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title: "VentureBeat: Now hiring every available human: Amazon posts 50,000 warehouse jobs in U.S."
url: https://burnaze.com/article/c74b0c62-9c46-4e3a-a531-18899fd7d8e8
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/venturebeat-now-hiring-every-available-human-amazon-posts-50000-warehouse-jobs-in-us-2703426
category: "General"
published: 2017-07-27T13:08:08.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:09:58.098Z
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# VentureBeat: Now hiring every available human: Amazon posts 50,000 warehouse jobs in U.S.

**TL;DR:** Amazon announced 50,000 new job opportunities in the US, with one-fifth being part-time and the rest full-time. The company will host 10 job fairs to fill these positions.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2017-07-27. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/venturebeat-now-hiring-every-available-human-amazon-posts-50000-warehouse-jobs-in-us-2703426).*

## Story

Today, Amazon announced the addition of 50,000 job opportunities for Americans. According to a recent article in VentureBeat, this comes as a fulfillment of the company's earlier promise to increase U.S. employment by roughly 55 percent.

Of these new jobs, one fifth will be part time positions and the rest will be full time. Amazon will be hosting 10 job fairs around the nation in order to begin filling these positions.

James Olson, VP of Worldwide Operations Human Resources said, "We’re excited to be creating great jobs that offer highly competitive wages, benefits starting on day one, and the chance for employees to go back to school through our Career Choice program."

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- General (sector)
- United States (location)
- Amazon (company)
- job creation (topic)
- warehouse jobs (topic)
- us employment (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/venturebeat-now-hiring-every-available-human-amazon-posts-50000-warehouse-jobs-in-us-2703426). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/c74b0c62-9c46-4e3a-a531-18899fd7d8e8).