Amazon to Hire 70,000 Full-Time Workers for the Holidays

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By Seth Fiegerman2013-10-01 13:44:34 UTC

Amazon is about to go on a massive hiring spree ahead of the holiday season.

The ecommerce giant announced Tuesday that it plans to hire 70,000 full-time workers for its fulfillment centers to keep up with increased demand during the holidays. Amazon says that represents a 40% increase from last year's seasonal hiring, suggesting that the company is optimistic about growing consumer demand this year.

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While the jobs are seasonal, Amazon says that "thousands" of seasonal employees last year were brought on as full-time employees year round.

Amazon revealed in its last earnings report that it was closing in on 100,000 full-time employees, about twice the number of people that Google employs and triple Amazon's staff size just three years earlier.

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