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Proud to be Recognized as a LinkedIn Top Company for 2021

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Fidelity Investments has been named a LinkedIn Top Company for 2021 in the U.S. We’re proud to be recognized as a company with a great culture, who puts our employees first, and gives associates opportunities to grow. View the list here.

At Fidelity, you will find endless opportunities to build a meaningful career that positively impacts peoples’ lives, including yours. And you don’t need a finance background to succeed at Fidelity—we offer a range of opportunities for learning and growth so you can build the career you’ve always imagined.

We’re actively hiring and are excited to share new opportunities across the country:

Licensed Financial Planners: We’re seeking 1,000 licensed professionals in new locations who will primarily work remotely. These new areas include Seattle, Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, Houston, Minneapolis, Chicago, Atlanta, Tampa, Charlotte, Orlando, Miami, Philadelphia, Detroit, Tri-State Area (New Jersey/New York/Connecticut), Baltimore, Richmond, and Washington D.C. Learn more about our Financial Planning roles here.

Technology Positions: As part of our long-term commitment to make the digital experience simpler and more intuitive for customers, we are also searching for 300 technologists for new, full-time positions including full stack software engineers, data scientists, mobile/IOS engineers and architecture. If you are a technologist, join our team where you will work in an agile environment to design solutions our clients. These positions will be based in Durham, NC, Smithfield, RI, Merrimack, NH, Westlake, TX, and Boston, MA when it is safe to return to an office. Learn more about our Technology roles here.

Client-Facing Associates: If you are passionate about helping others, join our team! We are actively hiring customer-facing associates (many who do not need licenses to be hired), in our regional sites – Albuquerque, NM, Covington, KY, Denver, CO, Jacksonville, FL, Merrimack, NH, Salt Lake City, UT, Westlake, TX, Smithfield, RI, and Durham, NC. Learn more about our Customer Service roles here.

With flexible benefits that fulfill needs at every stage of your career, we support our associates so they can thrive at work and at home. We invite you to learn more about our award-winning culture and how our people make Fidelity a great place to work.

Join us and Find Your Fidelity at FidelityCareers.com.

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Meet Maui, a Service dog

If you're lucky enough to walk by Brandon’s desk in the Salt Lake City, Utah Regional Center, you will surely catch a glimpse of Maui, his 10-month old Golden Retriever curled up by his feet. 

Maui is Brandon's service dog and helps make his daily tasks easier, providing much-needed pressure therapy and stress relief.  But what makes Maui even more unique is that he's one of the first service dogs to get his own Fidelity ID security badge. Maui's badge number is "k9k9k9" and the title on his badge reads "Relationship Specialist." He proudly wears it on his blue service dog vest when he accompanies his human to work every day.   

For Brandon, having Maui by his side has changed his life, both personally and professionally. Aside from providing silent comfort, Maui keeps Brandon on task and reminds him to take his medications as well as much-needed breaks.   

"Maui is namely here to help me keep focus on work and stay healthy without having to resort to more drastic measures, such as taking more leave or time off from work," said Brandon, an Inheritor Service Specialist. "Fidelity has been amazing to work with when it comes to having a service dog. They just asked for some standard paperwork, and very quickly got it processed." 

Giving Maui his very own Fidelity ID badge was Mark’s idea. As the Senior Manager of Security at the Salt Lake Regional Center, Mark registers ID badges to new employees all the time. He said that creating a special badge for Maui was a positive way to raise badge awareness among associates. 

"Seeing a dog strutting around happily and proud with their own badge will be a quick reminder to always have your badge prominently displayed for our personnel," he said. 

Photo credit: James Yu

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Intern Spotlight: Mike

Name: Mike 

School/Class Year: Class of 2019, Syracuse University 

Site and Dates of Fidelity Internship: Summer, 2018, Smithfield, RI 

Business Unit: Personal Investing – Retail Credit and Debit Product Intern 

Why did you choose Fidelity? Fidelity is a premier financial services company. I knew I would be getting a top-notch internship and would be exposed to the vast set of resources which Fidelity offers not only its customers, but its employees. 

What surprised you the most about Fidelity as a company? I was surprised by how dedicated Fidelity was to putting the customer first. No matter how far your personal work was from the customer, it was always central in our minds and our overall goals. I was also surprised by simply how much Fidelity does as a company. 

What did you learn during your internship with us? I learned a vast amount of information related to the credit space and the payments industry, in addition to learning more about what Fidelity does as a company. It is such a large company, and I am still learning. I learned more about what work I could do with Fidelity in a full-time position as well as learned a lot about their new agile organizational model, which allows them to operate with much more efficiency. 

What was your favorite part of your Fidelity experience? My favorite part of my Fidelity experience was my opportunity to work with other interns in a summer long project that will hopefully provide valuable information and deliverables for multiple business units within Fidelity. 

What advice do you have for any future Fidelity interns? Keep an open mind and take advantage of as many of the opportunities as you can. When new tasks or projects that interest you arise, take initiative to get involved to the best of your ability.

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Discovering Boundless Opportunities

Imagine a room where you are faced with two challenges - high-fiving everyone in the room and making everyone happy in less than two minutes. How would you do it? The 18 young women taking part in Fidelity’s Boundless Fellowship Program first rushed around the Fidelity Center for Applied Technology’s (FCAT) ThinkSpace in Boston to high five as many people as possible. The second task was more difficult, so the women tested a few solutions, from yelling out “puppies” to “You’re all great!”

