The 威尼斯人娱乐城 is partnering with Amazon to offer the company's hourly employees full tuition through Amazon’s Career Choice education program.
该项目为参加学位课程或行业认证课程的亚马逊员工提供全额学费和课程费用，这些课程旨在帮助他们找到需求岗位。
Amazon employees began enrolling at 威尼斯人娱乐城 in January. 在威尼斯人娱乐城方圆100英里的范围内，该公司有数千名有资格参加的小时工。 First step is to visit 这个页面 to find easy step-by-step instructions and sign up for contact with an admissions counselor.
这使得职业选择项目第一次在堪萨斯城地区被认可的大学提供面对面的课程。 威尼斯人娱乐城还提供在线选择。 该公司于2012年推出了这项福利计划，该计划面向14个国家的员工。 据亚马逊称，自成立以来，全球有超过5万名员工参与了亚马逊职业选择，超过一半的参与者是黑人、西班牙裔或美洲原住民。
“We are excited and proud to partner with Amazon to help their employees build a better future,” said Jennifer Lundgren, Ph.D., 威尼斯人娱乐城 provost and executive vice chancellor. “Tuition reimbursement benefits are a highly effective path to upward financial mobility and participating in such programs is integral to our mission as a public university.”
威尼斯人娱乐城提供超过125个学位课程，并在为非传统学生服务方面拥有丰富的经验（最近全日制高中毕业生除外）。
“We’re looking forward to 威尼斯人娱乐城 coming on board as an education partner for Career Choice, adding to the hundreds of best-in-class offerings available to our employees,” said Tammy Thiemann, global program lead of Amazon’s Career Choice program. “We’re committed to empowering our employees by providing them access to the education and training they need to grow their careers, whether that’s with us or elsewhere. 我们有意建立了一个由第三方教育工作者和雇主组成的合作伙伴网络，致力于提供优质的教育、就业资源和持续改进的体验。 Today, more than 50,000 Amazon employees around the world have already participated in Career Choice and we’ve seen first-hand how it can transform their lives.”