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Amazon's Career Choice Program Helps 7,000 Employees Pursue New Careers in High-Demand FieldsAmazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced milestones for its innovative Career Choice Program. The key features of the company's peculiar Career Choice Program are that it pre-pays 95 percent of the cost of tuition to remove the financial barrier associated with returning to school, makes it easier for employees to participate by offering dedicated Career Choice classrooms on-site, and exclusively supports coursework related to in-demand fields according to sources like the Bureau of Labor Statistics - even if those skills are not related to jobs at Amazon. Since its inception four years ago, more than 7,000 Amazon employees in 10 countries have participated in Career Choice. "We're energized by the interest and enthusiasm in Career Choice that we've seen from our employees," said Dave Clark, senior vice president of worldwide operations for Amazon. "Through Career Choice our employees are becoming nurses, pharmacy technicians, accountants, and commercial drivers - all high-demand fields and many that provide a great service to the community. We're very proud of our employees who are taking advantage of the opportunity and look forward to seeing many more step forward in the years to come." Since the launch of Career Choice, Amazon has made several enhancements and incremental investments in the program since it first launched in July of 2012:
Amazon is now open-sourcing the Career Choice Program and sharing its best practices and lessons learned to help other companies implement similar programs. To learn more about Career Choice and how it can be applied at other businesses, contact Juan Garcia at [email protected]. In addition to the Career Choice Program, full-time hourly Amazon employees receive competitive wages and a comprehensive benefits package, including healthcare, 401(k) and company stock awards starting on day one, as well as generous maternity and parental leave benefits. Interested candidates can learn more or apply online at www.amazondelivers.jobs. 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. For more information, visit www.amazon.com/about.
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