
For example, Walmart occasionally recruits at/through campuses. In using direct methods, the company directly contacts prospective employees. Based on the recruitment sources used at Walmart, the corresponding recruitment methods are direct and indirect. Thus, in using previous applicants as an external recruitment source, the company does not need to perform another extensive evaluation of these workers, thereby helping to maximize the cost-effectiveness of human resource management. Many of these previous applicants were already evaluated but were not hired or did not pursue employment at Walmart. The company’s human resource management objective in using this source is to maximize cost-effectiveness of recruitment. Previous applicants are a less significant external recruitment source used at Walmart. Thus, this external recruitment source increases the firm’s reach into the labor market. This strategy promotes APU, while also improving Walmart’s human resource management ability to reach out to APU students interested in working at the company. In particular, American Public University (APU) entered an agreement with Walmart to give academic credits to the company’s employees, based on duration of employment and performance reviews. In addition, the firm’s human resource management has recently emphasized campuses as a significant external recruitment source. This recruitment source has the benefit of minimizing costs in reaching applicants. Job openings are regularly posted on Walmart’s corporate website for interested applicants.

The company’s website is the main human resource management portal for this recruitment source. Respondents to job advertisements are the biggest external recruitment source used at Walmart. The following are the most significant for the firm:

Walmart’s human resource management uses various external recruitment sources. Walmart sometimes uses transfers to satisfy high HR needs during Black Friday. In this human resource management approach to recruitment, some current employees are transferred to other positions or locations to fill gaps in the workforce. In addition, transfers are used to temporarily fill positions at Walmart, based on current short-term HR needs. This approach has the advantage of minimizing additional human resource management spending and ensuring person-job fit. Occasionally, the firm absorbs trainees in the positions for which they trained. There is only a small population of trainees working for Walmart, such as in positions in sales and marketing. The company’s human resource management also uses on-the-job trainees as an internal recruitment source. Walmart uses current employees as the biggest internal recruitment source. About 70% of the company’s managers started as hourly sales employees and were promoted to their current positions.
For example, Walmart’s human resource management supports the promotion of hourly sales employees to managerial positions. The following are the most significant in the company:Ĭurrent employees are a recruitment source especially for supervisory and managerial positions. Walmart’s uses different types of internal recruitment sources. Through this combination of approaches and strategies to address business needs in recruitment, selection and retention, Walmart’s human resource management effectively maintains adequate human resources to support the firm current retail operations and planned future global expansion. The firm’s HR managers also use other approaches to improve morale and motivation in the workforce. To optimize employee retention, Walmart’s human resource management strategy includes a continually evolving compensation program, together with employee-relations management and career development. The company also uses retail industry-specific criteria in its selection process. Walmart’s human resource management addresses recruitment needs using different recruitment sources and methods suited to different positions in the organization. Walmart’s human resource management uses recruitment, selection and retention approaches to optimize HR capacity.
