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WalmartPosting location: Bentonville · United StatesIndependent fictional example, not company material.

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Melissa Matthews

Junior Learning and Development Specialist · Bentonville · United States

Junior Learning and Development Specialist with experience in skills gaps, role-based learning design, facilitated practice, and workplace effectiveness. Practical work includes Skills assessments, Instructional design, Training, Learning effectiveness.

Experience

Walmart

Bentonville · United States

Junior Learning and Development Specialist

Jul 2025 - now

  • With a senior colleague reviewing the change, used skills assessments and manager interviews to identify a handoff gap in a logistics team, then applied instructional design to build role-based training with realistic dispatch cases; replaced a general presentation with practice tied to the decisions learners needed to make.
  • Within an assigned workstream, evaluated learning effectiveness by comparing scenario assessments with manager-observed handoffs after training, separating attendance from demonstrated job application; identified where follow-up coaching was needed instead of declaring success from completion rates.
  • Within the assigned scope, used task observation to identify a performance gap, wrote scenario-based learning objectives, and compared post-training work samples with the pre-training assessment.
  • Within the assigned scope, owned the practice-assessment rubric using observed learner errors, completed manager calibration and released revised training after a repeat task confirmed fewer instruction-related mistakes.
  • Within the assigned scope, owned an instructional-design pilot using observed task errors, resolved confusing practice instructions and completed a coaching guide for manager review.
  • Within the assigned scope, published training revisions using performance-management data analysis, increased correct first-attempt task completion from 62% to 81% in the follow-up practice cohort.

Microsoft

Redmond, Washington · United States

Learning and Development Specialist Project Contributor

Mar 2024 - Jun 2025

  • With supervisor review, facilitated workshops with mixed-experience teams and adapted practice prompts from observed misunderstandings; made difficult handoff decisions explicit enough for peer feedback.
  • Within the assigned scope, prepared a structured facilitation guide, tested the instructions with a small internal group, and revised ambiguous prompts before using the material in a hiring or employee-development session.
  • Within the assigned scope, reviewed an employee-facing process with HR and the responsible manager, separated mandatory policy steps from local team habits, and rewrote the guidance around actual questions received during onboarding.

Selected project

Business-linked learning plan

Project team member

Sep 2024 - Feb 2025

  • With supervisor review, maintained a learning plan linking business priorities, course owners, and scheduled manager follow-ups. kept outdated modules from being reused after the operating process changed.
  • Used Skills assessments and Needs analysis to compare the source record with the proposed result; documented exceptions, the reviewer, and the acceptance decision before handoff.
  • Built a fictitious employee-case set with a policy question, an incomplete record and an escalation need; defined access limits and separated evidence collection from the decision reserved for an authorized adviser.
  • Prepared a manager guide with scenario-based questions and a review checklist; tested whether a reader could choose the correct next step without seeing confidential employee information.
  • Owned the independent lesson trial using observable learning criteria, resolved an ambiguous instruction and completed revised practice materials after a peer walkthrough.

Education

University of Washington

Seattle, Washington · United States

B.S. Business Administration

Sep 2021 - Jun 2025

Relevant coursework: Financial accounting, statistics, operations management, organizational behavior

Skills

Role expertise

Skills assessments · Instructional design · Training · Learning effectiveness · Facilitation

Publications

  • Published a personal teaching reflection using the practice observation log, explaining differentiated instructions, feedback choices and the limits of a small classroom exercise.

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Walmart

Manager, Learning And Development - Instructional Design

Bentonville · United StatesLead

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  • In the posting
      • Instructional design
      Term in work evidence

    Expertise in instructional design and content development tailored to and organizational objectives.

    In this resume
    With a senior colleague reviewing the change, used skills assessments and manager interviews to identify a handoff gap in a logistics team, then applied instructional design to build role-based training with realistic dispatch cases; replaced a general presentation with practice tied to the decisions learners needed to make.
    Junior Learning and Development Specialist · Walmart
  • In the posting
      • Training
      Term in work evidence

    Role summary: The Manager, Learning and Development leads the design, implementation, and evaluation of comprehensive training programs that align with business objectives and enhance workforce capabilities.

    In this resume
    Within an assigned workstream, evaluated learning effectiveness by comparing scenario assessments with manager-observed handoffs after training, separating attendance from demonstrated job application; identified where follow-up coaching was needed instead of declaring success from completion rates.
    Junior Learning and Development Specialist · Walmart
  • In the posting
      • coaching
      Term in work evidence

    The position also oversees associate development by providing coaching, mentoring, and feedback while maintaining compliance with company policies and standards.

    In this resume
    Within the assigned scope, owned an instructional-design pilot using observed task errors, resolved confusing practice instructions and completed a coaching guide for manager review.
    Junior Learning and Development Specialist · Walmart
  • In the posting
      • performance management
      • leadership
      • mentoring
      Evidence not found

    Knowledge of performance management principles to enhance associate productivity and development.

    Demonstrated leadership in mentoring, coaching, and developing team members to achieve results.

    The position also oversees associate development by providing coaching, mentoring, and feedback while maintaining compliance with company policies and standards.

    In this resume

    No supporting experience found. Do not add this keyword unless your own work supports it.

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  • In the posting
      • data analysis
      Term in work evidence

    Ability to measure program effectiveness through data analysis and continuous improvement practices.

    In this resume
    Within the assigned scope, published training revisions using performance-management data analysis, increased correct first-attempt task completion from 62% to 81% in the follow-up practice cohort.
    Junior Learning and Development Specialist · Walmart
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