Amazon Hiring 120,000 For The Holidays

Amazon.com, Inc. AMZN needs to hire 120,000 new part-time workers across its entire network to ensure a flawless and efficient shopping experience ahead of the holiday season.

According to a press release, the jobs will be spread out across its fulfillment centers, sortation centers and customer service cites. The company also expects more than 14,000 of these part time jobs will become regular, full-time roles after the holiday season.

"This is our favorite time of year—we love serving customers during the busy holiday season and we're excited to bring on more than 120,000 seasonal employees this year to support growing customer demand," said Mike Roth, Amazon Vice President of Global Customer Fulfillment. "Last year alone, more than 14,000 seasonal employees stayed on in regular, full-time positions after the holidays and we expect to increase that number this year."

Here is a summary of how many seasonal jobs Amazon created over the past five years:

• In 2015, 100,000 seasonal jobs were created.
• In 2014, 80,000 seasonal jobs were created.
• In 2013, 70,000 seasonal jobs were created.
• In 2012, 50,000 seasonal jobs were created.
• In 2011, "thousands" of seasonal jobs were created in various cities.