Amazon Expands Chicago Tech Hub and Announces Plans to Create 400 New Tech Jobs
September 16 2019 - 7:45AM
Business Wire
Amazon to double its tech workforce in downtown
Chicago
Tomorrow, September 17th, Amazon will hold
‘Amazon Career Day’ event in Chicago for job seekers to learn more
about the hundreds of open positions across Illinois—candidates can
register at amazon.jobs/careerday
The company has created more than 11,000
full-time jobs in Illinois and invested over $4.4 billion in the
state since 2010, including infrastructure and compensation
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced an expansion of its
Chicago Tech Hub and plans to create 400 new tech jobs in fields
including cloud computing, advertising, and business development.
To accommodate this job creation, Amazon will expand its office in
downtown Chicago by more than 70,000 square feet, allowing the
company to double its tech workforce in the city. Job seekers
interested in learning more about Amazon’s new positions in Chicago
and across Illinois can attend the Amazon Career Day event on
September 17th. For more information – including how to register
for the event and apply for open roles – visit
amazon.jobs/careerday.
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“We’re excited to create more opportunity in Chicago – a city
with terrific talent and a culture of innovation,” said Geoff
Nyheim, Director Central US AWS Sales. “We look forward to doubling
our teams in the Windy City, contributing to its diverse economy,
and hiring local talent to fill exciting roles across Amazon.”
“Chicago is a global hub with an unmatched workforce - the ideal
incubator for Amazon to attract the talent needed to fuel its
continued growth,” said Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot. “Today's
announcement, along with tomorrow's Career Day, represents Amazon's
commitment to Chicago and the diverse and innovative talent found
here.”
Amazon’s Chicago Tech Hub is one of the company’s 18 North
American Tech Hubs – a network of development centers in addition
to Amazon’s Seattle and Arlington, Virginia headquarters. Together,
these Hubs have more than 20,000 employees innovating for Amazon
customers around the world. Chicago-based Amazon teams currently
build and support products and services for Amazon Web Services
(AWS), Amazon Advertising, and the company’s Transportation and
Operations units. Together with its customer fulfillment and retail
facilities, Amazon has created more than 11,000 full-time jobs in
Illinois and invested over $4.4 billion in the state since 2010,
including infrastructure and compensation to its employees.
Amazon Career Day
To help job seekers with their next career opportunity, Amazon
will hold six informational and networking events this week in
Chicago, Boston, Dallas, Nashville, Seattle and Arlington, Virginia
– the site of the company’s second headquarters in North America.
The Chicago event will take place at the Vertiport Hangar (1339 S.
Wood Street) from 11:30 am to 7 pm. The Amazon Career Day events
will feature businesses across Amazon, and recruiters will be
on-hand to talk to candidates about corporate roles at the
company’s 18 Tech Hubs, as well as within our customer fulfillment,
delivery, and retail facilities. In addition to the positions
available at the company, the events will include informational
sessions on how to sell on Amazon, start your own delivery company
becoming a Delivery Service Partner, or publish your own book.
With more than 650,000 employees worldwide, Amazon has been
recognized on LinkedIn’s Top Companies list for the past four
years, ranked #2 in the Fortune 2017 and 2018 World’s Most Admired
Companies, and ranked #5 in Fast Company's World’s Most Innovative
Companies. The company also receives a perfect score from the Human
Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index. Amazon provides highly
competitive benefits to full-time employees, including
comprehensive healthcare from day one, 401(k) matching, and up to
20-weeks of paid parental leave — from the company’s most senior
executives to its hourly FC associates. Through its Upskilling 2025
initiative, Amazon has also committed $700 million to programs
aiming to provide employees with the skills they need for new,
in-demand jobs, from paid cloud computing apprenticeships to its
Career Choice program, which pre-pays 95% of tuition for courses in
in-demand fields, regardless of whether skills are relevant to a
career at Amazon.
Investing and creating jobs in Illinois
Since 2010, Amazon has invested over $4.4 billion in Illinois,
including building customer fulfillment and cloud infrastructure,
research facilities, and compensation to employees. The company
estimates that these direct investments in the state contributed an
additional $3.3 million to Illinois’ economy (2010-2018) and
generated an additional 10,000 indirect jobs on top of the
company’s direct hires. There are also more than 73,500 authors,
developers, and small and medium-sized businesses in Illinois
starting or growing their businesses with Amazon.
About Amazon
Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather
than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to
operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Customer reviews,
1-Click shopping, personalized recommendations, Prime, Fulfillment
by Amazon, AWS, Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle, Fire tablets,
Fire TV, Amazon Echo, and Alexa are some of the products and
services pioneered by Amazon. For more information, visit
www.amazon.com/about.
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