Walmart paves the way from jobs to life-long careers
The retail giant was looking to empower associates with new skills, enabling future-proof careers while creating agility for the business. One of their biggest challenges was scale — but after partnering with Guild, Walmart was able to make career opportunity available to its 1.6 million frontline employees across the U.S.
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Building Tomorrow's Talent Pipelines with Today's Workforce
To amplify career growth opportunities for its frontline workers, Walmart leaders partnered with Guild to remove financial barriers to education and align the program — known as Live Better U (LBU) — with business priorities. They’ve continued to grow LBU with the business, expanding offerings to drive success for associates while creating talent pipelines for future strategic needs, such as roles in cybersecurity, health & wellness, technology, and more.
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“Live Better U is not just an education benefit. It is an opportunity for Walmart associates to build better careers for themselves and better lives for their families. It is gratifying for Walmart as an organization to see associates talking about how this door to education that was once shut with innumerable barriers stacked up against it, has suddenly been knocked down, and they can just walk through it toward a better future.”
Beth Williams-Moore
Director, Live Better U
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Walmart associates in the U.S.
1.6
Tuition and books paid in full by Walmart
100%
enrolled in programs as of July 2021
> 52,000
associates
Assistance
Million
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“Live Better U is not just an education benefit. It is an opportunity for Walmart associates to build better careers for themselves and better lives for their families. It is gratifying for Walmart as an organization to see associates talking about how this door to education that was once shut with innumerable barriers stacked up against it, has suddenly been knocked down, and they can just walk through it toward a better future.”
Beth Williams-Moore
Director, Live Better U