More than 1 million people applied for Amazon jobs during its Career Day 2021, September 15, the retailer stated.
The event attracted job seekers from more than 170 countries around the world as 2,000-plus Amazon recruiters offered 30,000 individual career coaching sessions with participants. Those participants included people from all 50 of the United States who had the opportunity to learn directly from Amazon employees about the 40,000 open corporate and technology roles, and the 125,000 open jobs in Amazon’s Operations network, Amazon noted. Since it announced Career Day 2021 on September 1, Amazon has received more than 500,000 job applications for corporate, tech and hourly roles in the U.S., the company reported.
The recruiters provided job seekers with professional advice to start, transition or grow careers, whether they wanted to seek employment at Amazon or elsewhere. More than 220,000 job seekers visited the event site to view presentations from Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, Wall Street executive Carla Harris, New York Times best-selling author David Epstein, among others offering employment advice, Amazon asserted.
“We know a lot of people are looking for work right now, and many more are hoping to change their careers,” said Beth Galetti, Amazon svp/People eXperience and Technology, in announcing the Career Day results. “We are paying close attention to this, and we feel uniquely positioned to help, not only because of the tens of thousands of jobs that we have open but also for the opportunity we offer people to build a meaningful career. We think Amazon is a great place to work for those who crave the freedom to invent, the chance to make a big impact, and an inclusive workplace to do so. We are glad so many people joined Career Day to learn more about the jobs we have to offer.”
