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Administrative Assistant - Amazon.com[1]

Job Title: Administrative Assistant
Location: SEATTLE, WA
Job Type: Full-Time
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Amazon.com is looking for a highly motivated, detail-oriented self-starter to assist our Product Development group. In addition to day-to-day administration, responsibilities will involve challenging projects such as online research. This position requires a high level of organizational skills, as well as excellent written and oral communication skills. A solid knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel is also required. Candidates must be bright[2], independent and flexible. Candidates with a passion for the Internet and creating the world's best e-commerce Web site will find this a very good job.

Required Skills:
* Organizational Skills
* Communication Skills
* MS Word
* MS Excel

Contact Information:
Jack Peters
Recruitment Manager
Amazon.com
P.O. Box 80387
Seattle, WA 98108

The Amazon.com philosophy is simple: if it’s good for our customers, it’s worth doing. Our company mission is to provide the best buying experience on the Internet. Put another way, we want people to come to Amazon.com, find whatever they want, discover things they didn’t know they wanted, and leave feeling like they have a favorite place to shop.
Work hard. Everyone at Amazon.com works hard and long. We act like owners because we are owners--stock options[3] are given to each of us.
Have fun. We like what we’re doing. Because of that, we have fun at work, and it makes it easy for us to work hard.
Make history. This is the most compelling reason to work at Amazon.com. What we’re building is new. We’re not trying to follow a company model--we are creating the model. Amazon.com is the product of a great idea, hard work, and exceptional people. We are pioneers in a growth industry, and we’re leading the way. But this is just the beginning; it’s still day one at Amazon.com. If you would like to help us build our company, we invite you to apply.
[1] Amazon.com = American Internet bookshop operating in other countries (incl. Germany), too
[2] bright = intelligent
[3] stock options = Firmenanteile (wie Aktien)