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Amazon: The New Factory Model In a Town Near You

On Wednesday, August, 2, 2017, Amazon will pursue its goal of hiring 50,000 new employees, nationally--in one day! There are also virtual, customer-service, job opportunities available in various states (not all states).

Web URL Link: Amazon.jobs

I know that some of you have been in search for the traditional factory job for a while. I guess the Amazon business model is as close as you're going to get. Working in a factory requires constant to-and-from walking actions choosing specific items to package for shipment.  Most often workers must walk on a cement flooring so quality work/comfortable shoes are mandatory. 

Amazon still has some work to do in its job-website platform. There are some job opportunities, which were available last year, that are still listed. Maybe those jobs still need to be filled. Never the less, it doesn't give a great impression of their current hiring promotion. Can you imagine 50,000 American citizens applying on the Amazon website at the same time tomorrow? Hoping that it will be an organized job-fair event. I am assuming that some workers, nationally, have already been hired. 

Are we ever going back to the days of paper job application in hand, when applying for a job? How many of you miss this traditional activity of business brands of the HELP WANTED function? Today's online applications take between 45 minutes to 2 hours to complete. 

Such effort of completing digital job applications takes time and organization.  Finding a job in today's world is often considered to be liking working a full day.  It requires you to have all of your work profile in hand and available (unless you have memorized all of your work experiences and skills, or have never worked a job before). Oh boy, and don't forget to hit that "SUBMIT" button after completing your application! If not your application and attachments (such as your resume) will not be sent to the company's hiring manager. 

Submit.