Amazon.com has announced it is creating 100,000 seasonal positions across its U.S. network of fulfillment and sortation centers this holiday season to meet the increase in customer demand. It will be in Hartford next week at a closed job fair to staff up locations in Wallingford and Windsor.
“Seasonal employees play a critical role in meeting customer demand and we’re excited to be adding thousands of jobs in Connecticut. We will be at the Open Hearth Association Job Fair on Oct. 30 from 2 to 4 p.m.,” said Aaron Toso, Amazon corporate communications, in an email to HBJToday.
In the months leading up to this holiday season, Amazon has also hired tens of thousands of regular, full-time employees, Toso added. It has more than 500 employees at its Windsor location. He didn’t disclose hiring levels for its Wallingford center that will open before year’s end.
“We’ve hired more than 25,000 full-time associates across the U.S. in recent months and we’re looking forward to adding 100,000 seasonal employees for the upcoming holiday season,” said Mike Roth, Amazon’s vice president of North America operations. “Following last year’s holiday season, tens of thousands of seasonal employees found regular, full-time roles with Amazon. We’re excited to grow our team by finding great talent through our seasonal hiring efforts in addition to creating new full-time jobs that offer comprehensive benefits starting on day one.”
Amazon has more than 90,000 full-time employees across its more than 50 fulfillment centers and 20 sortation centers in the U.S. To meet customer demand and prepare for the 2015 holiday season, Amazon has hired over 25,000 full-time employees since August. Throughout the year on average, nearly 90 percent of associates across the company’s U.S. fulfillment network are regular, full-time employees.
Clarification – This story has been updated to reflect the job fair is closed to the public. Initial info from Amazon suggested it was open.
