Walmart and others step up training as they grapple with tradespeople shortage

As the number of skilled tradespeople dwindles in the U.S., Walmart is building up its own workforce to keep conveyor belts ...
New Orleans City Business

How Walmart plans to prepare America’s largest private workforce for an AI-driven future

As artificial intelligence and demographic changes reshape the U.S. job market, the nation’s largest private employer is trying to identify the skills its workers and the broader labor force might ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Walmart offering store workers new bonus and training opportunities

Walmart Inc. is giving store workers a bonus and new training opportunities, the company said Tuesday. In an online conference call with media, Walmart U.S. Chief Executive John Furner and Walmart ...
HR Dive

Walmart expands VR training to every US store

Walmart has announced it will send virtual reality headsets to all its stores in the U.S. after testing VR training for the past year. Walmart said it saw an increase in training test scores of 10 to ...
ZDNet

Walmart gives employees VR combat training for holiday rush

Walmart is doubling down on its enterprise VR training experiment over the holidays. According to insiders, the company has trained associates across stores using VR technology to prepare for the ...
Mashed on MSN

4 major Walmart changes happening in 2026

In anticipation of 2026, Walmart is planning some exciting advancements that customers are sure to notice. Things are also ...
The Scranton Times-Tribune

Walmart launches virtual reality training and other innovations

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X PITTSTON TWP. – Zach Adams-Kelly, an employee at Walmart in Pittston Twp., put on a virtual ...
Chicago Tribune

At Walmart’s Chatham store, job training isn’t just for employees. Retailer to offer free courses for the public at store damaged in last year’s civil unrest.

The Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer recently broke ground on a Walmart Academy outside the South Side store. In addition to hosting training for employees, the 15,000-square-foot facility will ...