Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Walmart Says 75% Of Its U.S. Roles Now Don’t Require Degrees—And Plans New Skills Project - Jena McGregor, Forbes

One thing that was clear from this year’s summit: The two issues chief human resources officers are most focused on right now are the impact of AI on individual jobs, workforces and even humans at large—and how to become more of a skills-based organization. On the latter issue, we spoke exclusively with Walmart’s chief people officer, Donna Morris, about a new project they’re working on with other large companies about creating a common skills “taxonomy”—see more details below. Hope it’s a great week.