Amazon.com To Expand Local Workforce By 100

Amazon.com will hire 100 full-time, seasonal employees for its Huntington, W.Va. customer service center. The new workers will work until mid-January. The seasonal positions could turn year-round if the customer is interested in staying with the company and his or her job performance is acceptable, company officials indicate. Nearly 300 employees at the downtown facility handle Amazon.com customer questions and concerns about their accounts, orders and the Web site. Employees also answer questions about several of Amazon’s retail partners like Target.com, The Bombay Company and Bebe Stores, Inc. Amazon.com opened the center in 2000.