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Walmart Hiring 300 New Employees in Stone Mountain

Most of the new hires will start in May.

Walmart will hire approximately 300 associates to work at the new Walmart slated to open this summer in Stone Mountain. A temporary hiring center has opened at Georgia Piedmont Technical College, 495 N. Indian Creek Drive, Building A, Rooms 219 and 220, in Clarkston.

Applications will be accepted from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Interested applicants may also apply online

According to store manager Dan Fagan, the store will be hiring both full- and part-time associates. “We are excited to add a new Walmart to Stone Mountain and bring good jobs with great career opportunities to the area,” said Fagan.

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Fagan began his Walmart career as a management trainee at a store in Lafayette, Ind.

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.

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

WHERE: Walmart Hiring Center

Georgia Piedmont Technical College

Building A, Rooms 219 and 220

495 N. Indian Creek Drive

Clarkston, Ga. 30021

WHEN: Hours of Operation: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.    

From a press release by Cookerly PR.

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