Amazon Hiring 10,000 In Illinois

Amazon is hiring more than 120,000 seasonal workers nationwide, including 10,000 new employees in Illinois. That means jobs at local fulfillment centers, sortation centers and customer service sites — and some of those positions could become permanent, according to Amazon. The company said thousands of holiday positions last year were transitioned to regular, full-time roles after the holidays and the company expects to continue that trend this year.

“We prepare year round for the holidays and we’re excited to hire for over 120,000 positions this season to help delight our customers,” Dave Clark, Amazon senior vice president of Global Customer Fulfillment, said in a news relase. “We look forward to welcoming back holiday employees who return year-after-year to Amazon and welcome new faces to the team, many of whom will continue on with regular, full-time roles with the company after the holidays.”

Those seasonal workers will "will join the more than 125,000 regular, full-time employees at Amazon’s more than 75 fulfillment centers across the country to help pick, pack and ship customers’ holiday orders," Amazon said.

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Candidates interested in available positions can learn more and apply online at www.amazon.com/peakjobs.

Amazon has also said it plans to hire thousands of new workers in Illinois over the next two years. Amazon distribution centers in the state include Joliet, Aurora, Romeoville and Monee. In August, the company hosted the Amazon Jobs Day, hosting a recruiting event at the Romeoville location and several other sites across the country.

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