Amazon

Amazon began in 1994, and has become an enormous retail store doing business online only, providing competitive prices that draw people away from other big-box stores. Did you know it started from a garage and sold only books in the beginning? Check this out:
http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-jeff-bezos-facts-story-history-2014-5#

In 2017, You can not only download e-books from Amazon (their tablet, the Kindle, has been a huge success), but you can also publish an e-book at Amazon, advertise or sell your products through Amazon, purchase particular items that will donate to charities, including disaster relief. Amazon has online auctions similar to Ebay, and you can  order groceries through Amazon to be delivered to your door. Amazon also has a live-streaming company similar to Netflix. In fact, their logo with the arrow indicates they sell everything from A to Z.

                                     The original kindle was almost the size of a sheet of paper. They were only e-readers.

A new kindle comes in several sizes, 6", 8", and 10", and in colors other than black or white. They are full-featured tablet computers in addition to being e-readers.

 

Seach for  Amazon jobs: https://www.amazon.jobs/en/search?base_query=&loc_query=&latitude=&longitude=&loc_group_id=&invalid_location=false&country=&city=&region=&county=

Amazon has headquarters worldwide and statewide, to wit:

• Poland
• Egypt
• Israel
• Germany
• France
• England
• Ireland
• Scotland
• Slovakia
• Netherlands
• Italy
• India
• Spain
• South Africa
• Japan
• And more...

If you'd like the adventure of working in another country... https://www.amazon.jobs/en/locations/?&continent=all&cache

In the U.S., there are fulfillment centers in:

• Georgia
• Texas
• Maryland
• Washington
• Massachusetts
• Kentucky
• North Carolina
• South Carolina
• Tennessee
• Michigan
• Pennsylvania 

A video of how orders are filled: Lots of robotics and precision.  https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=what+happens+to+an+amazon+order&&view=detail&mid=C6EC89F576F756963366C6EC89F576F756963366&FORM=VRDGAR

This one speaks to how they can offer such quick delivery: Popular items are housed in many locations, they use massive automation techniques, and have experimented with using drones to deliver within hours of the order being placed:  https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=what+happens+to+an+amazon+order&&view=detail&mid=6197A664807CBEF71CE46197A664807CBEF71CE4&FORM=VRDGAR
Amazon has plenty of job opportunities, such as:

• IT (Information Technology)
• Retail Sales
• Technology
• Web developers
• Order fulfillment
• Administrative Assistants
• Designers
• Marketing
• Sales of the Amazon tablet, Kindle
• Customer relations

Amazon is truly a world-wide retailing giant, a testimony to automation, and an American success story.