Brief Company History
Walmart saw its beginning on July 2, 1962, when Sam Walton opened his first store in 719, Walnut Avenue in Rogers, Arkansas. The assortments, discounts and low prices offered by the retailer for its products soon popularised the store among the buyers. The immense popularity and buyers appeal also made Walmart expand its retail outlet, and by 1967, the retailer was operating 24 stores with a sale of $12.7 million. In 1967, the company was incorporated as Walmart Stores, Inc. The first Distribution centre was opened on 1971, in Bentonville, Arkansas, and the first Sam’s Club started operating on 1983, in Midwest City, Okla. The company got listed with the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol (WMT) on 1972.
Walmart began its first foray outside the United States and internationally, by opening a Sam’s Club, as a joint venture with Cifra in Mexico City. Over the years, the retail stores chain expands in many overseas countries, and by Fiscal 2012, the total number of overseas Retail, Wholesale and other Walmart stores reached 5,651 outlets in 16 countries. In the United States alone, the company has 4,479 retail stores, consisting of Supercentres – 3029, Discount Stores – 629, Sam’s Club – 611, and 211Neighborhood Markets and other small format Discount stores. Walmart operates in three segments: the WMT U.S. segment; the WMT International segment and the Sam’s Club segment.
Career Opportunities
Walmart is also 3rd biggest private employer and largest retailer worldwide and employs more than 2 million employees. There are innumerable numbers of employment opportunities in Supercentres, Discount Stores, Sam’s Club, Corporate, Distribution/Logistic/Transportation, Drivers, Pharmacy/Optometry, Walmart E-commerce, Global Sourcing and small format discount stores. The job applicants can download and submit Walmart Job application for both management and hourly positions in these divisions.
The Corporate office of the company also helps running all stores and distribution centres smoothly to meet the buyer’s needs. There are numerous career opportunities in the Corporate Head office in Legal, Human Resource, IT, Real estate, Finance/Accounting/Audit, Marketing/Corporate Affairs, Merchandising and other divisions.
The company also does not carry any discrimination at the time of hiring, promotions, transfers and job assignments. The veterans are also offered equal opportunities to work in Walmart. The company also aims to hire 100,000 veterans over next five years.
Employment Benefits
The retailer also offers various employment benefits to the employees. The benefits can be divided into two segments: Health & Well-Being Benefits and Financial Benefits.
Health & Well-Being Benefits -Dental Insurance, HMO Plans, and Free Counselling, Health Safety Insurances and Medicals, Life Insurance and more.
Financial Benefits – 401(k) plan, travel, entertainment and other discounts, Associated Discount card, military differential pay, Associate Stock purchase Plan and more.
At the time when US is reeling under unemployment rate of 7.8% in Dec 2012, economy slowdown and employment crisis, Walmart has come up as a great saviour to the country in terms of both new employment generation and revenue earning.
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