NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Walmart plans to hire 50,000 U.S. workers by end of April
KATHY A. BOLTEN Mar 16, 2022 | 3:37 pm
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170 wordsAll Latest News, Retail and Business, The Insider NotebookWalmart, the country’s largest private employer, is seeking to hire about 50,000 workers in the U.S. by the end of April, reports Sarah Nassauer for the Wall Street Journal. The company is adding staff in its new business areas of health and wellness and advertising. The hiring push comes as Walmart is working to revamp its hiring and human-resources strategy and image to give priority to workers’ mental health and digital skills, writes Nassauer. Walmart’s goal is to become a company where people feel that they can build long-term careers, Donna Morris, the company’s chief people officer, told Nassauer. “People are reassessing their lives, and we want to be in consideration when people are determining where they want to go and where they want to stay,” she said. Attracting new workers may be difficult, especially in states like Iowa where retailers, restaurants and other businesses are struggling to attract workers. Earlier this week, a release from Iowa Workforce Development showed that the state’s unemployment rate in January was 3.7%.