<div dir="ltr">Amazon news for the Chicagoland area. <br><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">F Lopez, Diamond</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:diamlope@amazon.com">diamlope@amazon.com</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Apr 28, 2023 at 4:16 PM<br>Subject: Amazon Monthly Community Newsletter - April 2023<br>To: F Lopez, Diamond <<a href="mailto:diamlope@amazon.com">diamlope@amazon.com</a>>, Steels, Trina <<a href="mailto:steelstr@amazon.com">steelstr@amazon.com</a>>, Chapman, Craig <<a href="mailto:chapcrai@amazon.com">chapcrai@amazon.com</a>><br></div><br><br><div class="msg-3378359733092827987">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2f3033;background:white">Initially launched in 2012 in the U.S., the Career Choice program has seen more than 130,000 participants explore a range of opportunities, including
starting or returning to school, learning new skills and languages, or earning industry certifications. And it’s expanding globally. Career Choice now offers English-language classes in the 14 countries — including the U.S. and Canada — as well as local language
classes in some of those countries. This expansion is a direct response to the needs and feedback we’ve heard from Career Choice-eligible associates.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Amazon is always innovating when it comes to benefits for associates — most distinctly through the
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“It's so important to us that our hourly associates have the opportunity to learn new skills and build their careers,” said Beth Galetti, Amazon’s SVP of People eXperience and Technology. “We’ve
seen how these offerings open new doors to better, higher paying jobs which empowers us as a business, associates as individuals, and also the communities we operate in, holistically.”<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Those associates include Dana and Adam, who earned their GEDs through Career Choice. Learn more about their stories
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/workplace/how-2-amazon-employees-earned-their-geds-for-free-through-the-career-choice-program" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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