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EVERY TYPE OF JOB IMAGINABLE EQUALS ENDLESS POSSIBLITIES WALMART is the world’s largest company by revenue ow the retailer kn u yo d di t bu , ey on Yes, you can save m management? in er re ca a to y ke could be your and employs 2.3 million people around the world. You’ll find just about every type of job you can imagine from eCommerce to careers in its more than 5,000 stores, including customer service managers, department managers, assistant man- agers and store managers. Scott Swenson is the manager of the Walmart store on Pleasant Street in Springdale, but got his start running the bakery at a Sam’s Club in Texas. He took advantage of opportunities to advance and moved to a job at the corporate office in Bentonville, but realized it wasn’t for him. “I decided I like working in a store better,” he says. “So I moved to being a store manager.” It’s a big job. As store manager, he’s responsible for all aspects of running the store, including custom- 26 | SPRINGDALE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE er service, supervising associates, making sure the store follows company regulations and tracking inventory. He says it’