Over 400 jobs are to be created in Cork as the American online retailer Amazon opens a customer service centre at the Cork Airport Business Park.
The online retailer Amazon with its headquarters in Seattle sells a wide variety of consumer products. The company has European operations in Britain, France and Germany.
Supported by IDA Ireland, Amazon has picked Cork Airport Business Park as the location for a multi-lingual customer service centre with the promise of 450 jobs.
Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) and University College Cork (UCC) produce more than 500 business, computing and language graduates annually. They will be targeted for recruitment and are the main reason why Amazon is coming to Cork.
Head of the school of computing at CIT Michael Loftus is positive about Amazon coming to Cork as
They'll require graduates across the board from what we produce here in CIT.
Aisling O'Driscoll and Donna Griffin are computer science graduates perusing postgraduate studies at CIT. They both have the combination of software development and language skills which are of immense value to Amazon.
Aisling O'Driscoll believes Amazon choosing Cork is
Fantastic for CIT.
Donna Griffin is optimistic that Amazon will provide opportunities for past and future CIT graduates.
An RTÉ News report broadcast on 1 March 2006. The reporter is Paschal Sheehy.
