Amazon to Veterans: We’re Going To Hire 100,000 Workers
By 2024, Amazon is hoping to have more than 100,000 military veterans and spouses working for them, increasing its pledge of hiring 25,000 by the end of the year, according to the company’s press release.
“This is an interesting opportunity for veterans and military spouses,” said Alan Hubbard, NTI’s chief operating officer. A nonprofit organization, NTI helps Americans with disabilities, military veterans, and family caregivers, and provides free training and job placement. “Hopefully, more companies will follow the lead of Amazon and commit to hiring military veterans and spouses.”
Amazon says it employs more than 40,000 veterans and military spouses in multiple positions and provides training in robotics, cloud computing, and other fields that are in demand.
“Amazon is focused on recruiting and developing military talent with training programs specifically designed to help veterans transition into roles in the private sector,” said John Quintas, Amazon’s director of global military affairs, in the press release. “We value the unique skills and experience that the military community brings, and our new hiring commitment will expand the impact that military members currently have on every single business across the company.”
Eric Eversole, who leads Hiring Our Heroes, a program of the U.S Chamber of Commerce Foundation, said, “Through their commitment to providing upskilling and employment opportunities in high demand careers, Amazon is equalizing opportunity for veterans and military spouses.” For more about the programs for veterans, visit Amazon.jobs.
Other companies offering programs to help veterans and military spouses get hired include Bank of America, which offers “The Strategy & Management Military Program,” Google, Walgreens, Home Depot, Boeing, PwC, Verizon, United Healthcare, Walmart, and Lockheed Martin.
“These are great opportunities for military veterans and spouses,” said Hubbard. “We know from our experiences in helping veterans find jobs that companies are very pleased when they join their teams with of the wealth of life experience, skills, and training they bring to positions. Hopefully, more companies will follow their lead and give more veterans and military spouses opportunities to work in their businesses.”
(NTI, a nonprofit organization, helps Americans with disabilities, veterans, and family caregivers find remote working opportunities with free training and job placement services. To register go to www.ntiathome.org.)