Next Wednesday, August 2nd, Amazon is planning on making thousands of on-site job offers. The big holiday season is coming soon and Amazon wants to be ahead of the game. With all of the new hires now, Amazon won’t be competing with other retailers later when hiring seasonal workers. Amazon wants to fill 50,000 job openings and most of them in that one day. Nearly 40,000 of those jobs will be full time. “Amazon Jobs Day” is what they are calling this hiring event will take place in Amazon centers around the nation.
The hiring events will take place from 8 a.m. until noon local time in Baltimore, Maryland; Chattanooga, Tennessee; Etna, Ohio; Fall River, Massachusetts; Hebron, Kentucky; Kenosha, Wisconsin; Kent, Washington; Robbinsville, New Jersey; Romeoville, Illinois; and Whitestown, Indiana. They will also have off-site events for part-time opportunities in Buffalo, New York and Oklahoma City.