Walmart Expands ‘Returnship’ Program to Bring Moms Back to Work
- Company hired three-quarters of participants in first year
- Four-month, paid program taps tech workers who took time off
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Walmart Inc. says it hired about three-quarters of the participants from a training program for tech professionals returning to the workforce after taking time off, part of an ongoing industry effort to increase diversity and find new sources of talent.
Walmart Labs, the retailer’s California-based engineering division, will triple the number of slots in the so-called returnship program to accept as many as 100 participants, Bobbie Grafeld, who heads human resources at the unit, said in a blog post Wednesday. The company will also roll out the program in other offices in California, Arkansas and Virginia.