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New Skokie Walmart Seeks to Hire 300 Associates

The store, slated to open this summer, is looking for both full- and part-time staff.

The following is from Walmart:

WHAT:              

Walmart will hire approximately 300 associates to work at the new Walmart slated to open this summer in Skokie. Applicants can apply for the Skokie Walmart Supercenter (store 1998) online at http://careers.walmart.com or at the hiring kiosks located in existing Walmart Stores. 

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The closest Walmart stores are:  the Walmart Store at 5630 W. Touhy Ave. in Niles, the Walmart Supercenter at 8500 W. Golf Road also in Niles, and the Walmart Supercenter at 4626 W. Diversey Ave. in Chicago.

Through Walmart’s Veterans Welcome Home Commitment, the company will offer a job to any qualified veteran who has been honorably discharged within the past 12 months.* Interested veterans may find out more at http://walmartcareerswithamission.com.

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According to store manager Tim Sutherland, the store will be hiring both full- and part-time associates. “I’ve been with Walmart for 24 years and I look forward to meeting applicants who are interested in starting careers at the new Skokie Walmart,” said Sutherland.

Walmart provides a benefits program to eligible full- and part-time associates. For example, it provides a variety of affordable health and well-being benefits including health-care coverage with no lifetime maximum. Walmart also offers eligible associates matching 401(k) contributions of up to 6 percent of pay, discounts on general merchandise, an Associate Stock Purchase Program and company-paid life insurance. Additionally, eligible associates receive a quarterly incentive based on store performance.

The majority of new associates will begin work in June to help prepare the store for its grand opening. 

*Veterans must be within 12 months of active duty and meet Walmart’s standard hiring criteria.

WHERE/When: 

Walmart Hiring Kiosk – Inside Existing Walmart Supercenters

Niles Walmart Store

5630 W. Touhy Ave.

Niles, Ill.

24 hours a day, seven days a week

 

Niles Walmart Supercenter

8500 W. Golf Road

Niles, Ill.

24 hours a day, seven days a week

 

Chicago Walmart Supercenter

4626 W. Diversey Ave.

Chicago, Ill.

6 a.m. to 12 a.m., seven days a week


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