Last year, Amazon announced plans to hire 25,000 veterans and military spouses around the country.
This being Amazon — a company that runs cloud services as well as ecommerce that’s changing retail— some of those jobs will be in tech. However, veterans aren’t necessarily prepared for these careers right when they exit the military.
So the company is working with the U.S. government to provide training, as well. A local site will begin efforts this month. Fifteen veterans transitioning from Fort Meade will start a program at UMBC Training Centers that’s designed to prepare them for jobs working with Amazon Web Services.
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