Employee Resource Groups offer a network within the company for individuals who share a common orientation or interest based on ethnicity, gender, interest in specific community or cultural activities, lifestyles, etc.
Open to all Schwab employees, these groups encourage mutual support and collaboration, and help promote a greater awareness of diversity. Each Employee Resource Group is supported by an executive sponsor who provides leadership development, coaching and guidance.
Schwab’s Employee Resource Groups support our efforts to become a company of choice for talent and investors from the diverse communities we serve. Members support Schwab’s purpose by participating in a variety of workplace, business and professional development, education, and community outreach activities designed to promote financial fitness. These events are tailored to meet the unique needs of the different groups and organizations that make up our communities.
A sampling of these activities include:
- The Black Professional Association of Charles Schwab (BPACS) implemented a multi-faceted strategy to promote financial fitness and careers at Schwab during the 2007 Indiana and Oakland Black Expos, which received the highest recognition from Schwab’s company-wide recognition program.
- In 2008, the Women’s Interactive Network at Schwab (WINS) partnered with San Francisco-based career development firm, RAL & Associates, to launch “When She Speaks”, a monthly leadership development series open to Bay Area professionals.
- Schwab Network of Asian Professionals (SNAP) hosted a 2007 Investor Forum for the National Association of Asian American Professionals.
Schwab’s Employee Resource Groups have 24 regional chapters across the country representing:
- Black Professionals at Charles Schwab (BPACS)
- Schwab Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Allies Pride Network (PRIDE)
- Filipino Americans Network at Schwab (FANS)
- Military Veterans Network (MVN)
- Promoting Education and Acceptance of Physically Challenged Employees (PACE)
- Professionals Of the Indian Subcontinent Employed at Schwab (POISE)
- Schwab Employees for the Environment (SEE)
- Schwab's Network of Asian Professionals (SNAP)
- Schwab Organization of Latinos (SOL)
- Schwab Parents Network (SPAN)
- Women's Interactive Network at Schwab (WINS)
Various ERG leaders at Schwab met during a recent Leadership Summit
