through Career Choice and is now a certified clinical medical assistant at Sutter Gould Medical Foundation.
“I had worked in a warehouse setting for years but knew I wanted to help people and had been curious about healthcare. In just nine months, I became a certified clinical medical assistant while working at Amazon in Tracy, California, thanks to Career Choice,” she said. “A healthcare career would have been difficult to obtain without tuition support from Amazon and an internship opportunity to apply my new skills. For anyone thinking about it, you only have something to gain from participating in the Career Choice program.”
You can read more stories from Amazon employees on their Day One blog.
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