Schwab Talk

Take a look at Schwab Volunteer Week

{bl_author} — 2013-05-23T16:13:34+00:00

It’s Schwab Volunteer Week, and we’ve set a record with 3,200 Schwabbies volunteering in 82 cities to support nearly 160 nonprofit organizations. A few talented employees volunteered in a unique way, serving as official photographers for various projects. Here are just a few of our favorite photos from projects early in the week – and we still have more projects to go!

Telling Schwab’s 40-year History is a Tall Order

{bl_author} — 2013-05-22T16:35:02+00:00

So how do you package the 40-year history of an iconic company like Schwab into a 30-by-40-foot exhibit?

That was the question facing a handful of my colleagues and me late last year as we began work on the history exhibit that is now traveling to our major Schwab locations.

Lou Reda is ‘hands-on’ with community service

{bl_author} — 2013-05-21T13:00:12+00:00

At first glance, this top-floor space looks like a warehouse store. The ceiling is tall enough to accommodate a stack of 12-foot ladders. Rakes, hoes and shovels hang five-deep against the right wall. Gray plastic bins are piled high, topped with industrial-sized boxes of trash bags. And on the shelves beyond, I spy everything from spray-bottle cleaners to hard hats and hammers.

A Heart-Warming Video to Celebrate the Launch of Schwab Volunteer Week

{bl_author} — 2013-05-20T15:00:28+00:00

Today we're celebrating the launch of Schwab Volunteer Week -- an annual event when more than 3,000 employees fan out across the country and share their time and expertise to support more than 150 local nonprofit organizations.

But community service doesn't stop with Schwab Volunteer Week.

Meet the Branch Manager: Steve Stevens, Chicago, IL

{bl_author} — 2013-05-17T15:30:22+00:00

As part of our ongoing “Meet the Branch Manager” series, today we head to the Windy City to meet Steve Stevens, vice president and branch manager of Schwab’s Michigan Avenue, Wacker Drive and Lincoln Park branches.

Shovels turn on Schwab‘s new Colorado campus

{bl_author} — 2013-05-16T18:47:58+00:00

It took 11 shovels to make it official, but a new Schwab campus is under way in Lone Tree, Colorado – the intended new work home for about 2,000 of our Denver-area employees.

Last week’s groundbreaking is just the latest sign of Schwab’s commitment to Colorado.

40 years and counting

{bl_author} — 2013-05-14T15:30:54+00:00

We’re in birthday mode here at Schwab, having just hit the milestone of 40 years in business. Like any good party, we’re making it last as long as possible with a host of activities planned over the next few months, including a pretty incredible interactive history exhibit that will be visiting nine of our major locations in the coming weeks. More details and photos to come in an upcoming blog post!

Long-term investing helped Eileen Birge retire early

{bl_author} — 2013-05-13T14:00:45+00:00

As a Baby Boomer, my idea of the American dream was to have it all. To raise smart and successful kids. To work hard at a rewarding career. To save and invest for a secure retirement. And, along the way, to give back to the community.

If you think that dream isn’t reality, meet Eileen Birge, who believes “the world should be a better place because we were here.”

Jeff Feld calls the 401(k) an ‘All-American’ plan

{bl_author} — 2013-05-06T14:00:17+00:00

When I ask three different people to describe Jeff Feld, they all say: “He’s a Chicago guy.”

I’m not sure what that means. But when I step off the art deco elevator in his downtown Chicago building, Jeff is there to greet me – looking nothing like Mike Ditka, by the way. When I apologize for wimping out on an earlier interview, he jokes, “Wimping out is exactly what we called it.”

Schwab’s Women Leaders in the Workplace and Community

{bl_author} — 2013-05-03T15:40:22+00:00

As a new Schwab employee, I’ve had the opportunity to ask a lot of people here what makes Schwab so great. The overwhelming response is “the people” – people who demonstrate extraordinary commitment to doing right by Schwab clients along with a genuine desire to do good in their communities. Now that I’ve been on the job for several weeks, I’m starting to see what they mean. And, apparently, so do others.