Amazon to hire thousands of seasonal workers in N.J. for holiday blitz

Amazon said Thursday it plans to hire more than 120,000 seasonal workers nationwide for the holiday season, including about 5,000 in New Jersey.The positions include jobs at fulfillment centers, sortation centers and customer service sites, the e-commerce giant said in a news release. Last year, more than 14,000 of the seasonal positions led to regular, full-time employment, it added.

Amazon has ramped up its seasonal hiring each year, from 80,000 workers in 2014 to 100,000 in 2015 and now the expected 120,000 in 2016.

“This is our favorite time of year — we love serving customers during the busy holiday season, and we’re excited to bring on more than 120,000 seasonal employees this year to support growing customer demand,” Mike Roth, Amazon’s vice president of global customer fulfillment, said in a prepared statement.

Amazon said online it is hiring for New Jersey facilities in Avenel, Elizabeth, Logan Township, Moonachie, Robbinsville and Swedesboro.

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