Workplace
To align with Walmart’s business needs and the world’s changing demographics, we continually evolve our efforts to attract the best talent in a fiercely competitive labor market. By building a robust pipeline of talent and offering our associates unparalleled growth and career opportunities, we’re building the Next Generation Walmart.
Career website enhancements
The importance of creatively reaching top talent in every corner of the globe has never been greater – and that has driven many of the enhancements made to our career website and social media platforms. The enhanced website was designed for optimum performance on a variety of devices, including personal computers, tablets and mobile phones, while taking into account the habits and tendencies of our target audience. The ability to apply using a mobile device is increasingly important to our applicants.
Improving our career website content areas around culture, benefits, hiring events and leadership programs, as well as adding keyword search capabilities, improved the candidate experience for the 15 million unique visitors that viewed more than 47.2 million pages on our website. In 2013, we received more than 50,000 applications per month for Home Office, distribution center, logistics and field management postitions in the U.S., and approximately 3.7 million applications for store and club hourly positions in the U.S.
In 2013, more than $5.5 million saved with virtual interviews
Social media and mobile
Sharing relevant career-related content to multiple social media platforms, including LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, has given job seekers an inside look at what it’s like to work at our company. We also launched a Walmart-branded GlassDoor page and the Walmart Careers blog in 2013 to expand our employment brand and messaging to external candidates. Together, those sources provide an opportunity to connect tech-savvy job seekers looking for career advice and job opportunities with our company.
College relations
In addition to our standard college recruiting efforts, we launched a new International Academy program in 2013. The International Academy program recruits students who have completed degrees at American universities to work in an accelerated program. It begins with a corporate position and ends in the international market that correlates with the student’s home country in Brazil, China or Mexico.
Virtual interviewing
In addition to face-to-face interviews, virtual interviewing technology was leveraged to reduce expenses, while also allowing recruiters and hiring managers to meet the candidates. As a result of using GreenJobInterview (live two-way interviews) and HireVue (recorded interviews), we saved more than $5.5 million in 2013 by conducting 5,000 virtual interviews.