What It Does: Providing a broad set of investment solutions for our clients, striving to achieve the best balance between risk and opportunity.
Staff Stats: 16,500 People Worldwide
Financials: US $9.49 trillion (Q2 2021)
Over the past 30 years, BlackRock has evolved from an eight-person start-up to a global company that’s trusted to manage more assets* than any other investment manager. The past three decades have shown our commitment to our platform, our people, and our technology so that we can continue to deliver long-term value for our clients and our shareholders.
Together with our clients, we’re contributing to a more equitable and resilient world – today and for generations to come. Putting to work the hard-earned savings of people and institutions around the world in global markets. Constantly innovating to bring convenience, transparency, and precision to investing. Speaking out for diversity, equity, and inclusion, and working to reduce our environmental footprint.
At BlackRock, we believe we’re at our best when our employees connect their personal purpose to their work and our firm’s purpose. In our “What’s Your Why” series, employees share how they bring their passions to what they do. Challenging each other to grow and develop professionally so we can have a greater impact.
1988 - BlackRock began in 1988 with eight people in a single room who shared a determination to put clients’ needs and interests first.
1999 - BlackRock begins to sell its proprietary technology, Aladdin.
2000 - BlackRock founds BlackRock Solutions with Aladdin as the basis for the business.
2006 - BlackRock acquires Merrill Lynch Investment Management, expanding its retail and international presence.
2009 - BlackRock acquires Barclay's Global Investors (BGI), becoming the world's largest asset manager, with employees in 24 countries
2012 - BlackRock launches iShares Core to provide investors with broad stock and bond market exposure at the foundation of their portfolios in a low-cost and tax-efficient way.
2016 - BlackRock further increases our commitment to Investment Stewardship, emphasizing the importance of purpose to long-term profitability.
2018 - BlackRock launches its first AI Lab in Palo Alto to accelerate its use of artificial intelligence.
2019 - BlackRock acquires eFront, the world’s leading provider of end-to-end alternative investment management software and solutions.
A perfect selection process can help to pick the most eligible candidates amongst all applicants. The Process of selecting candidates focuses on abilities, knowledge, skills, experience, and various other related factors.
Candidates should go through a three-stage selection process to get recruited in BlackRock:
Criteria - Academic Performance, Aptitude, and Technical scores.
Questions related to specific technical fields are asked in this round. Questions may be based on specific knowledge about the company's technical activities; understanding of the technical work required to be completed as part of the job applied for or may enquire candidates to solve actual technical problems that they would be likely to face if employed.
The final step to select a candidate as an employee is Interview as it helps to determine a candidate's personality. Questions can be of wide range starting from your introduction, Qualification, Experience, Industry specific experience, Courses have done, your strengths and weaknesses, salary expectations, friends, family, etc.
Employee Assistance Program
Volunteering opportunities
Financial well-being
Healthcare Benefits
Physical wellbeing
Flexible Time Off
Sick and bereavement leave
Parental leave for birth or adoption
Child, special needs, and eldercare support
Adoption support
Fertility benefit program
Nursing mothers program
Discretionary annual bonus