Event on September
16 open to all job seekers – with team of 1,000 Amazon
recruiters offering 20,000 free career coaching sessions across
North America in a single
day
Company currently has 800 open corporate and
tech positions available in Canada
supporting areas that include
Alexa, AWS, Amazon Advertising, Operations
Technology, and Prime Video – with additional hourly roles
in Amazon's Operations network to be announced soon
Many full-time Amazon jobs come with leading
pay and competitive benefits – including medical, vision and dental
coverage, a group RRSP plan, stock awards, and performance-based
bonuses starting on day one
SEATTLE, Sept. 9, 2020 /CNW/ - Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) today
announced it will host its 2020 Career Day on Wednesday,
September 16. As a part of the North
America-wide virtual event, Amazon will give attendees the
opportunity to learn more about the nearly 800 corporate and tech
jobs currently available in many Canadian locations, with
additional hourly positions in the company's operations network to
be announced soon. Amazon will also mobilize 1,000 of its
recruiters to provide 20,000 career coaching sessions to attendees
in a single day. Anyone can participate in Career Day 2020 by going
to amazon.jobs/careerday to register and book an appointment with
an Amazon recruiter.
With many people left unemployed by the economic impact of
COVID-19 and searching for new jobs, Career Day is designed to
support all job seekers, regardless of their level of experience,
professional field, or background – regardless of whether they are
looking for a job at Amazon or another company. On top of the
20,000 one-on-one coaching sessions, Career Day also includes three
hours of mainstage programming that will feature fireside chats,
panel discussions, and interviews with leading career-advice
experts and Amazon executives. Starting today, participants will be
able to register for live software-code review workshops, as well
as breakout sessions to learn more about jobs in Amazon's growing
logistics network.
"For somebody who loves to build, invent, and create value for
customers, Amazon is an exciting place to grow your career. We're
proud to offer quality jobs for Canadians while investing in
economic recovery," said Jesse
Dougherty, Amazon VP and Vancouver Site Lead.
2020 marks the first time that
Amazon Career Day is open to Canadian job seekers. Last year,
17,000 job seekers attended Amazon Career Day events in six U.S.
cities – and more than 200,000 people applied for jobs in the week
leading up to the event. Building on that success, Amazon is taking
the event virtual and opening Amazon Career Day 2020 to everyone,
regardless of their location. The event will give participants the
chance to:
- Receive individualized career coaching. A team of 1,000
Amazon recruiters will conduct 20,000 free, one-on-one career
coaching sessions with job seekers across North America. Attendees will be able to
select their fields of interest: hourly roles; tech and non-tech
positions at the company's corporate offices and Tech Hubs; and
opportunities for students and recent graduates. Amazon will match
the attendees with an appropriate recruiter to help them prepare
for their next job.
- Discover new tools to navigate the current job market.
The mainstage event will be headlined by television host and life
coach Karamo Brown and former
professional football player and NASA astronaut Leland Melvin, who will share their personal
stories of career change and overcoming adversity. Attendees will
also hear from recruiting experts and career coaches giving advice
on how they can adapt their skills and experiences, build their
professional brands, and reimagine their resumes in order to
improve their chances of landing a job.
- Learn more about open roles at Amazon. Participants will
be able to apply for a wide range of roles at Amazon, with
recruiters on hand to talk about entry-level positions in the
company's operations network, corporate roles at its Tech Hubs in
Vancouver and Toronto; as well as engineering, data science,
marketing, human resources, and finance roles that support Alexa,
Amazon Advertising, AWS, Operations Technology, and Prime Video.
Global Amazon leaders Kara Hurst,
Vice President Worldwide Sustainability; David Bozeman, Vice President Amazon
Transportation Services; and Cherris
Armour, Director of Amazon Worldwide Operations will discuss
their roles and share insights about Amazon's culture. Attendees
will also be able to learn more about Amazon's industry-leading
employee pay and benefits – including competitive wages, benefits,
incentives and access to innovative employee programs.
- Participate in interactive Amazon career workshops.
Attendees will have the opportunity to join smaller breakout
sessions for those interested in hourly opportunities at Amazon's
fulfillment centers and physical stores, led by staffing
specialists, and a live coding review with senior Amazon software
development engineers.
Working at Amazon in Canada
In total, Amazon employs more than 21,000 full- and part-time
employees at the company's fulfillment centres, corporate offices,
development centres, and other facilities in Ontario, British
Columbia, Alberta,
Manitoba and Quebec. Between
2010 and 2019, Amazon invested more than $11
billion (CDN) in Canada,
including infrastructure and compensation to our employees. With
more than 875,000 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, #5 in
Fast Company's 2018 World's Most Innovative Companies and 2019 50
Best Workplaces for Innovators.
On top of the company's direct hires, over 30,000 Canadian
small and medium-sized businesses collectively exceeded over
$900 million in sales on Amazon
Canada's online stores in 2018. Amazon's
expenditures in Canada in 2019
have created an estimated 24,000 jobs at firms other than
Amazon.
For more information about Career Day 2020 – including how to
register for the event, book your one-on-one session with an Amazon
recruiter, and apply for open roles – visit
amazon.jobs/careerday.
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.
SOURCE Amazon Canada