The jobs will include specialized areas such as customer service, technology, and services in the cloud, analysts, finance and accounting. / Amazon courtesy photo
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Amazon announces 2,000 new job openings
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Amazon announced on Wednesday that it is opening 2,000 new jobs this year. The jobs will include specialized areas such as customer service, technology, and services in the cloud, analysts, finance and accounting.
These positions will serve Amazon customers in America, Europe, and Asia in English, Portuguese, Italian, French, and Mandarin language.
On March, President Carlos Alvarado met with executives of the company in Seattle, Washington looking for more investment in the country.
After Amazon’s announcement, the president said that "this announcement of Amazon, to increase its list in 2,000 positions will undoubtedly have a great impact on the generation of quality jobs in different areas of the country, where the corporation promotes the methodology of work from home."
In addition to customer service, Amazon is opening vacancies also in administrative departments like human resources, finance, research, technology and fraud investigation, as well as management.
Those interested in applying for these jobs can do so through the website www.amazon.jobs, filtering by location and selecting Costa Rica.
"We are excited to continue investing in Costa Rica to create thousands of new places. It has been a pleasure to work with such talented people in the region who bring us high levels of experience and passion for their work," said Tom Weiland, Global Vice President of Customer Service. "Amazon customer service is one of the strongest in the support and delight of our consumers, I am proud to see the Costa Rican team continue to grow as part of our global network."
Amazon opened its first customer service center in Costa Rica in October 2008. Currently, the branch manages the Amazon Web Services (AWS), Alexa Data Services, Transaction Risk Merchant, and Seller Partner platforms, among others.
Recently the representatives of the
business zone Coyol Free Zone,
located in the town Coyol*
in Alajuela, announced that it will open 1,500
new jobs during the next 6
months.
As A.M. Costa Rica reported on June 12, the information was released by
Álvaro Carballo, president of
Coyol Free Zone, during the
visit made to this park by
President Carlos Alvarado.
"Our commitment is the
generation of quality employment
and good salary," said Carballo.
"We work on strategies that
allow us to be a link between
companies and candidates, so we
will continue to promote
training and recruitment
initiatives such as our program
Unete a Coyol (be part of
Coyol), which allows generating
well-being for more than 14,000
employees who work in the
companies that are in Coyol Free
Zone."
According to Carballo, the
estimate of 1,500 new jobs was
made with data obtained from the
recruitment needs this year of
companies located in this
business area.
The jobs that will be open are
for mechanics, technicians,
production supervisors,
engineers, and business
managers, among others.
Several companies that export
medical equipment are located in
this business area.
According to figures from the
Foreign Trade Promoter, in 2018
Costa Rica exported $3.2 billion
in medical devices, of which 63
percent were exported by
companies located in the Coyol
Free Zone business zone.
President Carlos
Alvarado announced that as of
June, more than 3,000 jobs will
been created while the
government simplifies procedures
for companies.
The president said that the
major issue for Costa Rica is
the generation of more jobs and
called on the entire population
to join this crusade to
facilitate the conditions that
allow the economy to be
reactivated. “That is the
priority we all have as a
country,” said President
Alvarado.
The president signed the decree
that creates the National
Employment System (SNE), a
public organization that will
coordinate all the employment
services that the government
gives to generate new jobs
especially to people who are in
a more vulnerable condition
The SNE will be headed by a
council made up of
representatives of the
government, workers and private
companies.
In addition, the National
Employment Agency was created.
It will be in charge of the
National Apprenticeship
Institute, which will have
branches throughout the country
that attend to both to people
and companies.
The SNE will give support to
people who are looking for a
job, making a record of a
database of candidates, giving
orientation, giving training,
being an intermediary before and
after the hiring.
“Today I commit myself to do
everything in my power to
generate conditions for
employment and for Costa Rica to
grow, I know that Costa Rica is
capable of doing it,” said
President Alvarado.
In April, the results of the
most recent survey of the Center
for Research and Political
Studies of the University of
Costa Rica show that 25 percent
of the Costa Rican population
perceives unemployment as the
country’s main problem followed
by the cost of living, mentioned
by 21 percent of the surveyed
people.
In February the National
Institute of Statistics and
Census (INEC) reported that
during the first three months of
this year, from January to
March, the unemployment rate was
11.3 percent, which is
equivalent to approximately
276,000 people unemployed.
In addition, the percentage of
people with informal employment
was 44.9 percent, which means an
increase of 3.8 percentage
points with respect to the
fourth quarter of 2017. This is
equivalent to 971,000 people
with informal employment.
Informal employment includes any
activity of those who work and
generate some income outside the
“formal work” as defined by the
Labor Code. Informal employment
includes street vendors,
gardeners, and domestic service
workers, among others.
What could the government do to attract more international companies? We would like to
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