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Fidelity Canada’s culture is steeped in learning
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t’s all about the learning.
Before joining Fidelity
Canada in 2020, Emma
Rowatt spent two terms
as a co-op student at the
Toronto-headquartered asset
management firm — first in
finance, then in sales.
“What I found unique to
Fidelity, right away, is they
invest a lot in their employees,”
says Rowatt, senior business
development manager. “As a
student, I got to see how all the
business units operated and
which would be the best fit for me.
“I loved the finance role, but
I was excited to explore other
possibilities. My mentor helped
me explore opportunities by
shadowing other members across
various business units.”
After exploring opportunities
elsewhere, Rowatt decided to
return to Fidelity full-time in its
structured sales path program,
which provides comprehensive
training regardless of an
employee’s experience level.
Starting as an associate, Rowatt
went through multiple stages
of development, including six
months of training that covered
sales techniques, product
knowledge and even improv
training from The Second City
comedy troupe on adapting to
situations you can’t predict.
Her career climb has been rapid.
To date, Rowatt has held five
different roles.
“I’ve had opportunities that I
wouldn’t have ever thought were
in the scope of what I could be
doing five years into my career,”
says Rowatt. “It’s been incredible.”
Diana Godfrey, senior vice
president, human resources and
corporate affairs, says the great
thing about having a culture
steeped in the idea of learning
is that there are opportunities
organizationally.
“Our desire is to hire from
within,” says Godfrey. “The
pipeline of talent that we look
for really comes through our
student programs for a large part
of our hiring, but not everybody
comes from that path. We want
our talent pool to be from a
diverse background of different
experiences, so we ensure there
are learning opportunities
available to support these
different backgrounds.”
Those diverse learning
pathways include rotation
programs for students and new
graduates, formal learning
through development programs,
informal learning through
secondments, volunteerism and
committee work, conference
attendance, tuition assistance
programs, and more.
To succeed in a role,
you don’t have to come
in knowing everything
on day one because
Fidelity Canada equips
you with the skills and
tools you need to learn.
— Emma Rowatt
Senior Business
Development Manager
Employees at Fidelity Canada have access to a number of private spaces in the Toronto office to focus on
collaboration and teamwork.
“The reality is, if you embrace
learning and are open to different
ways of doing things, innovation
follows,” says Godfrey. “That’s our
goal.”
Rowatt says the key thing is
being very eager to learn and
work hard.
“To succeed in a role, you
don’t have to come in knowing
everything on day one because
Fidelity Canada equips you with
the skills and tools you need to
learn,” says Rowatt. “The firm
wants you to be where you’re
happy and best suited, and they
like to keep good talent that
they’ve trained and gotten to that
point.”
Mentorship has played a crucial
role in Rowatt’s development,
