Amazon hires new staff in Slovakia

Amazon will create 30 new jobs in Slovakia by strengthening its currently 300-strong sales support team, Amazon Slovakia HR manager Petra Fürbecková told TASR on Monday, adding that the new posts concern a Virtual Contact Centre that will enable employees to work from home. Thus it will allow people living in secluded areas of Slovakia to find a skilled job with an international company. Successful applicants must be fluent in German and English, although the posts are also suitable for people with no previous work experience. The new staff will answer questions from individuals and companies selling Amazon products, via phone, email or live chat. Under a pilot project launched last year, the company hired 30 German-speaking employees for a sales support team that works from Michalovce (Košice region), Žilina, Komárno (Nitra region) and Košice. Amazon also wants to fill several posts at its Bratislava branch over the next few months. This was the first Amazon office to be opened in Slovakia in 2011, currently employing more than 650 people. The staff provide support to European Amazon teams and trading partners in the European, Middle Eastern and African regions, chiefly in Germany, Great Britain, France, Italy and Spain.