Amazon hiring for 150,000 seasonal jobs, many in Illinois
Amazon continues in its attempt to fill 150,000 seasonal jobs across the U.S., including 4,500 in Illinois.
All Amazon jobs in the U.S., including seasonal roles, have an average starting pay of $18 per hour, sign-on bonuses up to $3,000 and an additional $3 per hour depending on shifts in many locations. Today’s seasonal roles come in addition to the 7,700 full and part-time operations jobs announced for Illinois previously.
“We are proud to be offering a huge range of full-time, part-time, and now seasonal jobs with great pay and benefits,” said Alicia Boler Davis, senior vice president, Global Customer Fulfillment. “Our seasonal hiring helps us deliver on our promises to customers while also providing flexibility to our full-time employees during busy periods. Joining Amazon in one of our seasonal roles offers high-paying, part-time work, or a path to a full-time position, with benefits like our Career Choice program to help people advance their education and careers within Amazon or beyond.”
Amazon said many of its seasonal employees return each holiday season year-after-year or choose to transition to full-time roles within the company.
“I never envisioned my seasonal role at Amazon would evolve into the long-term career path I have today,” said Arthur Harrison, senior operations manager at Amazon. “I’m grateful for the opportunity to continue to grow my career at a company providing good jobs to people across our community.”
Jobs in Amazon’s operations network include stowing, picking, packing, shipping and more. New hires will be fully trained and all facilities follow strict COVID-19 health and safety protocols.
Interested candidates can see all the regions with open positions at www.amazon.com/apply.
“We continue to be impressed by Amazon’s commitment to our community,” said Markham Mayor Roger Agpawa. “Amazon’s ability to create thousands of net-new roles for people cannot be understated, especially as the holiday season approaches and the need for support will only increase.”
Amazon was recently named by LinkedIn as the No. 1 company where Americans want to work and develop their careers.
Seasonal employees will help support full-time employees across over 250 new fulfillment centers, sortation centers, regional air hubs, and delivery stations that opened in the U.S. in 2021.
States with the greatest number of seasonal roles include: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
Learn more about working at Amazon at: https://www.amazon.jobs/en/landing_pages/working-at-amazon
