Amazon was founded in 1994 by Jeff Bezos and launched online in 1995 as an online bookstore. It is now the world's largest online retailer, offering a wide range of products. Amazon is headquartered in Seattle, Washington and has evolved significantly since its founding due to innovation. Many former Amazon employees have gone on to found their own successful companies after gaining experience and skills at Amazon.
2. COMPANY’S PROFILE
• Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is
an American-based multinational electronic
commerce company.
• Headquartered -Seattle, Washington.
• America's largest online retailer.
• Jeff Bezos founded Amazon.com, Inc. in 1994 and
launched it online In 1995. It started as an online
bookstore.
• With 2.5 million titles, it became the “Earth’s
Biggest Bookstore”.
• Named after ‘Amazon’ river
3. TOP KEY PERSON
Jeff Bezos (Chairman, President, and CEO)
Werner Vogels (CTO)
Andrew Jassy (CEO, AWS)
Jeff Wilke (CEO, Consumer)
4. MISSION
•“Our vision is to be earth's most customer-centric company; to
build a place where people can come to find and discover
anything they might want to buy online.”
•Operational Excellence
•Customer Intimacy
•Product Leadership
5. AMAZON’S PRODUCTS
Books
Movie, Music and Games
Digital Download
Kindle
Computer And Office
Electronics
Home and garden
Grocery, Health and beauty
Toys, kids and baby
Clothing, Shoes and jewelry
Sports and outdoors
Tools, Auto and industrial
6. Influencing Candidates through Content
Awareness
Stage
Consideratio
n
Stage
Decision
Stage
Job Postings
Social Posts
Career Blogs
Job Ads
Sourcing
Linkedin InMails
Glassdoor
Reviews
Digital Interview
Job Alerts
Recruiter Outreach
Personalized
Content
Newsletters
Employee
Testimonials
LinkedIn Contacts
Job Openings
Career Fairs
Workplace Awards
7. Referrals are the #1 External Source of Hire
41% of all hires were internal
candidates
19.2% were Referrals
60% of all hires
come from current
employees &
advocates
8. At Amazon, evolution has been driven by the spirit of innovation that is
part of our DNA. As a new college graduate or intern, we can have
multiple opportunities to innovate and solve real-world, complex
technical and business problems as we join Amazon on our journey.
Amazon strive to hire the brightest minds from universities around the
globe, and have various career opportunities available for
undergraduates and advanced degree students with diverse academic
backgrounds.
The work environment here is fast-paced and continually evolving,
and every Amazonian is passionate about ownership and delivering
results for the company. We want to work in an environment that will
challenge us to relentlessly improve the Amazon experience for their
customers, where each day is different from the next, and our learning
never truly ends, take a look at Amazon’s many University opportunities.
Opportunities for students and new
graduates
9. COMPANY REQUIRMENT
Team players
Entrepreneurial spirit
Function competencies
Managerial/ Leadership competencies
Good attitude, humility, integrity and passion for
excellence
People with strong fundamentals, good
understanding of business, functional knowledge.
12. HOW I CAN ADD VALUE
As we know the company Amazons’.com provided
various services in e-commerce segment.
Company also various globally located
warehouses.
As I’m doing M.B.A. specialization in Supply Chain
Management, so I am familiar with the rules and
regulations of product movement, tariff structure ,
types of products can be shipped , these will help to
understand better customer requirements.
13. NOTABLE BUSINESSES FOUNDED BY
FORMER EMPLOYEES
A number of companies have been started and founded by former Amazon employees.
Findory was founded by Greg Linden
Flipkart was founded by Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal
Foodista.com was founded by Barnaby Dorfman
Hulu was led by Jason Kilar, a former SVP
Infibeam was founded by Vishal Mehta
Instacart was founded by Apporva Mehta
Jambool and SocialGold were co-founded by Vikas Gupta and Reza Hussein
Jet.com was founded by Marc Lore
Nimbula was co-founded by Chris Pinkham, a former VP, and Willem Van Biljon, a former Product Manager
Opscode was co-founded by Jesse Robbins, a former engineer and manager
Pelago was co-founded by Jeff Holden, a former SVP, and Darren Vengroff, a former Principal Engineer
Pro.com was founded by Matt Williams, former longtime Amazon executive and 'shadow' to Jeff Bezos
Quora was co-founded by engineer Charlie Cheever
TeachStreet was founded by Dave Schappell, an early product manager
The Book Depository was founded by Andrew Crawford; acquired by Amazon in 2011.
Trusera was founded by Keith Schorsch, an early Amazonian
Twilio was founded by Jeff Lawson, a former Technical Product Manager
Vittana was founded by Kushal Chakrabarti and Brett Witt
Wikinvest was founded by Michael Sha