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Financial / Insurance/ Estate 66 - Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities 66 - Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities 66 - Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
28 April 2020
Employment effect (start)
28 April 2020
Foreseen end date
31 December 2020
Description
Financial services firm, Fidelity Investments, is planning to hire 100 new staff in the coming months.
The new jobs will be based in Dublin and Galway and will be primarily for software engineers.
Fidelity currently employs 1,100 people in Ireland. The company said that new recruits would go through a safe and enhanced 'on-boarding' process despite the COVID-19 restrictions.
All of the company's existing workforce in Ireland are working from home, during the COVID-19 crisis. Fidelity says that it has provided enhanced supports and benefits to its employees focused on time, flexibility and care services.
Eurofound (2020), Fidelity Investments, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 100519, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/100519.