These exercises were part of FCAT’s Design Thinking Challenge to demonstrate the difference between complex and ambiguous problems, just one of many activities the Boundless Fellows participated in during their two weeks at Fidelity. That morning, they had already networked with Leap associates and learned about the intricacies of Bitcoin. Boundless Fellow, Tika N. noted, “Boundless teaches me and other young women skills that only come from hands-on experience.”

The Boundless Program, run by Fidelity’s Asset Management Talent Acquisition team, is a career discovery program for high school aged young women to explore their career possibilities in financial services, and especially at Fidelity.  While this was the first year of the Fellowship, the Boundless program launched in 2015 and hosts day-long Summits several times a year in multiple regions. The most recent Boston Summit had an incredible 122 attendees who participated in multiple challenges throughout the day, heard from a keynote speaker, learned about managing their money, and participated in a Shark Tank-style challenge.

While the Summits focus on financial services career discovery, financial literacy, and innovative thinking, the Fellowship offers a deep dive into all things Fidelity. As Fellow, Mia M. put it, “The best way I can describe it is that you learn something new every hour.” Daily activities ranged from learning about Wall Street 101 and Porter’s 5 Forces, to resume building and an interview challenge, and even participating in a Fidelity Cares event at the Greater Boston Food Bank.  In addition to daily activities, attendees also worked on a project that spanned their two weeks at Fidelity. Each group of fellows researched a company, determined whether they would recommend its stock to be bought or sold, and ultimately presented their findings to a panel of Fidelity judges including a Fidelity Portfolio Manager.

While some of the women had inklings of what professions they’d like to pursue, others had no idea, and they all came to the same conclusion that Boundless helped them navigate potential career paths. As her project teammates nodded in agreement, Gabriella M. explained, “This has really opened my eyes to the diversity of job options here. It’s given me an entirely new perspective and opinion on Fidelity as a company.”

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Why Fidelity?

Written by Erin, an intern from Westlake, TX. 

Well at first there was no why, There just was. There was just opportunity, Paths to be walked and explored. There was just community, Networks to be gained and restored. And there was just impunity, Mistakes to be made and left un-ignored. But now, there is a why, A why I need to come back. For I have found a future, A dream to be more exact. A dream to innovate and redesign. A dream to give back and mitigate decline. And a dream to expand and expound upon the green line. So why Fidelity you ask? Well, in the end, there is a why, But only because there is. There is a commitment to clientele that can’t be subdued. There is a passion for excellence in all that we do. And, there is a future for us all,   Pyramids we will ascend, no matter how tall.

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Why Fidelity?

By Jonathan, an Institutional Brokerage intern

Fidelity has provided me with a summer experience that has been truly enlightening and transformational. The first project I received was to list out my summer goals and the skills I was hoping to develop this summer. After writing about my lack of work with data and my desire to become more well-versed in analysis, I received 3 projects all centered around data analytics and how they apply to the work we do. I cannot stress enough how impactful this was. I was reassured by this process that this internship was not going to be comfortable. They tossed me in the deep end to directly apply myself into data analysis, but never left me without a lifeline if I needed help.

That’s what I love about Fidelity. Everyone is willing to hear you out and to help you. The culture of mentorship and learning here is unmatched. Whether it’s a fellow associate in your group or the head of HR, I have received countless opportunities to speak with a variety of people. They have pushed me to be more curious, to think deeper, to challenge and push myself to new heights, and most importantly to be a contributing member of Fidelity and the community that holds our offices.

Being an active member of our community and the communities around us is an evident core value at Fidelity. So much so that I was granted time off, as an intern, to go and volunteer out in the grand old Berkshires at a summer camp that I spent 10 years at. I went up for dad’s weekend, an event hosted at the camp in which all the campers dads come up and spend the weekend running around and doing all the kids’ activities. I went up as a mentor to a young boy who did not have someone coming up for him. Throughout the weekend we canoed, we shot arrows at archery, we swam in the lake, and we goofed around a lot! All the while I had flashbacks to when I had a mentor who graciously gave his weekend away to be with me. It truly meant the world to me to give that feeling back to my mentee.

None of this would have been possible if my group at Fidelity did not see the value in helping out the community around us. They recognize how important the role of a mentor is both within Fidelity and in the neighboring worlds around us. I have attached a picture to this essay of myself and my mentee. To me, this picture represents the true meaning of what Fidelity stands for; service to all.

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How to stretch without leaving your seat

Written by Nick, Manager of Digital Content Strategy.  ​​​

If you work at a desk or computer for long stretches of time, there's no getting around the fact that a good portion of your work day will be spent sitting down, whether at a conference table or in front of a computer. 

Prolonged sitting leaves your body vulnerable to sore joints, back pains and headaches, which can hinder your ability to be the most vital, productive version of yourself. 

When you're stuck in your seat, consider these simple desk stretches as opportunities to keep your mind sharp and body strong to the challenges of your daily work schedule: 

First, adjust your chair to the right height.  Chiropractors recommend the "90-90-90" rule of thumb: you want your feet perfectly flat on the ground with your knees and hips both comfortably at 90 degree angles. 

Hands and wrists. Clench both of your hands into fists, stretched out in front of you. Make small circles in the air, then reverse the circles before shaking out your hands. Repeat three times. 

Chest and shoulders. Attempt to hold an imaginary pencil between your shoulder blades by squeezing them together for 10 seconds. Repeat three times. 

Neck and shoulders. Shrug your shoulders, lifting them high up to your ears and hold for two seconds before dropping them again. Repeat three times. 

Legs. Extend one of your legs straight out in front of you, parallel to the floor, holding for two seconds. Repeat with each leg 15 times. Be sure to add a daily stretch break reminder to your calendar to remind you to get up and stretch for 15 minutes. And, don't forget to breathe intentionally when stretching! 

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