Fidelity to Hire 4,000, Including Advisors, in First Half of 2023

"We're not only continuing to fill new roles in 2023, but we're investing in the people who work here through our benefits, career, and development opportunities," she said in a statement. "We encourage our associates to ask, 'What's next?' and learn-by-doing across our company, which offers an unmatched amount of career exploration pathways."

Fidelity's "people-focused investments are driven by another year of strong financial performance" across its businesses, as highlighted in the 2022 report, it said.

The company ended 2022 with 68,000 associates, the spokeswoman said. She did not specify how many of those were advisors.

In the report, Abigail P. Johnson, Fidelity CEO and chair, said the company "filled more than 17,000 associate roles across all job functions, including customer experience, technology, product management, and investment research."

Fidelity also invested $4.2 billion to "maintain, enhance, and upgrade the company's technology systems," Johnson said. "These investments in hiring and technology helped us deliver the elevated level of customer service that our growing customer base expects—such as our work this past year to create financial plans for seven million individuals across Fidelity's retail brokerage and workplace benefits businesses."

Asked if Fidelity can say how many positions it expects to fill in the second half of 2023, the spokeswoman said: "We're sharing projections through the first half of this year. Our hiring plans will continue to reflect the needs of our business and, most importantly, our customers."

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