WalMart is said to be opening 95 job positions for its new neighborhood market store on the Pine Forest road.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is an American multinational retail store organization which is responsible of running and operating the biggest retail store chains in the world. Most commonly branded as WalMart store, the company offers large discounts in its department stores as well as warehouse stores. So far, the company does not match the prices of its tough competitor such as Amazon but it is surely working on to get to that standard.
Recently, the company is working hard to revive it business it previously had. Being one of the giants in the retail sector, the company is keen to expand and improve its business. It announced that the retail store will be expanding on Pine Forest road in the near future. The latest Neighborhood Market of Wal-Mart is currently under construction on Pine Forest road. It is believed that the company has opened job posts and started the process of recruiting people.
According to Pensacola News Journal, Wal-Mart is said to be interviewing people for its new neighborhood market store for more than 95 jobs available. Moreover, it is believed that the company is receiving large number of applications thus 100 applications per vacant position to be precise.
“The store is being built at 9301 Pine Forest Road and is slated to open in summer. A temporary hiring center has been set up at 2115 W. Nine Mile Road, Suite 12,” reports Pensacola News Journal.
WalMart store has started to accept applications for candidates of the vacant job positions Monday to Friday from 8 in the morning till 5 in the evening. Applying online shopping through its official career page, careers.walmart.com is also open to apply for the vacant jobs.
Frank Byers who is the store manager is expecting to fill most of the vacant positions by April. The hired candidates will start working for Wal-Mart in May in order to help the company prepare the store for its opening in the foreseeable future. “We're averaging about 100 to 150 applications per position. Now some of that is overlap of people applying for different positions, but I've got a significant number. Can always use more though,” says Frank Byers.
The company is also said to be increasing the hourly wages of its employees to $10 per hour from $9 an hour by February 16. However, it is still unclear whether the new wage policies will be applicable to the new neighborhood online market as the Pine Forest road store will be opening in June once the new wage policy is set to take effect. But, there is no doubting the benefits of 100 new jobs bolstering the local economy regardless of the pay rate.
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