Amazon to host its first-ever Career Day in India, to offer 8,000 jobs

The world
largest online retailer, Amazon is going to host its first ever Career Day in
India on September 16, 2021. A virtual event will be organised in which the employees
of Amazon will share their work experiences with the company. Andy Jassy who is
a CEO of Amazon will also be present at the event.

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According to
Business Standard report, that Amazon in its first Career Day will hire 8000 positions
across 35 cities in India including Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, Gurgaon, and
Mumbai. The other cities include Kolkata, Noida, Amritsar, Ahmedabad, Bhopal,
Coimbatore, Jaipur, Kanpur, Ludhiana, Pune, and Surat. The job openings will be
available across corporate, technology, customer service, and operations roles.

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

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“Apart from
India, Amazon is also hosting its job fest which is also known as Career Day in
countries including Japan, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, UK, and Canada. “From
the past two years, Career Day has been hosted in the US. Looking at the
response the event was receiving across different Amazon geographies, we
decided that we will scale it up beyond the U.S,” she added.

Apart from hiring
for jobs, 140 Amazon recruiters will also conduct 2000 free, one on one career coaching
sessions with job seekers in India.

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Amazon’s  global senior vice-president and country head,
Amit Agarwal is looking for interested developers who join us in this life time
opportunity to transform India digitally. On the Career Day, he is looking
forward to sharing long-term commitment to tapping in India in the 21st
century, with job opportunities to empower and empower this legacy.