Walmart US CEO talks inflation, self-checkout, and paying six-figures to non-college degree workers.
Alexis ChristoforousIn an exclusive and far-reaching interview with ABC News, John Furner, president and CEO of Walmart U.S., talked about the retail giant's push to hire more non-college degree workers for high-paying corporate jobs at the company.
This year, Walmart says it has doubled the number of skills certificates it offers to help people move into higher-paying careers within the company, such as software engineers, data scientists, and opticians. Walmart says certificate programs take associates about four months on average to complete, compared to years for a degree.
The report found that Walmart was among the 37% of firms analyzed that, on average, hired 18% more non-degree workers for roles for which they removed the requirement for a college degree. Other so-called skills-based hiring leaders included Apple, Cigna, ExxonMobil, General Motors, Target, Tyson Foods, and Yelp.
"A lot of the skills that we're talking about are also applicable across a number of companies in a number of industries," said Furner. "What we hope for is that our associates learn more and stay with us, but we know sometimes they're going to go on to other things, and if they can take those skills with them collectively, we'll all be better off."
Target recently announced it would limit the number of items shoppers can buy at self-checkout lanes, while Dollar General plans to pull self-checkout counters from 300 of its stores.
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