By Matt Grossman

Amazon.com Inc. said Friday that its 2021 career-day event drew more than 1 million job applicants globally.

Applications came in for corporate, tech and hourly jobs from more than 500,000 U.S. workers since the company announced the hiring event Sept. 1, Amazon said.

More than 220,000 job applicants visited the hiring event's website, according to Amazon. Thirty-thousand job seekers took the company up on one-on-one career-coaching sessions with Amazon recruiters.

Write to Matt Grossman at matt.grossman@wsj.com

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