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July 23, 2012 08:52 pm GMT
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Amazon Launches Career Choice Program To Fund Tuition For Fulfillment Center Employees
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos frequently uses the e-commerce site's front page as a place to announce changes in service or major new initiatives. As one of the most-trafficked sites on the web, it's the perfect place to make a big splash. And today, he is using that space to announce its new Career Choice Program, which will provide tuition help for fulfillment center employees who seek careers in well-paying, in-demand areas like computer-aided design or medical lab technologies.Amazon already touts its ability to pay fulfillment center employees about 30 percent more than retail store employees. But now it's trying to help them find better-paying jobs. Through the Career Choice Program, Amazon has agreed to pay tuition for employees in its fulfillment centers, as long as they use the money to pay for courses in a select number of areas.Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/dKiKQmiJOHw/
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