Amazon seeks 6,000 new fulfillment employees

Seattle – Amazon.com is hiring for more than 6,000 full-time jobs across its U.S. fulfillment network to meet growing customer demand. Employees will pick, pack and ship customer orders.



Amazon has more than 50 fulfillment centers in the U.S. The company is hiring in the following communities: Breinigsville, Carlisle and Hazelton, Pennsylvania; Chester and Petersburg, Virginia; Chattanooga and Murfreesboro, Tennessee; Haslet, Texas; Lexington and Hebron, Kentucky; Kenosha, Wisconsin; Jeffersonville and Plainfield, and Whitestown, Indiana; Middletown, Delaware; Robbinsville, New Jersey, West Columbia, South Carolina; and Windsor, Connecticut.



“We’re proud to be creating more than 6,000 full-time positions where employees will interact with state-of-the-art technology as part of their day-to-day roles,” said Mike Roth, Amazon’s VP of North America operations.



As part of its Career Choice program, Amazon offers classes from local community and technical colleges to employees onsite at select U.S. fulfillment centers. The company will pre-pay up to 95% of tuition for employee courses related to in-demand fields, regardless of whether the skills are relevant to a career at Amazon.