Amazon one-fifth of the way to its HQ2 hiring goal

Amazon.com Inc. is one-fifth of the way to the minimum number jobs the company committed to fill at its second headquarters in Arlington, one of the tech giant’s top hiring locations. As of Wednesday, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) had hired 5,000 employees who are assigned to HQ2, said John Schoettler, the company’s vice president of global real estate and facilities. Amazon representatives declined to say how many of the 5,000 were hired locally.