Amazon’s Job Fair Will Hire 8000 Employees In 24 Hours; 50,000 Indians Will Be Hired In 12 Months

According to Reuters, Amazon’s scaling up hiring in India, chief executive Andy Jassy has said the company is planning to hire 55,000 people for corporate and technology roles globally in the coming months.

 “We are seeking passionate builders out there to join us in this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to digitally transform India,” said Amit Agarwal, global senior vice president and country head, Amazon India. 

Amazon stated that it will continue to support the government’s efforts to expand job creation and skill training programmes across the country. Also, on September 16, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. IST, Amazon will host the Career Day event. 

“This Career Day, we look forward to sharing our long-term commitment to tapping into India’s potential in the 21 st century, and career opportunities to empower and enable this legacy.”

-Amit Agarwal, global senior vice president and country head, Amazon India

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Jassy said that over 40,000 will be in the United States and the rest will be in countries such as India, Germany and Japan via its job fair ‘Amazon Career Day.’

Jassy, in his first press interview, said that there is a huge demand in retail, the cloud and advertising and since Amazon is launching satellites into orbit to widen broadband access, called Project Kuiper, would require a lot of new hires

“There are so many jobs during the pandemic that have been displaced or have been altered, and there are so many people who are thinking about different and new jobs,” said Jassy, who cited a U.S. survey from PwC that 65% of workers wanted a new gig, according to Reuters. 

According to Amazon, the new hiring will lead to a 20% increase in the workforce, which now stands at roughly 275,000 people worldwide.

“Everybody at the company has the freedom – and, the expectation – to critically look at how it can be better and then invent ways to make it better,” Jassy told Reuters. 

Amazon Career Day

Amazon Career Day is a free event on September 16, 2021, at 10:00 am IST. 

 “This interactive experience is for all job seekers, regardless of your level of experience, professional field, or background – whether you are interested in working at Amazon or elsewhere,” the company said in a statement.

“Our commitment in India is that we will create around 20 lakh direct and indirect jobs by 2025,” said Deepti Varma, HR Leader, Corporate, APAC, and MENA, Amazon, in an interview. 

“We’ve already created around 10 lakh direct and indirect jobs. Even during the pandemic, we had nearly created around 3 lakh direct and indirect jobs across technologies, content creation, retail, logistics, and manufacturing. The whole Career Day event is designed to support all job seekers when they are looking for new jobs or sometimes they’re also wanting to transition into a different career. This is an opportunity for them to understand Amazon better.”

Details About The Course

• 140 Amazon recruiters will provide 2000 free one-on-one career coaching sessions with job seekers across the country.
• Several global and India-focused workshops.
• Recruiters will provide insights on how to properly approach the job search process, resume-building skills etc.
• Registration is not required to attend Amazon Career Day 2021.
• If you want to participate in a career coaching session, click the “Register Now” button via this link and complete the registration form.
• To learn about Amazon job opportunities, click on their job page: amazon.jobs/in.

“We are seeking passionate builders out there to join us in this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to digitally transform India,”

-Amit Agarwal, global senior vice president and country head, Amazon India.