Best Buy, Amazon Casting Broad Nets for Holiday, Full-Time Job Seekers
Best Buy is holding hiring events for the holiday season and beyond Thursday to help fill “thousands” of part-time, full-time and seasonal positions, it said Monday. The first-time event, during a widespread labor shortage, will include virtual hiring events for…
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all Best Buy stores and home services teams across the country for jobs in sales, customer service, repair and installation. After submitting an application, qualified candidates will be asked to complete a virtual video interview to answer questions and say why they want to work for Best Buy. Its distribution centers are also hiring and will hold in-person hiring fairs Thursday. The company pushed its benefits package including $15 hourly starting pay, an employee discount on products and services, college tuition discounts at certain schools, and savings on fitness memberships and on insurance plans “from home and auto to pet coverage.” Last week, Amazon said a Sept. 1 career day it hosted drew over 1 million job applications from 170 countries and more than half a million in the U.S. Popular positions sought included tech jobs in software development, IT, support and operations management. Amazon has 40,000 open corporate and tech roles and 125,000 open jobs in its operations network, it said. Amazon recruiters offered 30,000 individual career coaching sessions with participants whether they wanted to work at Amazon or elsewhere, it said.