Aerial footage shows the line for Amazon’s Chicago job fair stretching around the block as dozens wait for their chance at getting hired. Amazon has planned hiring events in Chicago and five other major U.S. cities on Tuesday to recruit more than 30,000 full and part-time employees as part of its nationwide Career Day.
Amazon has announced plans to open a fulfillment center in northern Illinois, creating more than 500 new, full-time jobs starting at $15 an hour with comprehensive benefits.
The online retailer said Friday the more than 1 million-square-foot fulfillment center in Channahon, about 40 miles southwest of Chicago, will pack and ship large customer items such as sports equipment, patio furniture, kayaks, bicycles, and larger household goods.
Amazon said it currently employs more than 11,000 full-time workers throughout Illinois.
Alicia Boler Davis, Amazon's vice president of global customer fulfillment, said the company since 2010 has invested more than $4 billion in Illinois through its local fulfillment center and cloud infrastructure, research facilities and employee compensation.
