Hiring
April 19, 2020 at 5:08 pm
Walmart is planning to hire an additional 50,000 associates to help deal with the sustained demand for its merchandise during the coronavirus pandemic, according to an April 17 blog post from Donna Morris, Walmart's executive vice president and chief people officer. In addition, Morris said Walmart has met its hiring goal of 150,000 employees during the crisis. In the post, Morris said…
April 19, 2020 at 9:17 am
Welcome to this week's Retail Resources post, a blog updated each Monday to include the most relevant information and resources I've seen over the past week to help you lead — as well as stay sane — in this unprecedented time. If there's anything you would like me to share in a future post, please…
April 13, 2020 at 9:40 am
As the number of cases of COVID-19 increase, so does the associated anxiety. That is where this blog comes in. I've created a blog (Retail Resources) that will be updated each Monday to include the most relevant information and resources I've seen over the past week to help you lead — as well as stay…
November 22, 2019 at 9:33 am
The holidays are nearly upon us, and brick-and-mortar retail stores will soon be playing festive music as they gear up for their busiest months of the year. Retailers, and grocers alike, will need additional staff to cover the influx in shoppers. According to a survey conducted by Profitect, now Zebra Prescriptive Analytics, 44 percent of…
November 6, 2019 at 12:47 pm
In the time it takes you to read this sentence, a crop of talented seasonal employees received job offers from your competitors. And that means the highly coveted pool of seasonal retail talent just got even smaller — a situation that’s only intensifying as the U.S. unemployment rate continues to hover around a near-historic low…
November 1, 2019 at 9:48 am
Best Buy has launched a $2.5 million endowed scholarship at the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management to help fund four years of college for up to 10 students a year, starting next fall. It's one of the company's largest gifts in higher education. The scholarship is targeted to students who have gone through…
October 30, 2019 at 11:45 am
October is the busiest hiring month of the year, and while passive job seekers can use the fall season to cast a wide net to see what’s available, a majority of job hunters will spend their pre-Halloween time searching for seasonal jobs to supplement the remaining months of the year. The holiday season is also…
October 24, 2019 at 10:30 am
The "gig economy" has taken the traditional hourly workforce by storm. 2019 has been a landmark year for the gig economy, with Lyft and Uber going public, and Postmates expected to do so in the near future. And with the number of gig workers forecast to keep growing, the traditional hourly workplace faces daunting competition…
September 13, 2019 at 12:36 pm
In this week’s Retail Right Now, Total Retail's Joe Keenan and Kristina Stidham discuss hiring strategies for retailers, as written in a recent article featured on Total Retail, “How to Attract and Retain Gen Z Talent in a Tight Labor Market,” by Aaron Schwarzberg, chief operating officer of Learning Tribes. Younger workers expect more from…
September 12, 2019
Knowledge is power, especially when it comes to negotiating your next salary, whether that's with your current employer or on the open market. Total Retail’s 2018 Salary Benchmark Report provides retail executives and upper management with the data necessary to ensure they’re maximizing their earning potential. If any (or all) of these scenarios apply to you, then Total Retail's 2018 Salary Benchmark Report is the resource you need.
