Resources
Amazon Career Choice Process
Associates eligible to participate in on-site classes should apply online at Amazon Career Choice
- Increased Options: Employees can choose from a wider variety of education offerings including high school completion/GED, English as a Second Language (ESL), and bachelor’s degrees, in addition to the previously offered associate degrees and certificates.
- Fully Funded Opportunities: Up to an annual maximum benefit, Amazon will pre-pay 100% of tuition for you to pursue everything from bachelor’s degrees to certificates. Funds can be used for tuition, books and fees.
- Limitless Learning: Amazon will remove the lifetime maximum on Career Choice benefits. As long as they continue to work at Amazon and are an eligible employee, they can continue to use your Career Choice benefit with no lifetime limit.
- Fast Starts: U.S blue badge hourly employees (including part-time) will become eligible for Career Choice after 90 days of continuous employment (previously 12 months).
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Career Choice Guidelines on Payments, Schedules and Completing Your Program
Associates eligible to participating in on-site classes should apply online at Amazon Career Choice
Pre-Enrollment Assessment
Prospective students should complete the Application and Pre-Enrollment Assessment prior to enrolling in any program of study. The program’s account manager will administer and proctor the exam. Exam-takers may not use any type of assistance (no cell phones, reference materials, etc.) All backpacks, notes, cell phones, calculators, etc. must remain under the exam-taker’s seat while taking the exam. Exam-takers will have 90 minutes to complete the exam.
Trainees who pass all 3 sections with a 75% may enroll in the course. Trainees who do not pass any of the sections with a 75% should consult with the account manager for course enrollment options or assistance referral.
Trainees who do not pass the Pre-Enrollment Assessment may seek remediation and retake the exam in the future. Trainees need only retake the section that was not passed to enroll in the course. For example, if the trainee passed the English Language proficiency with a 75%, the Math Proficiency with a 60%, and the IT Proficiency with a 90%, this trainee should seek remediation in math and return to take only the Math section of the assessment. Once the trainee scores a 75% or better in the Math section, he or she may enroll in the course.
Appeal Process
If a trainee disagrees with the grading of the Pre-Enrollment Assessment, he or she should contact the Account Manager for the program to discuss concerns.
Resources for Improving Proficiency
There are many resources to help trainees improve their proficiency in English Language, Math, and IT both online and in the trainee’s community. Trainees desiring instructor-led assistance in their local community should consult with their account manager.
Online English Proficiency Resources
USA Learns Website
This free website helps people learn English online including English vocabulary, listening skills, reading, spelling, grammar, writing, pronunciation, and speaking. The site includes multimedia lessons with practice, questions to check comprehension, and activities.
ESOL Courses – Free English Lessons Online
This website offers English for Beginners, Elementary English, and interactive listening lessons, reading exercises, quizzes, and games for listening, English for Work, Grammar, Vocabulary, Reading, Writing, and more.
GCFLearnFree.org
This site provides text-based explanations of many basic English language topics including grammar, learning English, reading, writing, etc. Use the Search tool to find a related topic.
Online Math Proficiency Resources
Kahn Academy – Arithmetic
Kahn Academy provides free online lessons for basic arithmetic including addition and subtraction, multiplication and division, negative numbers, fractions, and more. The short lessons are chunked for easy comprehension and are followed by short comprehension quizzes.
GCFLearnFree.org
This site provides text-based explanations of many basic math topics including addition and subtraction, multiplication and division, algebra, decimals, percentages, fractions, etc. Use the Search tool to find a related topic.
Online IT Proficiency Resources
GCFLearnFree.org:
This site provides text-based explanations of many IT topics including Email, the Internet, online safety, computers, MS Office, typing tutorial, social media, operating systems (Windows and Mac OS), and more. Use the Search tool to find a related topic.
Meganga
This site offers a large selection of video lessons related to many aspects of basic computing including parts of the computer, using a computer, using the Internet, and much more.