Amazon announces plans to create more than 100,000 US jobs

Online retailer prepares to expand full-time US workforce by more than 50% over next 18 months, with hires from Florida to CaliforniaAmazon plans to create more than 100,000 jobs in the United States, from software development to warehouse work, becoming the latest company to boast a hiring spree since Donald Trump won the US presidential election in November. The world’s largest online retailer announced on Thursday that it would grow its full-time US workforce by more than 50% to more th