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Amazon's promise of 50,000 new jobs is drawing massive crowds across America

Hayley PetersonAug 2, 2017, 20:07 IST

Potential job applicants register for &quotAmazon Jobs Day," a job fair being held at 10 fulfillment centers across the United States aimed at filling more than 50,000 jobs, at the Amazon.com Fulfillment Center in Fall River, Massachusetts.Reuters

Amazon is promising to hire 50,000 people in one day at job fairs across the country.

The events are drawing thousands of people to Amazon fulfillment centers in Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Tennessee, Illinois, and seven other states.

The popularity of the fairs is leading to excessively long lines for registration and interviews.

Here's what people are seeing at the events across the US.